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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well shit, didn't make the cut for the initial Steam Frame batch, and knowing how much worse the AI memory/storage bullshit is getting, I don't have hopes for getting one till 2027 or later at this rate. Staying in the queue just in case, but all expectations are gone at this point.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Steam Frame about to go live. I wonder how many people are gonna be shocked by the price tag likely being over $1k, or if most folks have mentally prepared themselves for anything gaming related being stupid expensive in this era.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm sorry, 15 hours a month on the ULTIMATE plan? I know I'm probably a bit of an outlier with how many hours I play per month, but how does a company supposedly catering to "hardcore gamers" think that's anywhere near reasonable allotment of time. The cloud streaming future SUCKS hard.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The only thing I'm remotely interested to see from Nvidia's DLSS5 is the abominations it will make.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Seeing the images in this thread, and this application of DLSS5 to Skyrim, it does seem to be mostly just a yassify face filter. Most glaringly, it does basically nothing to the image when enabled for the Argonian or Khajiit since it can't detect them as faces. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJeq...

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Skyrim DLSS 5 Neural Rendering Test

YouTube video by PureDark

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I know a lot of people around the Twitch ecosystem follow me so heads up! Twitch has opted you in to using your channel content for generative slop. Probably wise to uncheck this even if you don't actively stream.

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Cathode Ray Blanchard @shivs.kindgirls.online · 19/02/2026

the call of duty grenade distortion after the cut nearly fucking killed me

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pauline value-added consumer incentive @spacehunterm.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Throwback to when I wrote a complete dubbing script for the original Godzilla when I was 16 and then acted it out using the text-to-speech engine used for BonziBuddy and Google Translate.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Haven't really delved into art for quite a while, but hopped into Vermillion VR and did a quick painting practice in a mountain lake setting. It got me looking forward to really diving back into more VR art when the Steam Frame comes out. #VermillionVR #VRArt #art

a screenshot from the art application Vermillion - VR Painting, showing a painting on an easel depicting a mountain lake scene.

the same painting from the other screenshot, but a direct image file of the painting rather than having it on an easel in a 3d scene.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Celebrating the 4th this year by deploying a few 1.5kt tactical nukes on a tank factory in the game Nuclear Option. Very absurd game with the premise: What if we just said "fuck it, we ball" when it comes to nuclear weapons in a modern military setting.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Steam machine pre-orders up, not AS bad as I feared but still might be a hard sell to console gamers at over $1k for the base model. The randomized pre-order queue is an interesting approach.

Steam Machine pre-order page showing specs and price point, 512gb version without controller for $1049 ranging up to $1428 for the 2tb version with controller.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Watching Jerma do his top ~360ish games of all time list has been fascinating. Really goes to show how VASTLY different someone's experience in the hobby of video games can be. There is such a massive breadth of experiences to be had when it comes to video games.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Not sure how getting a trailer up on the Summer Games Fest thing works, but if you had to pay money to put your game on there and the framerate was that terrible on the Twitch stream and the audio was desynced like that on Youtube you probably deserve a refund from Geoff.

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Ryan Hill @ryanhillart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Painting Zucks megayacht on Lake Union last night 🔥

Me standing at my easel in front of Mark Zuckerberg's megayacht Launchpad docked on Lake Union in Seattle

Close up of the easel showing the painting of yacht in flames

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🤯 GTA fans, some awesome news you don't wanna miss! #gta #gtavi #gta6

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I don't know if we're ever going to see the Steam Machine or Frame at this point. The price is probably going to make them DoA if they do release any time in the next year or two. Really unfortunate timing for Valve that the entire home PC market is vanishing.

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Cakeman @cakeman.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

A Blender technique I've been really into these days is hand painting black and white maps for 90's stylized shadows. I'm still working on getting good at it but it's a really useful technique for getting cool shadows that don't make physical sense. #b3d I'll explain in the comments:

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I feel like some of these guys have forgotten that "taxing the rich" is simply the best offer they can hope to receive from the starving impoverished masses. The only other options are far worse for them.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Kinda fascinating. I wonder if this plays a big role in the wrong-ness people innately feel about the look of many AI-generated images? Our brains are wired for natural perspectives and subtle flaws like this stand out to us even if we can't immediately point them out.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

First time in a while that I've felt pretty excited about a new VR game announcement.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Steam throwing up errors for like 6 minutes on the buy page before my order went through, must be in high demand!

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Top 15 shows, off the top of my head Dragonball Dragonball Z early Spongebob early Simpsons Jackass Game of Thrones (despite the ending) Breaking Bad Better Call Saul DS9 TNG Voyager The Expanse Silo Andor Raised By Wolves

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

REALLY hope this is nothing more than reputation laundering (which is also gross given the harms these AI companies are causing/enabling) but I don't blame anyone for being sketchy of any association with these companies, always best to assume the worst intentions until proven otherwise.

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Pat Dude @prgilland.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I made a whole-ass mii and outfit just for this joke

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

LMAO this is literally in walking distance from me. People get stuck all the time down there thinking they know how to drive on soft sand. Makes great business for local tow truck drivers. Maybe the owner didn't realize their broken LOD mesh weighs more than many fullsize trucks.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Some further thoughts on Crimson Desert. I'm about 100 hours in now, still feels like i'm around the first 1/3 of the game based solely on how far quests have taken me around the map. The game slowly doles out systems in a way that avoids feeling overwhemling, I really enjoy the camp expansion...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 10/04/2026

One thing I find interesting is that despite seemingly the ENTIRE INDUSTRY trying to kill VR and make it seem as uncool as possible... VRChat has grown almost every month for almost eight years now and is among the top 25 most played things on Steam. Niche? Perhaps, but a big & hungry one.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Artemis splashdown looked great. So many moving parts that have to go right in any space mission, glad to see everything went smoothly.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Oh, avoid updating HWMonitor or CPU-Z for the time being I guess, looks like their site got compromised, sending people to download a malicious file instead of the official updates. Sounds like their site might be down at the moment, but definitely wait for the all clear.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

New Lethal Company update came out, and the game is just as hilarious and terrifying as ever. Zeekerss is a creative genius when it comes to blending comedy and horror.

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Representative Val Hoyle @repvalhoyle.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The President is too unstable to serve. The 25th Amendment needs to be invoked to stop the President from doing further damage to the safety and security of the US and the world. We should be called back to DC now to vote on the War Power's Resolution to stop the war.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The world is full of interesting people

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Been playing Crimson Desert a bunch of the last day, way too early to give any kind of overall impression of it, but I can tell already that is an insanely massive ambitious game. I can also tell it won't be enjoyable for everyone, even tho I'm enjoying much of what it has to offer. I wish...

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Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

DLSS 5 OFF / DLSS 5 ON

The bad German guy from Indiana Jones and the temple of doom, seconds before his face melts off, screaming. He is lit wonderfully from the front.

The same German guy whose face is now melting and his eyes are rolling back into his head because he had been blasted by DLSS 5 YASSIFY FILTER and the lighting is now washing out any potential for cast shadows, like a weaponized ring light

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TehSnakerer @tehsnakerer.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Nvidia DLSS 5 looks crazy

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The feeling of relief when you got to that one class you dreaded and there was a substitute teacher with one of these carts rolled out.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

It's always fun seeing a game with real world landmarks that aren't the Eiffel Tower or Statue of Liberty. Also, I loved Road Rash on the PC as a kid and never realized it had so many real world references.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This post reminded me of one of the greatest stream bits of all time. 4 hours to beat Kane & Lynch 2, +2 minutes for every good joke, -2 minutes for every bad joke, started the whole +2/-2 trend on Jerma's streams and I guess it's spread to a lot of Twitch since. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSp3...

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The Kane and Lynch Challenge

YouTube video by 2ndJerma

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I wrote my Poli Sci Senior Thesis on the connection between Christian End Times extremists and US foreign policy in the Near/Middle East back in 2010. It is terrifying to realize how many people in serious positions of power in the US are ACTIVELY STRIVING to bring about the end of the world.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

An important reminder to everyone that big AAA publishing companies are NOT and never will be your friend, no matter how many of your favorite electronic toys they sell.

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VRJosh @vrjosh.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Pictures like this are still very awe inspiring to me. And since none of us are ever going to ever experience these sights firsthand, I highly recommend checking out Space Engine store.steampowered.com/app/314650/S...

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SpaceEngine on Steam

The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.

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