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Cale Michael
@xjustified.bsky.social
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Writer who likes basketball and good neutral - Words @ http://www.boosterblogs.com - Reach me @ [email protected] - Links @ https://linktr.ee/XJustified Any -
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Hello bsky! My name is Cale and I write about games and esports a lot.

Currently freelancing/looking for work, but I post plenty of my writing and other projects here. (Please feel free to ignore my sports posts!)

Links: linktr.ee/XJustified
Blog: www.boosterblogs.com
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The government is shut down, people are literally about to go hungry as SNAP payments stop, and this dude is building a gold trimmed billionaire ballroom.

This isn’t going to end well.
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we really gotta talk about the various layers to the psychology of spending and interacting with pop culture and games and how we got here lol
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Me When I Am Coming To Fucking Get You
It blows. You can't go five minutes around here without seeing some business centered around cars (or like, a million churches, take your pick I guess.)

I had to get a car once my old one died because there is no alternative to having one that is reliable around me.
I’m too tired from job searching to deal with dumb pricing discourse for an entertainment space.
Kakeru retiring is a real bummer to end the day on.
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You know, whatever else there is to say about DC comics firing me, I have to say it felt deeply satisfying to tell a suit, "I get it, it's important to keep the faceless mob of Nazis happy"
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People die, and Yuna dances When will she stop dancing
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Things Victor Wembanyama Did Tonight:
Big fan of creators and supporting their work. Especially as more layoffs hit media spaces.
I feel like every princessification is one wrong move from where you are getting at tbh
Sometimes you just have to make something happen before the timer you are feeling runs out tbh.

I made the mistake of not pulling a similar trigger on that last year and am paying for it now.
Writing an “actual review” for the first time in a while, and it feels weird lol
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Lots of ex-coworkers at TG are out of a job today.

Despite unrelenting mismanagement, these folks clocked in every day and fought against a tide of BS to produce good work.

Valnet is truly one of the worst companies in both the media and video game industries, and makes both spaces so much worse.
I like how as soon as we do this, there are more layoffs...
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If anyone who was laid off from TheGamer today has a piece they were working on and need a home for, Skybox wants to hear from you, and we pay pretty well.

We can't make up for you being laid off, but we'll do what we can.
Valnet unfortunately let go of the entire TheGamer features team today alongside several other staff members.

Many incredibly talented and hard working writers I've had the pleasure of working with over the past several years.
While I work on some other stuff for today and beyond, the new episode of Timesphere went up yesterday!

@counterscottgo.bsky.social and I discuss early reactions to Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Battlefield 6, and the future of console gaming. Give it a watch or listen!

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Pokémon Legends Z-A and Battlefield 6 Are Here! - Timesphere Podcast
YouTube video by Timesphere
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