The new Steam Controller "puck" adapter was internally called "the chongle," says Valve employee: "I'm leaking that information come get me"

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Someone using the Steam controller to play Hollow Knight
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A Valve employee has revealed the wonderful internal name for the new Steam Controller's puck-style adapter. Are you ready for this? You're not ready for this. Dear readers, it was called... "the chongle." I know. I know. I can't contain myself.

Presumably because it looks like a chonky, dongle-type thing, the chongle is an objectively more powerful name than... Puck, which seems to be its official name. The chongle, which I'm choosing to continue calling it in defiance of official Valve lingo, is "a wireless transmitter that provides a fast, stable connection for your Steam Controller" that doubles as a charger you can use while you play. The puck can also connect up to four Steam Controllers at once.

In general, Valve seems to be going with a very straightforward, matter of fact, comparatively boring approach to naming its new hardware. Steam Machine. Steam Controller. Puck. I just wonder, have they considered these respective alternatives: Lean Mean Steam Machine? GabeBird? Indeed, The Chongle? This is harder than I thought.

I'm not being funny, but you'll have a Steam Machine at home if you grab this docking station for Valve's handheld

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Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick

After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.

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