Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So glad Trump is treating us Canadians as his worst enemy and embracing dictators. Good job America! 120
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Some short thoughts on Steam Frame from a developer perspective (not a tech heavy review)...with some groaning about the industry. youtu.be/UxFVc07rFwwyoutu.beSteamFrame Developer ThoughtsYouTube video by V.R.I.D 162
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 11/09/2026So sorry to hear this Polyarc folks. My heart goes out to all of you 💜 Being bludgeoned in the head repeatedly by this industry gets old. There's little doubt that the people in the reverse recruitment doc are worth every bit of your time if you have the room for them in your studio. Good luck all.linkedin.comPolyarc Reverse Recruiting Tracker | PolyarcToday is the end of an era for Polyarc. After nearly 12 years riding the joyous rollercoaster of emotions that is making video games, our time together has come to an end. As we wind down active deve... 054
Reposted by Denny Unger @CloudheadEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 12/08/2026Joined CNBC's Squawk Box to talk about how 70% of AI revenues are coming from Anthropic and OpenAI, NVIDIA's vendor financing by proxy, and how outside of unprofitable AI labs, there's single-digit billions of dollars of demand for AI compute and software. youtu.be/8GWPjTDPVIMyoutu.beEd Zitron on CNBC Squawk Box talking NVIDIA, unprofitable AI labs, and the Greater AI BubbleYouTube video by Ed Zitron 251041191
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Thank you for doing what you do Ed in speaking truth to power wrt AI grift. It couldn't be more important right now. 020
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Among other terrible things, AI is turning out to be a Litmus test on how bad your job sucks AND OR how bad you are at said job. 180
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 24/07/2026"My talent & plagiarism filter is broke! Send help!". 010
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 24/07/2026"My talent filter is broken! Send help!". 080
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Title should read "Old SSD's find new life as new SSD's" given the price gouging & datacenter piggery of memory and storage right now. 000
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 16/07/2026As our studio builds its first flat & VR cross-play title, this is highly relevant. But VR's new “trough of disillusionment” happened because it did not exceed console-level sales. Chasing Smartphone level adoption isn't VR's fault. kotaku.com/moss-console-not-same-vr…kotaku.comI'm Glad That Moss Is On Console Now, But It's Not The SameThere's a wall built up between us 051
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The turmoil in our industry seems to be leading to one place the "bean counters" aren't thinking about. We're rapidly approaching a hyper-focused Indie dominated gaming market (gamer led revolt) while AAA & the systems that support them collapse under the weight of their own delusions of grandeur. 021
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Happy Canada day! In a world that continues to blow our collective minds in its stupidity, I've never been more proud to be Canadian. Imperfect but pretty damn close...especially by today's standards. 000
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Only one solution. Stop engaging with X. If you have an account close it. If you have friends who have accounts, tell them to close them. If Elon, X, or Grok are in the news to said network, IGNORE it. Stop engaging. Remove the bullhorn. 230
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Keep telling me what I want to hear Ed ;) 000
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 26/06/2026This is rad. A super cheap miracle computer using an adjacent bubble popped fomo industry against itself & ram that can't be harvested for AI... aftermath.site/bc250-steam-...aftermath.siteBless The BC250, The Budget E-waste Steam MachineThe Steam Machine is expensive due to evil freaks. Let's make a miracle computer out of garbage. 042
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Would love to see an independently wealthy gaming fixated corporation *cough*, design & manufacture a gaming focused GPU for PC gamers, WHICH CAN ONLY BE SOLD TO PC GAMERS. I know that's a set of impossible circumstances but I can dream. 030
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The TLDR is increasingly; The wholesale roundup of all human outputs, homogenization, regurgitation, and commodification for the worlds 1%, combined with "Strong AI" & advancements in robotics; = Zero humans in "the loop". This is what happens with ZERO regulation & anti-human AI agendas. 110
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Crazy! Major nostalgia rush with that one. 010
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Can Bluesky bite me already with the character limits? Trying to post something heartfelt or meaningful is really fucking hard within these constraints. 131
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Think about it this way; the string of CGI garbage movies/serials from the last 20 years won't hold up nearly as well in 20 years. 000
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Just want to highlight Ian Hamilton's www.goodvirtualreality.com . Always a pro, Ian delivers a grounded take on the VR industry. Support him and help him grow!goodvirtualreality.comGood Virtual Reality | Ian Hamilton | SubstackGood places to visit in virtual reality and the people who make them. Click to read Good Virtual Reality, by Ian Hamilton, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers. 3125
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 04/06/2026$400,000,000...a half Billion dollars, for a so-so fitness Beatsaber. Just let that sink in. This may be the Alpha of "bro-culture" deals. I clearly didn't do enough Cocaine. VR valuations over-indexed. Thx Chris Milk! 010
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 04/06/2026As a 54 year old game dev, I resent even being bucketed into a "retired people" category. The only thing killing my exploration of my backlog is time, not age. And genre-wise, I don't think GenX is any different than anyone else; you have likes but & dislikes but they don't really classify as ageist 010
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 12/05/202673% of the US population supports "heavily regulated" AI development. Ethical AI, pro-human outcomes, not robbing us of our arts, domain expertise, & deeper purpose isn't just a movement, it's an anti-grift reality. UBI isn't the answer. If you work in this area DO BETTER!betterpathfor.aiA Better Path for AIThe biggest AI companies are racing to replace humans. A different, better path is possible. 040
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 07/05/2026That bubble is going to pop....there's almost no doubt, though you wouldn't know it from the fomo. 020
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Congrats to Anton and the team at Rust for the big announce! Seeing peers build success upon success in VR speaks to the power of the medium. It is VERY difficult to kill an entire medium just because it has been de-prioritized by other fomo markets. The market still exists.goodvirtualreality.comH3VR2 Revealed By RUST LTD. For Quest And SteamHot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2 can sell VR headsets for years. 0100
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 04/05/2026This isn't just a gut feel, its an unpopular but highly likely trajectory. AI's unsustainable future...youtu.beWhy AI's Future Is UnsustainableNathan Huening discusses why current trajectories for AI development may be unsustainable and what that could mean for industry and society. This clip is part of a longer conversation. 100
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Ironically, I can't tell you that! Because even though it would likely not be a "market success" It's still a unique/novel idea. And there you have the paradox of the gaming industry & Hollywood. So many great ideas will never be made because of outsized capitalist ideals in general. 011
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Crazy. I thought Shu was forever fixture at Sony. 010
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I've said it for years, but VR massively dropped the ball on FOV. This one tradeoff should never have taken a back seat to other features. At the end of the day VR is about immersion/presence. The more you can demonstrate that vision, the more friction consumers will tolerate. tinyurl.com/2p9jyvsdtinyurl.comMeta Boba 3 Prototype Hands-On: Ultra-Wide Field Of View Without CompromiseWe went hands-on with Boba 3, Meta's practical ultra-wide field of view prototype headset, and it has us more optimistic than ever about the future of VR. 281
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Not PCVR but 3rd party VR studios/devs in general. The investments there should have been much more aggressive. 010
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 30/03/2026"AI as a plagiarism service" pretty much nails every aspect of the ethical problem with AI. And why its so blindingly confusing that grifters are "ok with it!". 011
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Pirating VR games has to be the lowest thing you could do to developers/studios already dealing with epic levels of bullshit & market turmoil. If these people only knew the half of it.uploadvr.comMeta's Lawyers Shut Down The Primary Source Of Pirated Quest GamesMeta's lawyers successfully shut down VRPirates, which was by far the largest and most prominent source of pirated Quest VR games. 271
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Doubling down on AI has never made less sense...and yet certain companies are doing exactly that. A strategic de-escalation of AI investments would seem prudent before the bubble violently pops & consumer disinterest/angst continues to accelerate & overwhelm the grift (LinkedIN not withstanding). 010
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 22/03/2026"Especially a kind of celebration of ignorance". Wow, Sagan really did nail it didn't he? 010
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 21/03/2026The defining statement of our times both technologically and geopolitically; 191
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Congrats Gord! That must have been a tough decision but one I know you needed to make (founder to founder). When I exit, I hope to fire myself exactly like this 💜 010
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Horizons developers in an uproar. Gazillions invested. Corporate pivots to calm the noise... Meanwhile in VR gamedev land, where the cold wind blows, we're all like: 2194
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Until there is a major upheaval or change in the power dynamic within the US; we will continue barreling towards our own irrelevance and ultimate destruction as a species. I don't care how bro-rich you are; how can we be so utterly stupid and reckless? 121
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 19/02/2026And...it was a maximum grifting AI con. Shocker! That bubble can't pop soon enough. 040
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 09/02/2026So Teamspeak I guess? Massive overreach from Discord that ZERO people should tolerate. 010
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 29/01/2026This guy sounds like a fucking moron. 010
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Boo. Stolen straight from the source. This isn't progress Jay, this is a way for the arts to stagnate. 1140