Valve made Microsoft's dream console

The console wars are back on. This week, Nilay Patel sits down with Jake Kastrenakes, Sean Hollister, and special guest Joanna Stern, senior columnist at The Wall Street Journal, to talk about Valve's return to the living room gaming race with the Steam Machine, Steam Controller, and Steam Frame VR headset. Then, Joanna discusses her time putting the Neo robot to the test and seeing whether it's capable of loading a dishwasher. Finally, it's time for the Lightning Round, where the crew is talking the YouTube/Disney spat, Apple's new mini apps, and letting Waymo speed down the highway. Further reading: Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console Valve enters the console wars Valve just built the Xbox that Microsoft is dreaming of Valve’s new Steam Controller might be my dream controllerThe Steam Frame is a surprising new twist on VR Steam Machines have returned: all the news about Valve’s new hardware universe The Steam Frame has two speakers on each side of your face for vibration cancellation Valve’s new VR streaming trick won’t just work with its own headset How the Steam Frame compares to other VR headsets Valve thinks Arm has ‘potential’ for SteamOS…