Retro and current gen gaming chat, with Trev and Stu, its the Console Shockcast! We’re back for 2026! After a festive break, the crew return to kick off the new year with a big look back at 2025 and an even bigger look ahead to what gaming has in store for us next. From bargain-bin hauls to future tech, predictions, and surprises — it’s our first deep dive into gaming in 2026.

We unpack our Steam Winter Sale pick-ups

Our favourite games of 2025

Trev puts Lossless Scaling on the Steam Deck through its paces

What’s coming in 2026?

Are next-gen consoles about to be revealed?

Will the Steam Machine price make us cheer… or choke? Check out Trev and Al’s other podcast where they reminisce about a different episode of Star Trek every month! : https://longrangesensors.com/episodes Intro/Outro Music – Turn The Page (Tutorial Theme) – Ridge Racer Type 4 (1998) – Sony Playstation – Composer(s): Hiroshi Okubo

Retro and current gen gaming chat, with Trev and Stu, its the Console Shockcast! A little late to the party, but Trev and Stu finally celebrate the 20th birthday of the greatest Xbox of all time—the Xbox 360! Released in November 2005, the 360 pioneered a host of features that would become industry-standard: built-in online play, DLC, achievements, robust multimedia support, wireless controllers, a full digital marketplace, and much more. In this episode:

How Xbox 360 changed the industry: From achievements to digital distribution, the features that set the template for modern consoles.

Speculation on the upcoming Steam Machine’s potential high price

Stu’s thoughts on Metroid Prime 4

Reacting to the early reveals of Xbox 360 hardware and launch-window games

Why the Xbox 360 wireless controller was (and still is) legendary

The Red Ring of Death — and how Xbox survived one of gaming’s biggest hardware crises

Did the Kinect spark the decline of the Xbox brand?

Surprisingly solid backward compatibility with the OG Xbox

How digital downloads revived short, 2D-style games via Xbox Live Arcade

Check out Trev and Al’s other podcast where they reminisce about a different episode of Star Trek every month! : https://longrangesensors.com/episodes Intro/Outro Music – Turn The Page (Tutorial Theme) – Ridge Racer Type 4 (1998) – Sony Playstation – Composer(s): Hiroshi Okubo

Retro and current gen gaming chat, with Trev and Stu, its the Console Shockcast! Valve drops a surprise wave of new hardware announcements, leaving a completely unprepared Trev and Stu to unravel the chaos and excitement rippling through the SteamOS/PC gaming world!

GTA VI delayed again — but is that actually good news?

Stu experiments with Bazzite on an Intel NUC PC.

The Valve SteamCast (Steam Machine) is finally revealed!

Steam Machine vs. Current-Gen Consoles — how do the specs stack up?

Can the Steam Machine finally deliver true sofa-friendly PC gaming?

A sequel to the Steam Controller appears! — but will it be practical?

Valve announces a new VR headset — can it take on the Meta Quest?

What will all this new Valve hardware cost? Check out Trev and Al’s other podcast where they reminisce about a different episode of Star Trek every month! : https://longrangesensors.com/episodes Intro/Outro Music – Turn The Page (Tutorial Theme) – Ridge Racer Type 4 (1998) – Sony Playstation – Composer(s): Hiroshi Okubo