I think Valve are looking beyond what the consoles offer right now. Steam Machines, may look like they're trying to be consoles is actually just the PC and consoles finding their eventual overlap. The thing is a hardware and software hobby kit. Far from a console. While consoles are actually boasting features that…

I'm sorry for being an ass. I wasn't very nice to you.

And by CLIFF, you need to mention that it requires climbing and not jumping over which any idiot can do.

Dota 2's development started well after Leauge of Legends got popular.

Even after it was released as a Beta to select players, Valve was very careful to control the game's player population while they carefully set up the infrastructure that was to support the game. We're talking servers as well as contracts with…

I'm guessing that the game itself also found you a bit underwhelming.

You really should not touch this game. Plenty of other games to play out there.

To each their own I guess. I wouldn't consider the non-existence of Bayonetta to be a setback to the industry.

Halo was great for an XBox console but if it ever was released for PC, it would not have had that attention to it considering how there are lots of alternatives to a colorful first person shooter.

There are…

PCs have often been monsters in the gadget world. The Steam Machine is no different.

Valve has it on record from one of their interviews that they will make no effort in preventing people from installing and running Origin on this device should EA decide to make a Linux client.

Even other operating systems is an option for users of the final product. They said that you can dual boot to Windows if you…

Wifi antennae?

It's a precaution. To prevent recipients from selling it to others. Also a workaround to avoid taxation since the recipients do not technically own the device.

Valve specifically encouraged developers to make ports to as many consoles as possible. They do not believe in platform exclusives artificially caused by corporate agreements. The only restriction to your game not running on a particular system should be the technological limitations.

Or you know, we could call it the Steam Atari since back then, all people knew of videogames were the Atari.

Or Steam Station. Because all videogame consoles are based on the Playstation amirite?

Let's call all photographs Kodaks because that's what people knew back then. All images are Kodaks. Yeah.

You don't understand gadget consumers. They're not really tech geeks. They're just fashionistas who like flashy devices.

No, you don't send it back. Valve has no use for that device once it's done with Beta.

First of all, it would have been obsolete and secondly, there's nothing in there that can't be reverse engineered from the retail version that will come out.

He sounds dumb call it a Steam Box. I know a lot of people call it a Steam Box but that's like people calling Pepsi a Coke.

It is very interesting. I play lots of games and when I started playing this one, I seem to have neglected all the other 300+ games on my Steam library.

If you like getting better at something and have someone else to inflict your awesomeness upon, you'll love this game. It's a competitive game so it comes with all…

Even if Dota for Valve is not meant to mean anything but the game itself, they actually own the trademark even for Defense of the Ancients.

http://en-us.reddit.com/r/DotA2/commen…

I bet he took one look at the book Ender's Game and thought oh cool, I think I'll give Ender a Zone of his very own.

Correction, Ender's Zoneses because pluralz lulz.

Quick, someone give Kojima an English lesson.

We're still waiting for Notch to "create a Valve".

Sorry but Minecraft is not a Valve. You just took Infiniminer and continued its development until people of significant status noticed and gave you more publicity.
What made Minecraft magical was nothing unique of Notch himself. Yes he must be given credit for…