Ty Schalter

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

for as long as I've been in the game industry - and probably well before - one of the greatest barriers to development has been men in leadership positions who don't know what they want and can't articulate it to the people they're in charge of

this is categorically insane

I'm reading an NYT article about how short stories are the new hotness in Hollywood, and I'm looking at my 150 short story bibliography and am like...

The dig against Travis Knight is that he's a nepo baby son of a billionaire whose (expensive) stop-motion movies only get made because his dad funds them, but if we MUST have billionaires, I'd rather they fund weird, beautiful art that only exists because they do so than basically anything else.

Encouraging thoughts/feedback/corrections — so please read and amplify 👍 Would like to get a bit more college hoops on the Bluesky timeline when the games get going next week. I know there's a small but eager faction of ball knowers checking in on this app daily.

i genuinely love to spread good posts and sentiment

I'm glad more people are getting to know Roxie. she's the best and I hope she gets whatever job she wants after this campaign.

the washington free beacon is trying to october surprise abdul by revealing his comms chief used to post bangers

RIP

This is why I encourage other comics people to really look at the deadline they've been assigned and if it's even feasible. And not "it will kill me, but I can do it" feasible, either. Sometimes deadlines are arbitrary and can be adjusted! Especially early in the process! Ask for what you need!

oh sure, but when i start waving a gun around outside a cheesecake factory for religious reasons everybody starts screaming and calling it “reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon”

NEW: I spoke with current and former EA employees to understand how the latest layoff round played out and the realities of daily life at the U.S. publisher. The short version? EA is controlled by an executive class that "cannot fail, only be failed." Workers, then, will always pay the price.

guys let’s all go to bed

Nothing instills confidence like a cokehead and two of the most concussed men to have ever lived.

*grimaces* *closes eyes* *clicks*

The effort of the Browns and some of the media to turn Deshaun Watson into some kind of inspirational hero is really something to see. Same goes for Jameis Winston and Ben Roethlisberger.

I do get unsolicited assignments occasionally—thank you, Artsy; gratzi, @bradfordpearson.bsky.social—but half of my day is spent pitching, sending LOIs, or reaching out to editors to remind them that I am, in fact, very much alive. I've learned to accept that this is how it is.

Mourinho was once asked to come up with the saddest five-a-side team ever. This is what he wrote: Forssell, Bebe, Schuurs, Neville, Warne

jeeeeeeeeeez

during the 2023 WGA strike. a real one.

It seems like every year there are a couple specific calls they all collectively get real free jazz with. grounding might be one of this year’s

wow, packers fans on x dot com really believe they fell victim to a vast pro-lions officiating conspiracy

The Vikings being the last undefeated team left while having the worst offense in the NFL by success rate is truly one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen

harrison butler forgot to point to god to thank him for missing that field goal, wonder why

Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

my eyes must be broken because there’s no way i saw what i just saw

Thirty years ago I was on a high-volume high-aggro mailing list, and when someone lost it like this the tradition was for someone to take the text of the message, alphabetize it, paste it into a reply, and say “these words didn’t appear to be in any particular order so I alphabetized them for you”

oof, darnold couldn’t have placed that any better or put any more zip on it. just a great play by the db

jahmyr gibbs just hurt himself worse trying to stop himself than anyone has ever hurt him trying to stop him

man i can’t wait to watch this tape back. petzing has been dialing up so much interesting stuff

terrrrrrrible call against green bay there. hate it

trey smacked that kick up

packers d did brilliantly to snuff that out and make that stop. once again their offense gets the ball in primo position

National Tight Ends Day isn't even a real holiday. It's actually adopted from a pagan fullback festival held around the time of the fall equinox

looks like brian branch can still play

this dude is so much cooler and funnier than his brother

All time flag toss.