Mike Sholars (Parody Adult)
@mikesholars.bsky.social
He/Him. Author of PARAPPA THE RAPPER from Boss Fight Books.
Writer. Fiction. Non-fiction. All the things.
Doing his best, considering the circumstances.
Writer. Fiction. Non-fiction. All the things.
Doing his best, considering the circumstances.
Toronto cops are in Riot Prep Position around the SkyDome, always a promising sign heading into the final inning
November 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Toronto cops are in Riot Prep Position around the SkyDome, always a promising sign heading into the final inning
baseball is suffering
a white cat with red eyes and wings is standing in front of a city
ALT: a white cat with red eyes and wings is standing in front of a city
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
baseball is suffering
THIS GAME IS EMOTIONAL TORTURE
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
THIS GAME IS EMOTIONAL TORTURE
they finally made video game music for Black people
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
they finally made video game music for Black people
Sadness and Sorrow - Bad Flute Cover
YouTube video by Lemonade Psycho
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
"The Organ Player in the Dodgers Stadium just played the Attack on Titan Theme Song," and other Things I Said Out Loud To No One At 2AM
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"The Organ Player in the Dodgers Stadium just played the Attack on Titan Theme Song," and other Things I Said Out Loud To No One At 2AM
I'm exhausted watching this at home in my night clothes. I cannot imagine the creeping chaos that must be unfolding at the SkyDome, where people are just watching this on a big TV, at 2am, in 7-degree weather.
October 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I'm exhausted watching this at home in my night clothes. I cannot imagine the creeping chaos that must be unfolding at the SkyDome, where people are just watching this on a big TV, at 2am, in 7-degree weather.
I rarely discuss how MUCH of a hopeless Assassin's Creed fan/apologist I used to be. I'm full of cursed, useless series lore.
And that's what gets me: THIS SERIES WAS ALWAYS WOKE AND IT SOLD MILLIONS. The first game stars a Muslim guy and came out the same year as Modern Warfare, for fuck's sake.
And that's what gets me: THIS SERIES WAS ALWAYS WOKE AND IT SOLD MILLIONS. The first game stars a Muslim guy and came out the same year as Modern Warfare, for fuck's sake.
SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan
Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke
www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...
Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke
www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...
Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year
Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File
www.gamefile.news
October 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I rarely discuss how MUCH of a hopeless Assassin's Creed fan/apologist I used to be. I'm full of cursed, useless series lore.
And that's what gets me: THIS SERIES WAS ALWAYS WOKE AND IT SOLD MILLIONS. The first game stars a Muslim guy and came out the same year as Modern Warfare, for fuck's sake.
And that's what gets me: THIS SERIES WAS ALWAYS WOKE AND IT SOLD MILLIONS. The first game stars a Muslim guy and came out the same year as Modern Warfare, for fuck's sake.
DISNEY AFTER THE WALLETS HAVE VOTED:
(this is my favorite Heathcliff comic btw)
(this is my favorite Heathcliff comic btw)
September 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
DISNEY AFTER THE WALLETS HAVE VOTED:
(this is my favorite Heathcliff comic btw)
(this is my favorite Heathcliff comic btw)
September 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Reposted by Mike Sholars (Parody Adult)
The final boss of Silksong is ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS.
I'm at 100% completion, but I honestly may never finish the game because of this fight.
The boss is an ink-black figure who melts into the arena's ink-black floor using ink-black projectiles while ink-black waves obscure the foreground. WHY.
I'm at 100% completion, but I honestly may never finish the game because of this fight.
The boss is an ink-black figure who melts into the arena's ink-black floor using ink-black projectiles while ink-black waves obscure the foreground. WHY.
September 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The final boss of Silksong is ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS.
I'm at 100% completion, but I honestly may never finish the game because of this fight.
The boss is an ink-black figure who melts into the arena's ink-black floor using ink-black projectiles while ink-black waves obscure the foreground. WHY.
I'm at 100% completion, but I honestly may never finish the game because of this fight.
The boss is an ink-black figure who melts into the arena's ink-black floor using ink-black projectiles while ink-black waves obscure the foreground. WHY.
AMERICANS: this is the leadership we want to see from the left. if you're not throwing your body in the way of people harming citizens, are you even serving them?
DEMS: we're going to unanimously vote to support the Hate Speech Mascot Remembrance Day, but we'll frown the whole time
DEMS: we're going to unanimously vote to support the Hate Speech Mascot Remembrance Day, but we'll frown the whole time
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
AMERICANS: this is the leadership we want to see from the left. if you're not throwing your body in the way of people harming citizens, are you even serving them?
DEMS: we're going to unanimously vote to support the Hate Speech Mascot Remembrance Day, but we'll frown the whole time
DEMS: we're going to unanimously vote to support the Hate Speech Mascot Remembrance Day, but we'll frown the whole time
I want to write about the Moral Crossroads of Pro Wrestling Fans in the US!
The biggest company in the world partnered up with multiple regimes (WWE execs are part of the Trump inner circle; Saudi Arabia will host Wrestlemania 43) AND enshittifies its core product via the new ESPN app.
The biggest company in the world partnered up with multiple regimes (WWE execs are part of the Trump inner circle; Saudi Arabia will host Wrestlemania 43) AND enshittifies its core product via the new ESPN app.
September 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I want to write about the Moral Crossroads of Pro Wrestling Fans in the US!
The biggest company in the world partnered up with multiple regimes (WWE execs are part of the Trump inner circle; Saudi Arabia will host Wrestlemania 43) AND enshittifies its core product via the new ESPN app.
The biggest company in the world partnered up with multiple regimes (WWE execs are part of the Trump inner circle; Saudi Arabia will host Wrestlemania 43) AND enshittifies its core product via the new ESPN app.
Despite writing a book about PaRappa the Rapper, I'm not in its wiki page!
I am, however, a valuable soldier in the Pro-Rosalina Mario community for pointing out that she wasn't a damsel in distress. Dope!
Also: I really liked my Mario Character Deep Dive series for Kotaku. Proud of those pieces.
I am, however, a valuable soldier in the Pro-Rosalina Mario community for pointing out that she wasn't a damsel in distress. Dope!
Also: I really liked my Mario Character Deep Dive series for Kotaku. Proud of those pieces.
September 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Despite writing a book about PaRappa the Rapper, I'm not in its wiki page!
I am, however, a valuable soldier in the Pro-Rosalina Mario community for pointing out that she wasn't a damsel in distress. Dope!
Also: I really liked my Mario Character Deep Dive series for Kotaku. Proud of those pieces.
I am, however, a valuable soldier in the Pro-Rosalina Mario community for pointing out that she wasn't a damsel in distress. Dope!
Also: I really liked my Mario Character Deep Dive series for Kotaku. Proud of those pieces.
Reposted by Mike Sholars (Parody Adult)
This essay, by an Egyptian-American former New Yorker staff fact-checker, is an incredible read
And incredibly damning
Huge recommendation
And incredibly damning
Huge recommendation
House Arab
I was working at the magazine as a fact-checker and my parents no longer considered me a failure, not because they read or admired it, but because when they said its name to friends and relatives it s...
bidoun.org
September 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This essay, by an Egyptian-American former New Yorker staff fact-checker, is an incredible read
And incredibly damning
Huge recommendation
And incredibly damning
Huge recommendation
ANYONE VAGUELY FAMILIAR WITH CHARLIE KIRK:
here are some direct quotes from the literal hundreds of thousands of terrible and hateful things he said and did
EMPLOYERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES BEFORE BANNING AND FIRING THEM:
here are some direct quotes from the literal hundreds of thousands of terrible and hateful things he said and did
EMPLOYERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES BEFORE BANNING AND FIRING THEM:
a cartoon of marge simpson saying that 's true but he shouldn 't say it .
ALT: a cartoon of marge simpson saying that 's true but he shouldn 't say it .
media.tenor.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
ANYONE VAGUELY FAMILIAR WITH CHARLIE KIRK:
here are some direct quotes from the literal hundreds of thousands of terrible and hateful things he said and did
EMPLOYERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES BEFORE BANNING AND FIRING THEM:
here are some direct quotes from the literal hundreds of thousands of terrible and hateful things he said and did
EMPLOYERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES BEFORE BANNING AND FIRING THEM:
I am gifted with prophecy but shunned by the algorithm.
Nation Plans Reveal Party to Determine if Recent Event is "Tragic Accident" or "Politically Motivated"
September 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I am gifted with prophecy but shunned by the algorithm.
Nation Plans Reveal Party to Determine if Recent Event is "Tragic Accident" or "Politically Motivated"
September 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Nation Plans Reveal Party to Determine if Recent Event is "Tragic Accident" or "Politically Motivated"
Each friend and family member that visited us this year has been detained while crossing the border back to the States.
My Ohio-born-and-raised MIL had her entire car and phone searched last week.
Think about what you're posting on here, and how your future self would explain it. That is all.
My Ohio-born-and-raised MIL had her entire car and phone searched last week.
Think about what you're posting on here, and how your future self would explain it. That is all.
September 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Each friend and family member that visited us this year has been detained while crossing the border back to the States.
My Ohio-born-and-raised MIL had her entire car and phone searched last week.
Think about what you're posting on here, and how your future self would explain it. That is all.
My Ohio-born-and-raised MIL had her entire car and phone searched last week.
Think about what you're posting on here, and how your future self would explain it. That is all.
Well, somebody updated his Wiki Entry.
September 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Well, somebody updated his Wiki Entry.
Thank YOU @retrogamebooks.com for letting me do my favourite thing in the world (try to sound smart while talking about things I love) across all three volumes of this amazing series!
And thank you @rcmacleod.bsky.social for the gift of being edited by a writer I admire! I apologize for everything.
And thank you @rcmacleod.bsky.social for the gift of being edited by a writer I admire! I apologize for everything.
Thank you again to @mikesholars.bsky.social for contributing a beautiful foreword.
September 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Thank YOU @retrogamebooks.com for letting me do my favourite thing in the world (try to sound smart while talking about things I love) across all three volumes of this amazing series!
And thank you @rcmacleod.bsky.social for the gift of being edited by a writer I admire! I apologize for everything.
And thank you @rcmacleod.bsky.social for the gift of being edited by a writer I admire! I apologize for everything.
The Hollow Knight/Silksong Aesthetic, in two examples:
1) You collect and save furry little fleas who bark like dogs when you rescue them!
2) When you unlock a new save point, a gigantic cathedral bell plays the first four notes of Dies Irae.
1) You collect and save furry little fleas who bark like dogs when you rescue them!
2) When you unlock a new save point, a gigantic cathedral bell plays the first four notes of Dies Irae.
September 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Hollow Knight/Silksong Aesthetic, in two examples:
1) You collect and save furry little fleas who bark like dogs when you rescue them!
2) When you unlock a new save point, a gigantic cathedral bell plays the first four notes of Dies Irae.
1) You collect and save furry little fleas who bark like dogs when you rescue them!
2) When you unlock a new save point, a gigantic cathedral bell plays the first four notes of Dies Irae.
BREAKING: Hollow Knight: Silksong is so hard that some players can't even get past the Nintendo eShop login page.
September 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
BREAKING: Hollow Knight: Silksong is so hard that some players can't even get past the Nintendo eShop login page.