Episode 68 - Parts Bin with the Steam Deck OLED and Meta Quest 3

Some sights are just not uncommon, and this time of year possibly the most common site is a small (or not so small) pile of cardboard boxes adorning the front step of about every house you walk by in any given neighborhood… 

Sometimes its purely pedestrian… I will publicly admit I have a recurring box of paper towels sent to said doorstep because, sadly, I can’t be bothered…

But, as I alluded to before, this time of year is just a little bit different… And no, I don’t even mean that several of the largest gift-exchanging holidays are among us… oh no… it’s the peak of gadget season! As each of those long-awaited announcements take place, we get to spend time agonizing over where we are going to place our bets… and by our bets I mean the hard-earned dollars the result in said cardboard boxes arriving! With new and interesting tech arriving on the scene near-daily this time of year, being somewhat picky becomes a matter of pure practicality! Sometimes we guess well, sometimes we guess very well, and other times… yeah, we don’t talk about those...

This go around, much like Indiana Jones in a room full of ornate cups, I feel we chose… wisely!

Two of the biggest gadgets of the season are here in the room today, each connected by the fact that they’re not a brand new category, offering, or obviously evolution in their space. No, these are second and third generation entries into a market quickly filling with competition and everyone else’s “next big thing”… 

So how do they stack up against both the market and their own predecessors? Let’s find out by charging up, powering on, updating… again… and hitting the digital road with the Steam Deck OLED and Meta’s Quest 3 VR headset…