Cloud Gaming Is Looking More Attractive Than Ever for All the Wrong Reasons

I had a plan. I was going to build my own version of Valve’s Steam Machine using traditional PC parts, then stuff it all into my childhood PC case installed with SteamOS for the ultimate combination of convenience and nostalgia. But I waited too long. The price of RAM has skyrocketed so high that even previous-generation PC components are now sitting at two, three, or four times as much as they were only two months ago. Building any size PC is more untenable than even back during the…