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Steam Decks No Longer Require Reservations

Handheld gamers with huge Steam libraries, rejoice, for a most joyous day is upon us! In a new video that Valve posted to their official YouTube channel yesterday afternoon, they announced three pieces of news pertaining to the Steam Deck. I admittedly…

2022’s Final Steam Sale Dates Revealed

It’s nearly Steam sale season once again. This year’s Summer Sale may be long since over, but Valve isn’t finished bleeding our collective wallets dry just yet. Valve has now revealed the dates for the final two major sale events of 2022,…

Steam Deck (Tech) – Review

A year ago, I thought it would be impossible to get a PlayStation 5. Out of stock virtually everywhere and selling out in seemingly seconds anytime it went back in stock, it wasn’t until I reserved one through the PlayStation Direct site…

Valve to Fulfill All Existing Steam Deck Orders This Year

If you’ve reserved a Steam Deck anytime in the past few months and are waiting for that fateful email that will allow you to complete your purchase, it certainly appears as though Valve has some good news for you. In a recent…

Steam Summer Sale – Budget Buys

The Steam Summer sale is here and with it comes a great opportunity to get your hands on some great games for an even better price tag. With most of the library on sale, it can still be overwhelming to sift through…

David’s 2022 Steam Summer Sale Recommendations

In the lyrics to their song “Night Moves,” Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band sang in part about what they called the “sweet summertime.” I often find myself in an unusually positive mindset this time of year because of the sweet…

Team Fortress 2 VA Unites Fans Against Bot Plague

I honestly can’t believe I’m writing a full article about this because of how speculative it is, but here we go. If you’ve recently heard or read anything about Valve’s legendary class-based first-person shooter from 2007, Team Fortress 2, I’m willing to…

OBS Studio Suddenly Appears on Steam

Well, I must say I certainly wasn’t expecting this one to pop up in my Facebook news feed on an otherwise boring afternoon. Apparently, according to several outlets (including PC Gamer), the immensely popular, open-source game recording and live streaming software known…

Valve Shares “2021 Year in Review” Post

It’s that time of year once again when companies like Valve take a look back at their performance in the previous year. Thankfully for data nerds and die-hard Steam users like myself, Valve in particular tends to make those metrics public within…

A Modest Proposal for Improving Steam Next Fests

Before we get started, I just want to express my hope that this article’s carefully-chosen title was enough to grab the attention of any English Literature majors in our audience. With that said, a Steam Next Fest has just ended as I…