Getting really tired of all the "You know what? I'm just going to build my own Steam Machine because it will be better and it will be cheaper" videos on YouTube.

Obviously the US market is considerably different to the UK as I cannot see any new hardware that compares to the price of the Steam Machine.

This is the cheapest I can come up with without resorting to used hardware (which is cheating) whilst being relatively small (this comes to 11.1 litres volume vs the Steam Machines 3.8 litre volume. Building an alternative using mATX or ATX hardware is also cheating. Yes, actually I do make the rules.)

#steammachine #youtube #FInfluencers

Hmm, I had a change of heart last minute and entered the lottery for a Steam Machine... just had a mail telling me I was successful.

I wasn't really going to buy one... but now...

#steammachine

Think the house stone walls are completely heat soaked.

It's 28 degrees both upstairs and downstairs despite running a portable aircon unit for most of yesterday and I typically struggle to sleep above 20 degrees.

I hate it.

Just played a couple of hours of the new demo for #OvertheHill it was already on my watchlist, but that confirms it... I'm buying this as soon as it's released.

#steam #funkselektor #cozygames

RE: https://mastodon.social/@anon_opin/116805422810213298

The fact that this might be true and I, who was born here and lived here for over half a century, could not tell you any of the possible answers speaks volumes about just how awful this "citizenship" test really is.