Cale Michael

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

I appreciate that people want a new Mass Effect, but the future where fans advocate for the work itself and not the people who make it is the one the vultures at EA want. If you'll take it however you get it, they can keep treating people who make what you love as expendable.

Been writing quite a bit. Just not publishing. Maybe that changes in November.

Reminder that advertising and editorial are completely siloed from each other at ANN. I'm as disappointed as anyone else to see this on the feed.

9am Steelers game threw off my whole feel for the day. Time for a sandwich and some writing.

lets all draw mid pictures in our 30s together

Tim's on going lil-guy victim complex as the private owner of the company that makes the most popular video game on the market and the guy in charge of the most widely used game engine the industry has ever seen is really quite remarkable.

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If you're a connoisseur of on-brand James Dolan pettiness, grudge-settling, and ham-fisted dumbassery, have I got the article for you www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

Oh, fuck off, Bluesky. Sex workers helped build this website.

remember folks, next time you interview anyone at ea you should extremely be asking them about their new owners they might not answer, but as a journalist you should feel obliged to ask

Finally watched that leaked Mass Effect trailer, and yeah, I get why everyone is even angrier now.

This shit just writes itself at this point. Just the name "Epic AI MegaJam" is a joke that best describes what is going on with these companies.

It’s a deliberate far-right takeover of media in an attempt to hijack our culture and democracy.

What the fuck! What the fuck!!! Surely this isn't allowed! Surely NONE of this is allowed!!! I am so fucking tired of *waves arms* all of it!

I downloaded so many games on my Vita this weekend, only to play Tag Force while watching basketball all night lol.

Tried to keep mostly calm here. BioWare management shouldn't be let off the hook for its own part in the troubles of the past decade, but every story we hear about how EA mismanaged the studio is a reminder that this was entirely avoidable.

by the way look forward to there simply not being queer characters in the vast majority of AAA releases now. that's just happening. lmao. and don't hit me with 'lol just don't play AAA' yeah no fucking shit. this is important regardless

Fuck EA, Fuck rich people, fuck shareholders, fuck suits, fuck everyone who nakes our lifes more and more miserable.

Hell, there's a lot of 7/10s where I really liked a game! Just means that it's not rewiring my brain chemistry. An 8/10 is something like Silent Hill f. Great. Polished. Resonant. Maybe a couple rough edges but gripped the whole way through. A 9/10 is Signalis, where I'll be up to 6am finishing it

Street Fighter was exactly what I thought it would be after the first trailer.

All I’ve seen from the market the last two years is that I hope devs just support older hardware for longer. And it doesn’t sound like that stance will change with what comes next lol

Xbox is currently leading the entire video game industry in... profiles of its CEO. Day ending in Y? Another CEO profile. Amazing. Anyways, "...the price of the Helix console has internally been projected to cost consumers between $1,200 and $1,800..." So, good luck with that.

Tentatively putting some feelers out, because I have an idea that's gonna require some legwork. Kingdom Hearts' 25th anniversary is coming up in March 2027, and I've got, what I think, is a really good idea for an anniversary piece. Appreciate any leads on outlets or places that might be interested

Spent all weekend cleaning and working on projects. (Positive) And also playing Yu-Gi-Oh! (Negative)

The fact that we have to be afraid to market our games because of AI theft is a condemnation of every executive who has pushed for this cancer in our industry and art form. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

since California ballots are now out: prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box yes on 40, no on 41 and 42