Adam. Pottery Beard.
@thatbeardoadam.bsky.social
PR, marketing, narrative in games. For hire. Former game journalist (possibly relapsing). I do stuff for BitSummit and IGF. Geek and expensive-whiskey-wanter. My opinions are my own.
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First pottery class done! Never done this before but I really enjoyed it and my instructor was impressed by my first attempts. I picked it up pretty quickly and made what I wanted (a yunomi 湯のみ) after my third attempt. It was then cut in half to better understand the process 😅
Good on Christine Jardine for taking this to Parliament. Lets see Rockstar dodge this!
The Rockstar union case made its way into UK Parliament earlier today
Video game giant Rockstar has sacked more than 30 workers across the UK, including my constituents working at their Edinburgh office. I urged Ministers to support workers who have lost their jobs, and stop this from happening again.
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Good on Christine Jardine for taking this to Parliament. Lets see Rockstar dodge this!
Was that a brief Ron Pearlman I heard, mentioning War??
Fallout Season Two Official Trailer | Prime Video (streaming Dec 17th) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECI3...
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Was that a brief Ron Pearlman I heard, mentioning War??
This is such a shitty position for the workers to be in either way. They're either out of work, or reinstated while being the target of every ounce of corporate malfeasance Take Two/Rockstar c-suite shitheads are prepared to throw at them as employees.
"This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated www.eurogamer.net/this-is-a-bl...
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is such a shitty position for the workers to be in either way. They're either out of work, or reinstated while being the target of every ounce of corporate malfeasance Take Two/Rockstar c-suite shitheads are prepared to throw at them as employees.
Reposted by Adam. Pottery Beard.
Gabe and friends when they finished making the Steam Machine
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Gabe and friends when they finished making the Steam Machine
This better come with Half-Life 3 pre-installed.
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This better come with Half-Life 3 pre-installed.
Following the launch of Arc Raiders, it’s important to assume that whichever CEO who talks about the extensive application of AI across the industry is talking total fucking bullshit.
Following the launch of Arc Raiders – and the ongoing debate regarding the use of generative AI – Nexon CEO Junghun Lee has said "it's important to assume every game company" is using the technology
www.gamesindustry.biz/nexon-ceo-sa...
www.gamesindustry.biz/nexon-ceo-sa...
Nexon CEO says "it's important to assume every game company is using AI" following Arc Raiders debate
Junghun Lee says "AI has improved efficiency in both game production and live service operations" at publisher
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Following the launch of Arc Raiders, it’s important to assume that whichever CEO who talks about the extensive application of AI across the industry is talking total fucking bullshit.
Excuse me while I gorge myself on these…
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Excuse me while I gorge myself on these…
The country only culled half as many as they did last year too.
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The country only culled half as many as they did last year too.
Reposted by Adam. Pottery Beard.
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
What movie villain is a horrible "person", but an absolute joy to watch on screen?
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What movie villain is a horrible "person", but an absolute joy to watch on screen?
Don’t mind me, just having my own personal rave to STEAM AHEAD on @enhance-experience.com’s Lumines Rise.
a crowd of people watching a show with blue lights
ALT: a crowd of people watching a show with blue lights
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Don’t mind me, just having my own personal rave to STEAM AHEAD on @enhance-experience.com’s Lumines Rise.
I mean, considering how long Bond has been going for and his varying appearances over the years, I just assumed "James Bond" was a "legend" identity just as much as the 00 codename was.
Just go with that!
@richardepcar.bsky.social Waddaya think, man?
Just go with that!
@richardepcar.bsky.social Waddaya think, man?
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I mean, considering how long Bond has been going for and his varying appearances over the years, I just assumed "James Bond" was a "legend" identity just as much as the 00 codename was.
Just go with that!
@richardepcar.bsky.social Waddaya think, man?
Just go with that!
@richardepcar.bsky.social Waddaya think, man?
Repost this enough that Geoff sweats.
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Repost this enough that Geoff sweats.
Doodled this yeeeeeeeeears ago.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Doodled this yeeeeeeeeears ago.
Hooooo boy! THIS! It was Aura that got me into IGF judging about 5 years ago and I take it very seriously. The last few years of event judging has been more than a little frustrating when it’s just demos. A public vertical slice won’t cut it if you want you game to be put forward on its best merits.
blog post boiling within me titled "indie publishers, you need to get your shit together" based on this year of indie pubs submitting games to IGF w/ a demo and then when asked for a dev build so anyone can actually judge it, either ghost or go "we will provide you with a build on the release date"
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Hooooo boy! THIS! It was Aura that got me into IGF judging about 5 years ago and I take it very seriously. The last few years of event judging has been more than a little frustrating when it’s just demos. A public vertical slice won’t cut it if you want you game to be put forward on its best merits.
Stumbled across a small pottery exhibition on my way to Sunny George for coffee. Came away with a really nice cup to add to the collection.
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Stumbled across a small pottery exhibition on my way to Sunny George for coffee. Came away with a really nice cup to add to the collection.
Just reposting this again because you should all be playing this wonderful game. It’s like ¥990 on JP Steam and a neat 4 hours of solid gameplay.
I've just been playing some of Hypogea and it's absolutely wonderful!
A really well designed platforming third person adventure with some really novel traversal mechanics. This has to be the first ever "pole-vault em' up", surely!
Go play it!
A really well designed platforming third person adventure with some really novel traversal mechanics. This has to be the first ever "pole-vault em' up", surely!
Go play it!
THE GAME IS OUT, I REPEAT, THE GAME IS OUT
Hopefully I squashed all the bugs, hope everyone enjoys it!
store.steampowered.com/app/2980260/...
Hopefully I squashed all the bugs, hope everyone enjoys it!
store.steampowered.com/app/2980260/...
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Just reposting this again because you should all be playing this wonderful game. It’s like ¥990 on JP Steam and a neat 4 hours of solid gameplay.
Been thinking about this Ginger and lemon tea for days. I’m going back to Cafe Kocsi in the next half hour. Come join me for a late lunch in Kyoto!
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Been thinking about this Ginger and lemon tea for days. I’m going back to Cafe Kocsi in the next half hour. Come join me for a late lunch in Kyoto!
Okay, now I’M curious.
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Okay, now I’M curious.
Part of me doesn't quite agree with reviewing a game badly for biased reasons, but also a much larger part of me is in FULL agreement with putting a studio on blast for its continued use of AI to undercut voice actors and creatives for the BS excuse of time and budget. Embark can afford all of it!
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Part of me doesn't quite agree with reviewing a game badly for biased reasons, but also a much larger part of me is in FULL agreement with putting a studio on blast for its continued use of AI to undercut voice actors and creatives for the BS excuse of time and budget. Embark can afford all of it!
I've just been playing some of Hypogea and it's absolutely wonderful!
A really well designed platforming third person adventure with some really novel traversal mechanics. This has to be the first ever "pole-vault em' up", surely!
Go play it!
A really well designed platforming third person adventure with some really novel traversal mechanics. This has to be the first ever "pole-vault em' up", surely!
Go play it!
THE GAME IS OUT, I REPEAT, THE GAME IS OUT
Hopefully I squashed all the bugs, hope everyone enjoys it!
store.steampowered.com/app/2980260/...
Hopefully I squashed all the bugs, hope everyone enjoys it!
store.steampowered.com/app/2980260/...
Save 25% on Hypogea on Steam
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I've just been playing some of Hypogea and it's absolutely wonderful!
A really well designed platforming third person adventure with some really novel traversal mechanics. This has to be the first ever "pole-vault em' up", surely!
Go play it!
A really well designed platforming third person adventure with some really novel traversal mechanics. This has to be the first ever "pole-vault em' up", surely!
Go play it!
Goon a movie
Big Goon in Little China
Big Goon in Little China
Goon a movie
Sherlock Goon
Sherlock Goon
Goon a movie
Shanghai Goon
Shanghai Goon
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Goon a movie
Big Goon in Little China
Big Goon in Little China
That’s….that’s not what I watched…
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
That’s….that’s not what I watched…