Your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. Here's what we're covering today: ### THE BIG STORIES - Steam Machine hands-on: Does Valve's hardware live up to its potential? (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/15/9536047/steam-machine-alienware-hands-on-video) - Valve wants players to mod its Steam Controller (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/15/9543131/valve-talks-steam-controllers-player-centric-future) - YouTube Gaming adds mobile livestreaming and Twitch-like paid subscriptions (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/15/9537071/youtube-gaming-sponsorships-subscriptions-android-mobile-livestreaming-twitch-google) ### THE BEST OF THE REST - Even a nerf herder would gawk at these ultra HD Star Wars Battlefront screenshots (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/15/9539665/star-wars-battlefront-high-resolution-screenshots-berdu-interview) - Ratchet and Clank leaps to the big screen in first trailer (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/15/9544025/ratchet-and-clank-leaps-to-the-big-screen-in-first-trailer) - Witcher 3's first expansion isn't terrible or great, and that's the problem (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/15/9532853/witcher-3-heart-of-stone-DLC-expansion-review-impressions) - The definitive ranking of Destiny's new emotes (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/15/9524165/destiny-emotes)