Steam Machine Review - More Than The Sum Of Its Parts

I've had the Steam Machine for about a month at this point, and I think that's long enough for me to give my own opinions.Despite the cost, despite the supposed lack of power, despite the hole burnt through my wallet, despite everything going against the Steam Machine... I still fell in love with this GabeCube.But now the big question is... why?What is the Steam Machine really?For those not to know, the Steam Machine is supposed to be a console-style PC meant to be perched in your living room, hooked onto a TV, and just there so you can easily play games in your living room with almost zero setup.There are four different versions of the Steam Machine you could have reserved: the 512GB model, the 2TB models, and both of those models with the addition of a Steam controller.I happened to get the 512GB model with the Steam Controller. It's smaller than I thought it was going to be, truth be told. It's amazing how much performance they were able to pack into this small little chassis. The…