Google Stadia launched just over a year ago, and I use the term “launched” loosely. The service was clearly not ready, with major features missing, and Google has spent the last year refining it and adding the features that should have been there at launch. I remained uninterested in Stadia partly because of the rough launch, and partly because I’m not sold on the business model. But, almost a year after launch, Google made a push to get more people to try it. The company was literally giving away Stadia Premiere edition kits to subscribers of YouTube Premium who signed up for a 3 month free trial of Stadia Pro (don’t worry, I’ll explain what all of that is). There have also been several excellent game sales, trying to get people on the platform. So, considering the offer was literally free, I decided to finally jump in. I’ve been playing games on Stadia for a few weeks now, and while game streaming is not quite ready for prime time yet, I’m very interested in the future of this category.