Aug 2, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 11 segments
A PC gamer has turned Steam games into physical SSD cartridges, complete with printed cases and an automatic launch script. Rory and Will discuss whether the idea could become a genuine physical-media…
Do you remember as I was talking to you, I think it was last week, maybe the week before, about how PC gamers really are fans of physical media, we just don't get it anymore?
Yeah.
Wow.
Basically-
That's impressive
... what he's done is he's got a SSD reader, 3D printed a casing for it, and 3D printed a casing and, uh, then printed, like, images that can stick to an SSD drive, and they're all 128 gigabyte drives.
And you just plug it in, and it has a script on it to auto start the title once it's plugged in.
Nice.
It is-
That's pretty cool
... it's a very impressive little bit of kit.
Uh, if it wasn't for the fact the drives, uh, have a bit of a price to them.
How much are cheers a 128 gig-
Yeah
... drive?
I suppose if you go to the right place, you could probably get good prices and stuff.
Uh, actually-
But-
... that was better than I thought.
25 pound.
That's alright, but that's...
You know, if you think about how many he would end up making.
Oh, 100 of them.
I, I suppose, like, you know, if, uh, we could get them...
Do you remember as I was talking to you, I think it was last week, maybe the week before, about how PC gamers really are fans of physical media, we just don't get it anymore?
Yeah.
Wow.
Basically-
That's impressive
... what he's done is he's got a SSD reader, 3D printed a casing for it, and 3D printed a casing and, uh, then printed, like, images that can stick to an SSD drive, and they're all 128 gigabyte drives.
And you just plug it in, and it has a script on it to auto start the title once it's plugged in.
Nice.
It is-
That's pretty cool
... it's a very impressive little bit of kit.
Uh, if it wasn't for the fact the drives, uh, have a bit of a price to them.
How much are cheers a 128 gig-
Yeah
... drive?
I suppose if you go to the right place, you could probably get good prices and stuff.
Uh, actually-
But-
... that was better than I thought.
25 pound.
That's alright, but that's...
You know, if you think about how many he would end up making.
Oh, 100 of them.
I, I suppose, like, you know, if, uh, we could get them...
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