You were right when you said the game is like Dota 2 and fun. I probably spent more time playing it than I have Dota 2. I thought the story was cool and interesting, that Blizzard characters were brought together in a realm to battle. This isn't exactly new (take a look at Smash Bros. and Dissidia Final Fantasy for instance), but it's still cool. I played through the tutorials and I played Practice mode with each available character. It was fun as each character has their own abilities, attributes, and phrases familiar with those that have played their games. There are a few Blizzard games I have not played, so I'm not familiar with all of them.

I noticed a few bugs that weren't really major. I noticed a visual bug, with a weird square tile perhaps not properly rendering. The only other bug I noticed was just kind of annoying. The game often said things that weren't correct. For instance, at times it told me I had died, when in fact I didn't. These were kind of minor and probably easy enough to fix.

I'll probably play the game again. I'd like to see what I can do as a solo gamer, as that's the kind of game I'm used to playing. I didn't really play the game any differently, pretty much going straight forward towards the enemy base. Many of the maps have their own "perks" to achieve, which I think I could spend more time to focus on. Although, I noticed my NPC teammates going for these things on their own. On many of these, you can unleash a beast that becomes your character for a period of time.

I don't know. I'd have to feel it out. For the average, AAA FPS, it doesn't look like it would be even remotely competitive. It appears as if they may have sacrificed function over form. It's a neat idea - it looks hot, for sure - but I wonder if it will take.

A "middle ground" controller is what I'm worried about. If it can play most games "decent/kinda-good", then that seems like a wasted effort in a Steam move to the living room. I understand that a primary point for them to hit is creating a controller which can efficiently and comfortably handle the demands of games that are almost exclusively made for keyboard and mouse. If the FPS genre games on Steam suffer under Steam Controller usage, then people simply won't be playing FPSs on Steam in the living room (with that controller. Which would beg the question: Will the Steam Link support the XBox 360 controller driver?).

All of this is based on speculation, granted. It could perform wonderfully. I want it to perform wonderfully. I suppose I won't be a believer until I can get my hands on it ;).

I suppose buying alternate-system controllers isn't the worst thing, should the need arise.

IGN's take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdMe4mHUH2c

At the very least, I wish they would concave, to some degree, the top of that analog stick.

Since you asked....hehehe. My interested in a "Steam Machine" hasn't really changed since we last talked about it. However, this Steam Link seems like a neat idea. For me, it could mean that I could hook a Steam Link up to my 50" Plasma, instead of my 20+" monitor. The Steam controller would then come in handy. Sure, I could probably hook my PC up to my TV, just like I had done with my old PC, but I only used it for outputting video, which I now do with my PS3 and PS3 Media Server. If I were to do that idea now, I'd probably want a wireless keyboard and mouse, because I've been enjoying the keyboard and mouse game configurations. Although, that hasn't been the case with every Steam game that I have (Risk of Rain, I'm talking about you). I have been wishing I had a bigger monitor lately. It could be interesting to see and try out, perhaps. Anyway, I've kind of rambled a bit. All in all, I think it could be a way for my son to use his Steam account since his PC stopped functioning.

If the Link performs as well as they claim (and pending many tests on that "low latency"), I'd much rather have that, which would support my existing system, than a completely new computer. Eventually, I'd go full SteamOS, when I could afford to have multiple high-end computers in the house. Until then, Steam Link sounds like a nice option.

Wow, so many of them! The Alienware one costs much less than I expected. I expected it to cost about as much as some of the others in the $1-2k range.

Awesome! I love this piece of music they released!!!! I found out about this spoiler from the Terraria forums (http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/sampling-the-sounds-of-1-3.13064/). Someone also posted a link to the soundtrack (https://re-logic.bandcamp.com/album/terraria-soundtrack). It is cool that we can listen to the soundtrack and buy both volumes. I think Terraria has a great soundtrack!

A new, small video was released today, which comes with something very special at the end. =)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXam7gSObek

Wow! I wonder how you physically interact with it and how it looks. I mean, is it just like attaching a small screen in front of your face? I also wonder how much it will cost, my guess is at least $1,000. It'd be cool to at least try it out. I'm only familiar with the Oculus Rift by name, but I know nothing of the OR and VR experience. It's pretty cool how some of our technology has caught up with Star Trek, but we have a long way to go still. One of my most favorite pieces of Star Trek technology is the Holodeck. If we can some how create that technology, or if these VR devices simulate it, well that would be pretty awesome!

That's cool. I knew Minecraft had an Oculus Rift option. You're right about my price guess. I may be off and yeah that would be kind of steep. I'm just assuming the hardware would be expensive, but you make a great point that at that price tag, it wouldn't really be affordable to many consumers. Maybe, also, they would have had to wait for the technology not only to be able to create such a thing, but also so that it would be affordable. Maybe since the PS4 is about $400, this technology will be similarly priced.

Ah, this is another reason I wish I lived over there on the West Coast. If I did, I might actually be able to go to one of those events and try this cool stuff out. Maybe GameStop will have the Steam VR and have a "demo" console that gamers could try out before buying (like they do with some consoles).

Great!

Awesome!!!! I love it and it seems to fit very well and looks professional. I think it'd be cool to have some. Perhaps I'd put one on my PC. I could also put one on my fridge with the CG magnet. I could also add one as a bumper sticker to my PT Cruiser, which already has plenty of bumper stickers on it (they're all Democrat kind of stickers).

I appreciate all you've done with this site. I also appreciate your goal of a community of positive gamers. I'm not really used to seeing much negativity with regards to gaming, though I've seen some of it. I think here, we're pretty positive.

Although I haven't used Linux in a long time and therefore don't pay attention to the gaming news for it, I found a link in my email I thought I'd share with you.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2363780/linux-gaming-rising-7-big-name-pc-games-that-now-call-linux-home.html#tk.nl_today

Wow, that's pretty awesome!