Valve’s Steam machines may have been a damp squib, but part of that idea was finally realised and then some when the Steam Deck came to be.

I’m posting this from my summer holiday which is when I typically take my Toshiba Libretto 100CT away with me to play through a classic retro game for the first time or perhaps just to revisit an old favourate.

However when I was packing this year I decided to leave it at home so that I’d be able to dedicate more time to my Steam Deck.

It’s such a wonderful little device that is capable of playing a solid set of Steam’s catalog of games.

This holiday I’ve been revisiting Bend Studio originally criminally overlooked classic Days Gone.

Unfortunately it launched in a sorry state that stirred up a hornets nest of angry reviews from the critics which in turn lead to consumers staying over. However after a series of patches this rough diamond polished up into something very special.

I originally had a great time playing it through on my PS4, but I was more than happy to pay for the pleasure of being able to enjoy this classic on the road.

Although it has made me consider upgrading my Steam Deck from it’s base 64GB eMMC configuration to a much faster and larger NVMe drive. But that’s for another post…