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Ty Schalter

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Professional writer and talker; sports things & nerd stuff. Feature journalism, NFL analysis, books & stories, and my podcast about old video game magazines: @funfactorpod.com. Partnerships director @rankmivote.bsky.social. He/him. #ADHD

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Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · Sep 4

hey, new followers! i’m ty schalter, a columnist for @prideofdetroit.bsky.social. subscribe for a whole bunch of great #onepride analysis: subscribe.prideofdetroitdirect.com/join

I’m also half of @funfactorpod.com, a biweekly podcast reviewing old video game magazine reviews! funfactorpod.com

FunFactor Podcast — Subscribe Today!

Two Old Gamers Review Old Video Game Magazine Reviews with Ty Schalter and Aidan Moher

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Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 11h

jaxson dart had the WORLD in his face, and he dropped it into a bucket. big, big, big-time throw

Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 11h

if that’s not saquon back there, that’s six

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Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 13h

yoooooooooo, thank you @moegamer.net!!

Anyway, what I would like to talk about is the Fun Factor podcast, hosted by the experienced writers and video game enthusiasts, Ty Schalter and Aidan Moher. “Oh great,” you might say. “Another video games podcast. Like we need any more of those!”

To that, dear reader, I say fie and pfaugh and other such expectorations! Fun Factor is different. Fun Factor isn’t just a bunch of dudes sitting around talking about what they’d played that week, maybe coupled with the gaming news headlines they’d picked off their favourite website. Fun Factor is, as you might have determined from the name, about something which is very close to my heart and soul: magazines.

What I particularly enjoy about Fun Factor is that it has a breezy, friendly tone that one iTunes reviewer quite correctly described as “being like reading old magazines with friends”. It’s unmistakably modern, as Ty and Aidan are not above pointing out how these magazines often demonstrate how social attitudes and conventions have changed over the years, but, crucially, this never becomes in any way overbearing or preachy. There is plenty to criticise and lessons to be learned in these old mags — but also plenty to celebrate, too, and the show always finds an excellent balance between reflecting on how we’ve grown (or not, in some cases!) and what a wonderful time it was to be interested in video games.

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · Aug 9

I'm always struck by the analogy between the tech/rationalist community and AI and the Evangelical Christian community and the end times. In each case, they, on some level fear what is coming, are obsessed with the topic, and are also constantly drawn to making catastrophe more likely.

David Mimno @dmimno.bsky.social · Aug 9

Me in 2023: Just chill. All the AI doom scenarios involve giving models direct access to and control over real world systems, and no one would be that dumb

In 2025: oh fuck

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Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 20h

it was that close in time in real life!!

Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 1d

yeah lol, three-run bottom-of-the-ninth rally ending with a pop-up and then a double play 😅

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Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 1d

omg yes

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Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 3d

There's a lot of stupid shit happening in the world but we still decided to start a small press. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...

Homeward Books: The home for books without a home

Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.

www.kickstarter.com

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 4d

Somersaulting in here to be like "There are war pteranodons in THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS but those are the least of everybody's problems for most of the book" :D

Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 4d

sci-fi has gotta bring back dudes riding pterodactyls, that was a whole vibe

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Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 2d

nevermind

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Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 2d

game on!!! baseball is once again happening

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the best twelve (pending review) @cmikesspinmove.bsky.social · Jul 7

Still unclear whether Cal Raleigh's first name is short for 'California' or the late Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus otherwise known as 'Caligula'

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Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 2d

yeah the sportsball people finally did come to bsky!

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 2d

disappointing to see every big account on this website line up to stoke rage and fear and doom into everyone's hearts based on what is already been explained to be misleading.

as @threnody.bsky.social said, you will have plenty of other opportunities for despair and to criticize Newsom!

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 2d

Hi, I'm a trans Californian who reported on the CA bills. This headline is misleading at best. You haven't noted that he has until the 12th to sign the other bills, leaving that out is irresponsible and fearmongers.

People can and should still pressure him on those bills.

bsky.app/profile/mady...

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 2d

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 2d

c’mon, help my boy out—he deserves *at least* half as many followers as me!!

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 2d

👀👀👀

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 2d

It’s FunFactor Fuuuuuuuuesday!

On this episode of @funfactorpod.com, @tyschalter.com and dig into rumours of Square leaving Nintendo for Sony, Bill Donahue’s height, personality-driven games media, and, of course, a deep dive into Game Players’ review of *in the Resident Evil voice* Resident Evil.

Game Players 83 - Resident Evil [S1E15]

Podcast Episode · FunFactor · 2025-10-07 · 1h 25m

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 2d

I liked when James Baxter used to do occasional guest spots on animated TV shows. I assume studios had a bat signal for him, except instead of a static bat it was a horse running in perspective towards the camera while the camera rotated around it

Character Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social · 2d

Animation by James Baxter* | Steven Universe (2013 - 2019)

#penciltest #sakuga #genga #2danimation

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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC (Friday only!) @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 4d

Get bent, ya fuckin jabroni

CNBC @cnbc.com · 4d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

cnb.cx

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 3d

In 2012, I published a book about the collapse in trust in the mainstream media. I argued that a widely trusted media establishment was probably incompatible with a polarized party system that is heavily sorted by ideology. /1 www.jonathanmladd.com/why-american...

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 2d

it's hard to talk about this without sounding braggy but you can get pretty far as a business with sincerity and trust, mostly because so many goddamn businesses burn up that kind of intangible resource as soon as they get it, and everything is so dire right now that people are hungry for trust

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 2d

I am extremely pumped to be able to talk about this - earlier this year @planetoffinks.bsky.social reached out to ask if I would want to design a bumper sticker for Welcome to Night Vale. In keeping with my whole deal I made the Keep Honking! one, which is now available for purchase!

Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 2d

Two fun new bumper stickers!

Find them here: buff.ly/lGvAVs5

Two bumper stickers. the top one is black with white text that arches slightly up like a shallow rainbow: Keep Honking! I'm listening to my weird little podcasts. On the right is a dog sitting but it's head is the horn of a record player. On the other side is a record player but instead of a horn on top is a dog's head.
The bottom bumper sticker is in shades of purple. The text takes up most of the space with a purple galaxy of stars behind it and a transparent Night Vale eye on the right. The eye is almond shaped with a crescent moon in the iris. The text is a very light violet and says: be proud of your place in the cosmos. it is small and yet it is.

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Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 3d

harrison butker warming up like

a) he’ll get a chance to kick it

and

b) he’ll have a prayer of making it anyway

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Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 3d

when i said “not many qbs other than jared goff would get tripped trying to make the handoff and lay out to make the handoff anyway,” i was right

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Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 3d

💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 3d

oh that’s excellent

Outside Mid @outsidemid.bsky.social · 3d

Devin's Shire! was also on offer