A PC can be more expensive, but chances are it will last a lot longer considering that steam will likely never require you to have the top PC parts, like how consoles get replaced every 10 years or so. PCs can be up-gradable and are customizable for your price and needs. You can easily swap parts for a PC when better one come out.
Though you may need little to some PC knowledge to build and maintain the configuration of a gaming computer, they can do so much more than console.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.