Adam. Pottery Beard.
@thatbeardoadam.bsky.social
Ceramicist/Potter. Former PR, marketing in games. Former game journalist. I do stuff for BitSummit and IGF. Geek and expensive-mead-wanter. My opinions are my own.
Just finished watching the Tatiana Maslany-lead Keeper. It was a weird-ass trip of a horror movie with some wild cinematography and excellent creature designs. It’s an average movie with some standout VFX. Good enough for a popcorn movie when there’s nothing else to watch that won’t waste your time
So you’re telling me the shite British loc wasn’t a bug?
Nintendo Life@nintendolife.com · 13h agoNintendo Identifies Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Switch 2 Edition Bugs, Update On The Way.
Hell is Us is an excellent game and I’m happy they hit this milestone.
Noisy Pixel@noisypixel.net · 21h agoMoots! Let’s all go on a Big Walk! If you’re interested, say so below! #BigWalk
Don’t let them pillage your nostalgia as a diversion of their malfeasance.
VGC@videogameschronicle.com · yesterdayXbox's backward compatibility program on PC – which currently offers four original Xbox games, with more to come – will include Xbox 360 games in the future. Plans are to make 360 games playable on 'Xbox PCs', compatible handhelds and Project Helix. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-ba...
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Back in the days of the wild west, everything was much more rudimentary and raw. Drinking water had bits in it, shoes had holes in them, and computers only had 8-bits of processing power. With limited...
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Finally watched Disclosure Day and what a plodding heap of horseshit that was. It’s depressing that this is what Steven Spielberg has come up with, a movie so dull and pedestrian that it makes Contact look good in comparison. Thank god I didn’t pay to see this.
Funny Green Alien Waving on Couch
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Look, I don’t get the chance to co-op games with groups of people these days. It’s honestly depressing. But I’m going to need folks to Go on a Big Walk with.
House House@househouse.com · 2d agoBig Walk comes out TOMORROW, August 4. "But what time??" we hear you ask. Well! Let us tell you: • on Switch 2 and PS5: late morning-ish for your console region* • on PC and Mac: 6am PDT exactly (11pm AEST)
Oh look, more supremely exhausting gamer discourse, about souls games no less. Hard fucking nope.
See?? This is what I’m talking about! We need more of this! bsky.app/profile/read...
Adam. Pottery Beard.@thatbeardoadam.bsky.social · 4d agoThis is your regular reminder to buy and play NEVA by @nomada.studio because it’s fucking ART! It’s also your continuous reminder to support indies so we can keep having beautiful, poignant and important games like this.
This is your regular reminder to buy and play NEVA by @nomada.studio because it’s fucking ART! It’s also your continuous reminder to support indies so we can keep having beautiful, poignant and important games like this.
Watched #SpiderManBrandNewDay for my birthday and loved it. Definitely felt like the strongest entry, with some great development and welcome surprises. Lots of emotional highs (based on the sniffles of the Japanese lady crying next to me). As a gift to myself, I also picked up this model kit.
I have a joke about Damocles, but the punchline will keep you hanging…
Richard Littler@richardlittler.bsky.social · 4d agoI have a joke about medusa, but it will petrify you.
Okay, my impression of this game went up even higher for a particular video game reason. I feel like you can judge a game’s quality by the design and impact of a shotgun. Just found one in the demo and it was VERY satisfying. Solid sound, damage and a real weighty knock-back impact on enemies.
Hershel from Walking Dead with Shotgun
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Adam. Pottery Beard.@thatbeardoadam.bsky.social · 5d agoPlaying the Anomalith demo and so far it feels like a tactical RE-style Control. Some good first impressions. Particularly though I appreciate the gutsy in-game wishlist promotion for the games 😅
Playing the Anomalith demo and so far it feels like a tactical RE-style Control. Some good first impressions. Particularly though I appreciate the gutsy in-game wishlist promotion for the games 😅
Like, where the fuck is the dopamine coming from when you use AI if you’re not actually engaging your brain? AI slop is the absence of critical or constructive thinking. If lack of thought is where you get your jollies from, then maybe you’re a fucking moron to begin with.
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 5d agoYouTuber Hank Green Admits He Has Unhealthy Relationship With AI After Facing Backlash Over Recent Video 'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Green
Sarah might need an intervention soon.
Sarah Ford 🐍🎨🖥️ Time Zone Era@angeloslh.bsky.social · 5d agoIn case my disjointed ass skeets mean the lede is buried, this is the game I have became hopelessly addicted to, it came out today and it hits me in all of the correct menu-game one-more-thing-to-do=then-I'll-stop sicko spots to make my entire day evaporate store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/...
Humiliating and bullying corporations is always justified. Hey Google, how about you just DON’T put this shit out at all, you goddamn losers.
404 Media@404media.co · 5d agoUPDATE: After the publication of this piece, Google sent 404 Media a statement saying it was “rolling back this feature in Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails.” www.404media.co/google-earth...
News time! 🚨 On August 9th our Steam version will transform to become BIG HOPS TOGETHER. - Play the full adventure ONLINE with 8 players - Pick up and throw your friends - Tongue swing from other players - Steal items from each other's backpacks - Story and collection progress is shared
Behold this train-wreck of a demo, courtesy of Iron Pineapple
I played 9 Souls-Like games you've never heard of
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Adam. Pottery Beard.@thatbeardoadam.bsky.social · 6d agoSo this AI-riddled and undisclosed game came out today and I have two particular thoughts. The first is that gaming publications need to be a LOT more analytical of games they have yet to review so slop like this don’t get to add misleading quotes to Steam pages. My second thought is that /1
So this AI-riddled and undisclosed game came out today and I have two particular thoughts. The first is that gaming publications need to be a LOT more analytical of games they have yet to review so slop like this don’t get to add misleading quotes to Steam pages. My second thought is that /1
The Relic: First Guardian on Steam
A dark action RPG rooted in Korean myth, with brutal, fast combat.
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It’s now July 31st where I am, so technically I’m now 43.
Happy Birthday Celebration
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Chiitan-senpai noticed me. That means you have to go buy and support this game.
Adam. Pottery Beard.@thatbeardoadam.bsky.social · 7d agoRecently picked up Lunarium and it’s a really delightful action adventure game. Really nice character designs, color palette and deliberate combat. It has a feel of an isometric Ender Lilies while not as grim-dark. Also kinda gay (complimentary).
Recently picked up Lunarium and it’s a really delightful action adventure game. Really nice character designs, color palette and deliberate combat. It has a feel of an isometric Ender Lilies while not as grim-dark. Also kinda gay (complimentary).
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Lunarium is an atmospheric fantasy A-RPG. Play as Ave, a light-armored knight, who teams up with Lune, a mysterious Starfarer. Together, they journey to save a dying world, engaging in challenging bat...
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Samesies.
Gintama: Otae's Sadistic Fun with Hasegawa Taizou
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Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 7d agoLuke has offered the "I can't be fucking bothered" position in this debate, and I'm offering the "please throw a fastball at my nuts as hard as you can" position.