Valve’s Steam Machine brings PC gaming to the couch, and I can’t wait

For most of my life, I’ve been a console gamer. From the moment I got a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) as a combination birthday and Christmas present at the tail end of 1986, I became absolutely glued to the TV. In the years since, I’ve had every generation of Nintendo console, every PlayStation, and even every Xbox, save for the Series X. But back in 2020, as the pandemic gave me lots of free time, I built my first gaming PC with the help of a few excellent friends and the way I played video games changed.