Cale Michael
@xjustified.bsky.social
Writer who likes basketball and good neutral -
Words @ http://www.boosterblogs.com -
Timesphere Podcast @ youtube.com/@TimesphereShow
Reach me @ cale@boosterblogs.com -
Links @ https://linktr.ee/XJustified
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Words @ http://www.boosterblogs.com -
Timesphere Podcast @ youtube.com/@TimesphereShow
Reach me @ cale@boosterblogs.com -
Links @ https://linktr.ee/XJustified
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Cale Michael
@xjustified.bsky.social
· Oct 21
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
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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WHAT
THE
FUCK
THE
FUCK
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:43 AM
WHAT
THE
FUCK
THE
FUCK
Still looking to book people! I promise I am fun to talk to (maybe…)
Probably going to try and start booking guests for Timesphere more frequently heading into the rest of 2024 and 25.
If any mutuals or media peeps are interested in coming on to talk about specific games or topics (doesn’t need to be just gaming,) hit me up in DMs or on Discord.
If any mutuals or media peeps are interested in coming on to talk about specific games or topics (doesn’t need to be just gaming,) hit me up in DMs or on Discord.
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Still looking to book people! I promise I am fun to talk to (maybe…)
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Payment processors are the actual unironic devil
XSEED Games announced that Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack west physical is canceled as well as digital unreleased games featured in the pack, due to the contents of several games in the pack not complying with current platform guidelines
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Payment processors are the actual unironic devil
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it starts with the weird coomer games
in a few years without appropriate pushback it'll be anything that doesn't bring glory to god
in a few years without appropriate pushback it'll be anything that doesn't bring glory to god
XSEED Games announced that Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack west physical is canceled as well as digital unreleased games featured in the pack, due to the contents of several games in the pack not complying with current platform guidelines
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
it starts with the weird coomer games
in a few years without appropriate pushback it'll be anything that doesn't bring glory to god
in a few years without appropriate pushback it'll be anything that doesn't bring glory to god
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Welp, Mastercard strikes again.
XSEED Games announced that Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack west physical is canceled as well as digital unreleased games featured in the pack, due to the contents of several games in the pack not complying with current platform guidelines
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Welp, Mastercard strikes again.
On Fridays, we repost Timesphere while making coffee and thinking about how good video games are.
Tuesday? Timesphere!
This week, @counterscottgo.bsky.social and I caught up on GTA 6’s delay, Rockstar’s ongoing issues, and talked about how it might impact the rest of the industry. We also got into more AI stupidity and Nintendo's future plans in gaming and beyond!
youtu.be/JEnbe6dKCNM?...
This week, @counterscottgo.bsky.social and I caught up on GTA 6’s delay, Rockstar’s ongoing issues, and talked about how it might impact the rest of the industry. We also got into more AI stupidity and Nintendo's future plans in gaming and beyond!
youtu.be/JEnbe6dKCNM?...
When Will GTA 6 Actually Release? - Timesphere Podcast
YouTube video by Timesphere
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
On Fridays, we repost Timesphere while making coffee and thinking about how good video games are.
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Probably going to try and start booking guests for Timesphere more frequently heading into the rest of 2024 and 25.
If any mutuals or media peeps are interested in coming on to talk about specific games or topics (doesn’t need to be just gaming,) hit me up in DMs or on Discord.
If any mutuals or media peeps are interested in coming on to talk about specific games or topics (doesn’t need to be just gaming,) hit me up in DMs or on Discord.
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Probably going to try and start booking guests for Timesphere more frequently heading into the rest of 2024 and 25.
If any mutuals or media peeps are interested in coming on to talk about specific games or topics (doesn’t need to be just gaming,) hit me up in DMs or on Discord.
If any mutuals or media peeps are interested in coming on to talk about specific games or topics (doesn’t need to be just gaming,) hit me up in DMs or on Discord.
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If only there was a video game franchise overtly about the dangerous rise of technolgy and the threat that the unchecked power of AI poses to the planet
Horizon Steel Frontiers Developers Used AI ‘Extensively’
insider-gaming.com/horizon-stee...
insider-gaming.com/horizon-stee...
Horizon Steel Frontiers Developers Used AI 'Extensively'
NCSoft has revealed that AI was used extensively in Horizon Steel Frontiers development. Here are more details.
insider-gaming.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If only there was a video game franchise overtly about the dangerous rise of technolgy and the threat that the unchecked power of AI poses to the planet
Interview tomorrow, and hopefully getting an article up before the end of the day too. Gonna be a long one!
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Interview tomorrow, and hopefully getting an article up before the end of the day too. Gonna be a long one!
The NYT is beyond saving (and has been for a while) considering it continues to allow framing like this for articles in any capacity, let alone this kind.
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The NYT is beyond saving (and has been for a while) considering it continues to allow framing like this for articles in any capacity, let alone this kind.
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It will always, ALWAYS fuck me up how MEGA MAN BATTLE NETWORK predicted this future!
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 AM
It will always, ALWAYS fuck me up how MEGA MAN BATTLE NETWORK predicted this future!
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I've had this chat with PR people and they know that supporting smaller sites and freelancers makes sense and would help build a healthier games media.
The problem is game publishers pretty much exclusively want GI cover stories or an IGN First and anything smaller isn't worth it.
The problem is game publishers pretty much exclusively want GI cover stories or an IGN First and anything smaller isn't worth it.
I don't understand this mentality as long as the person/website has reputable people. How does it hurt you to provide a code? With how hard it is to get publicity for games of all sizes even "small" coverage seems like it would only help?
November 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I've had this chat with PR people and they know that supporting smaller sites and freelancers makes sense and would help build a healthier games media.
The problem is game publishers pretty much exclusively want GI cover stories or an IGN First and anything smaller isn't worth it.
The problem is game publishers pretty much exclusively want GI cover stories or an IGN First and anything smaller isn't worth it.
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This.
I've had this chat with PR people and they know that supporting smaller sites and freelancers makes sense and would help build a healthier games media.
The problem is game publishers pretty much exclusively want GI cover stories or an IGN First and anything smaller isn't worth it.
The problem is game publishers pretty much exclusively want GI cover stories or an IGN First and anything smaller isn't worth it.
I don't understand this mentality as long as the person/website has reputable people. How does it hurt you to provide a code? With how hard it is to get publicity for games of all sizes even "small" coverage seems like it would only help?
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This.
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Tuesday? Timesphere!
This week, @counterscottgo.bsky.social and I caught up on GTA 6’s delay, Rockstar’s ongoing issues, and talked about how it might impact the rest of the industry. We also got into more AI stupidity and Nintendo's future plans in gaming and beyond!
youtu.be/JEnbe6dKCNM?...
This week, @counterscottgo.bsky.social and I caught up on GTA 6’s delay, Rockstar’s ongoing issues, and talked about how it might impact the rest of the industry. We also got into more AI stupidity and Nintendo's future plans in gaming and beyond!
youtu.be/JEnbe6dKCNM?...
When Will GTA 6 Actually Release? - Timesphere Podcast
YouTube video by Timesphere
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Tuesday? Timesphere!
This week, @counterscottgo.bsky.social and I caught up on GTA 6’s delay, Rockstar’s ongoing issues, and talked about how it might impact the rest of the industry. We also got into more AI stupidity and Nintendo's future plans in gaming and beyond!
youtu.be/JEnbe6dKCNM?...
This week, @counterscottgo.bsky.social and I caught up on GTA 6’s delay, Rockstar’s ongoing issues, and talked about how it might impact the rest of the industry. We also got into more AI stupidity and Nintendo's future plans in gaming and beyond!
youtu.be/JEnbe6dKCNM?...
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also worth noting how much racism made everything mentioned in this thread possible.
A convicted felon who had also been found liable for sexual assault and committed additional crimes in plain sight was close with a notorious child sex trafficker and likely participated in some of those crimes too got elected with much of that known and spent his presidency railing against “crime.”
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
also worth noting how much racism made everything mentioned in this thread possible.
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Here’s my massive interview with Dispatch’s writer Pierre Shorrete - touching on superhero fatigue, the nature of choice in narrative games, how it started as live action, how it became a “far greater” succes than expected, and what’s next www.inverse.com/gaming/dispa...
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Here’s my massive interview with Dispatch’s writer Pierre Shorrete - touching on superhero fatigue, the nature of choice in narrative games, how it started as live action, how it became a “far greater” succes than expected, and what’s next www.inverse.com/gaming/dispa...
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The Indie Game Awards are officially upon us. We’ll see you on Dec.18th 🏆
Introducing the nominees for The Indie Game Awards 2025, airing on December 18th at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @ign.com, @gamespot.com, and @sixoneindie.com's YouTube and Twitch channels.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Indie Game Awards are officially upon us. We’ll see you on Dec.18th 🏆
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And when actors went on strike over AI protections - literally fighting the bots - they wrote satirical dialogue to explain absences that was fully aligned with their own world-building, instead of replacing them with AI, or other actors.
Cognitive assonance, so cool, so classy, so appreciated 😭😭😭
Cognitive assonance, so cool, so classy, so appreciated 😭😭😭
The insight and emotion you can get from a real actor can't be replicated by ai. And that's without accounting for what an actor can provide via collaboration.
Like, Helldivers 2 is a great game. But it is ELEVATED by the scenery chewing VA they were able to invoke from their actors.
Like, Helldivers 2 is a great game. But it is ELEVATED by the scenery chewing VA they were able to invoke from their actors.
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
And when actors went on strike over AI protections - literally fighting the bots - they wrote satirical dialogue to explain absences that was fully aligned with their own world-building, instead of replacing them with AI, or other actors.
Cognitive assonance, so cool, so classy, so appreciated 😭😭😭
Cognitive assonance, so cool, so classy, so appreciated 😭😭😭
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Another reason to just… not use this service lol
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Another reason to just… not use this service lol
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New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
Probably going to try and start booking guests for Timesphere more frequently heading into the rest of 2024 and 25.
If any mutuals or media peeps are interested in coming on to talk about specific games or topics (doesn’t need to be just gaming,) hit me up in DMs or on Discord.
If any mutuals or media peeps are interested in coming on to talk about specific games or topics (doesn’t need to be just gaming,) hit me up in DMs or on Discord.
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Probably going to try and start booking guests for Timesphere more frequently heading into the rest of 2024 and 25.
If any mutuals or media peeps are interested in coming on to talk about specific games or topics (doesn’t need to be just gaming,) hit me up in DMs or on Discord.
If any mutuals or media peeps are interested in coming on to talk about specific games or topics (doesn’t need to be just gaming,) hit me up in DMs or on Discord.
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I need to point out that these aren't even the full Epstein Files.
There are just emails released by the House Oversight Committee.
There's even worse out there.
There are just emails released by the House Oversight Committee.
There's even worse out there.
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I need to point out that these aren't even the full Epstein Files.
There are just emails released by the House Oversight Committee.
There's even worse out there.
There are just emails released by the House Oversight Committee.
There's even worse out there.
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"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine"
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine"