There’s a lot of speculation around the release of the Steam Frame VR headset, and we’re going to be discussing that. We cover all the angles of a new disc-less gaming world, and what that means for you. Of course, we have a basket-full of honey-roasted gaming news.
I respond to the comments in my latest videos about the Steam Frame vs Meta Quest VR headsets, as well as the articles surrounding the end of physical disc support. I didn’t have time to fully cover all the angles about physical disc support, so there will be a future video about that.
We show off some gameplay footage from Halo: Campaign Evolved, and Midnight Shift
Of course, new Retroware: Antec P190 monster PC case and Asus P6X58D-E motherboard with triple-channel RAM and 3-way SLI!
Here’s the news articles referenced in the podcast:
Sony
- PlayStation needs to follow the Steam model to succeed — here’s how
- Only 7 PlayStation games have sold over 100,000 physical copies in the US this year, says analyst
- PlayStation may as well eliminate the hardware if Sony is ending discs, Disgaea creator says
- It’s official, your PS5 physical games have an expiration date
Nintendo
Xbox
- Halo: Campaign evolved dropped
- Microsoft is bringing original Xbox exclusives to PC, starting with four classic games
- Blinx: the time sweeper, conker live and reloaded, crimson skies, ruzion frenzy
- Analysts see weak first-year sales for Xbox Project Helix
- Some Xbox studio leads reportedly detest Game Pass — so why did Xbox push ahead with it?
- Bethesda outlines RPG roadmap amid deep Xbox layoffs
- Xbox gamer wants Microsoft to pass along tariff refund to customers
- Xbox Game Pass just made one of 2026’s best reviewed games totally free
- Xbox loses engineering VP two months after appointment
- Starfield is Bethesda’s odd game out without a full 2.0 overhaul
- Microsoft confirms Xbox Live outage affecting game access and online features
Valve
- Steam users have until July 23 to claim 2021 RPG completely free of charge
- The OpenPuck project allows the Steam Controller to emulate console controls, among other uses
- Valve defends cost-price Steam Machine amid soaring memory costs
- Palworld 1.0 briefly tops Counter-Strike 2 on Steam
- Valve revamps SteamVR dashboard as Steam Frame launch nears
- I hacked FSR4 onto my Steam Deck before Valve could ship it officially
- Steam and Epic reveal new wave of free games for July
- Windows handhelds have the hardware to beat the Steam Deck, but SteamOS already won the software war
- SteamOS finally let me make my own living room console, and the Steam Machine stopped making sense
- Steam drops brand-new free JRPG you can download and keep forever
- New Steam update adds long-requested feature
Other tech news
- Lenovo unveils first laptop with inkjet-printed OLED display
- Microsoft PowerToys quietly added a dock, and now my entire app workflow is one keystroke away
- LG monitors are installing adware, and its TVs are raising eavesdropping concerns
- The RTX 3080 was supposed to be old by now, but the RTX 60 delay handed it two more years
- Microsoft is finally giving Windows 11’s File Explorer the fresh coat of paint it deserves
- After ditching Nvidia for AMD, here are 4 things that actually surprised me about the switch
- Your PC’s memory controller doesn’t care about matching kits — here’s what actually matters when mixing RAM
- In the rush from Plex to Jellyfin, everyone forgot the media server that sits right in the middle
- Ubisoft sets August 6 Ghost Recon reveal amid major leaks
- PC hardware makers keep giving away free performance through BIOS, and most builders never claim it