Lorri Hopping (HoppingFun)
@hoppingfun.bsky.social
One of those creative types: Word-y, geek-y, game-y (oh wait).
I keep makin' games, stories, media, books, jazzy products for oodles of clients. Come see: hoppingfun.com
I keep makin' games, stories, media, books, jazzy products for oodles of clients. Come see: hoppingfun.com
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EIGHT HOURS of Adventure X talks start with the always insightful and entertaining Jon Ingold (Inkle, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault, etc etc).
On Story Generation: Concept to plot.
Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/live/MoIph1L... #adventurex #advx25
On Story Generation: Concept to plot.
Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/live/MoIph1L... #adventurex #advx25
AdventureX 2025
YouTube video by AdventureX
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November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
EIGHT HOURS of Adventure X talks start with the always insightful and entertaining Jon Ingold (Inkle, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault, etc etc).
On Story Generation: Concept to plot.
Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/live/MoIph1L... #adventurex #advx25
On Story Generation: Concept to plot.
Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/live/MoIph1L... #adventurex #advx25
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This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
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She released a memoir a couple of years back, so her memory is preserved! 💖
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109-year-old Tulsa massacre survivor becomes oldest woman in the world to release a memoir
In “Don’t Let Them Bury My Story,” Viola Fletcher recalls the horrific night in 1921 when America’s “Black Wall Street” was burned to the ground.
19thnews.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
She released a memoir a couple of years back, so her memory is preserved! 💖
19thnews.org/2023/08/viol...
19thnews.org/2023/08/viol...
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
EIGHT HOURS of Adventure X talks start with the always insightful and entertaining Jon Ingold (Inkle, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault, etc etc).
On Story Generation: Concept to plot.
Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/live/MoIph1L... #adventurex #advx25
On Story Generation: Concept to plot.
Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/live/MoIph1L... #adventurex #advx25
AdventureX 2025
YouTube video by AdventureX
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
EIGHT HOURS of Adventure X talks start with the always insightful and entertaining Jon Ingold (Inkle, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault, etc etc).
On Story Generation: Concept to plot.
Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/live/MoIph1L... #adventurex #advx25
On Story Generation: Concept to plot.
Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/live/MoIph1L... #adventurex #advx25
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
My fave game at No Quarter: Ride a Citibike thru 3D low-poly NYC to a destination while audience checks Google map to tell you which way to go. The ride is more parkour than Tour de France, climbing walls and obstacles, and defying physics.
#noquarter #nymakesgames @nyugamecenter.bsky.social
#noquarter #nymakesgames @nyugamecenter.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
My fave game at No Quarter: Ride a Citibike thru 3D low-poly NYC to a destination while audience checks Google map to tell you which way to go. The ride is more parkour than Tour de France, climbing walls and obstacles, and defying physics.
#noquarter #nymakesgames @nyugamecenter.bsky.social
#noquarter #nymakesgames @nyugamecenter.bsky.social
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I remember this from Sesame Street, 1979! Cathryn Aison & Philip Glass's Geometry of Circles!
www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screeni...
www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screeni...
Geometry of Circles - animation: Cathryn Aison / music: Philip Glass (Classic Sesame Street)
YouTube video by MonsterpieceTheatre
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November 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I remember this from Sesame Street, 1979! Cathryn Aison & Philip Glass's Geometry of Circles!
www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screeni...
www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screeni...
Following Epstein? Wondering about other serial predators?
Sgt. Kleffman: “How many female victims do you think have come forward?”
Bruckelmyer: “One, two, three.”
He insisted they made no attempt to hide Massie and encouraged victims to go to law enforcement....“We don’t protect either one.”
Sgt. Kleffman: “How many female victims do you think have come forward?”
Bruckelmyer: “One, two, three.”
He insisted they made no attempt to hide Massie and encouraged victims to go to law enforcement....“We don’t protect either one.”
Reporter Andy Mannix from the @startribune.com and I have been speaking to women all over the country about allegations of child sexual abuse in the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church. This is the story of how one perpetrator in Minnesota escaped consequences for years: www.propublica.org/article/sexu...
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Following Epstein? Wondering about other serial predators?
Sgt. Kleffman: “How many female victims do you think have come forward?”
Bruckelmyer: “One, two, three.”
He insisted they made no attempt to hide Massie and encouraged victims to go to law enforcement....“We don’t protect either one.”
Sgt. Kleffman: “How many female victims do you think have come forward?”
Bruckelmyer: “One, two, three.”
He insisted they made no attempt to hide Massie and encouraged victims to go to law enforcement....“We don’t protect either one.”
It's an enticing cattle call for space nuts (like me).
The hitch: you must be a multimedia social media maven with a "unique audience" and travel at your own expense to Florida. Launch date isn't 100% guaranteed. (I had a chance to do this as a journalist in the shuttle years and regret not going.)
The hitch: you must be a multimedia social media maven with a "unique audience" and travel at your own expense to Florida. Launch date isn't 100% guaranteed. (I had a chance to do this as a journalist in the shuttle years and regret not going.)
Here's an opportunity to visit NASA and attend the launch of the Artemis II mission to the Moon. Non-US citizens can apply. 🔭 🧪 www.nasa.gov/general/expe...
Experience the Launch of Artemis II - NASA
Lee esta nota en español aquí
www.nasa.gov
November 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
It's an enticing cattle call for space nuts (like me).
The hitch: you must be a multimedia social media maven with a "unique audience" and travel at your own expense to Florida. Launch date isn't 100% guaranteed. (I had a chance to do this as a journalist in the shuttle years and regret not going.)
The hitch: you must be a multimedia social media maven with a "unique audience" and travel at your own expense to Florida. Launch date isn't 100% guaranteed. (I had a chance to do this as a journalist in the shuttle years and regret not going.)
Indie game friends, Tribeca Game Festival OPEN for submissions (Jan/Feb deadlines for June event).
Emphasis is squarely on INDIE games, a chance to show your work at large. Check out prior selections for a taste.
tribecafilm.com/festival/sub...
Emphasis is squarely on INDIE games, a chance to show your work at large. Check out prior selections for a taste.
tribecafilm.com/festival/sub...
2026 Festival Submissions | Tribeca
Tribecafilm.com: Home of the 2025 Tribeca Festival
tribecafilm.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Indie game friends, Tribeca Game Festival OPEN for submissions (Jan/Feb deadlines for June event).
Emphasis is squarely on INDIE games, a chance to show your work at large. Check out prior selections for a taste.
tribecafilm.com/festival/sub...
Emphasis is squarely on INDIE games, a chance to show your work at large. Check out prior selections for a taste.
tribecafilm.com/festival/sub...
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The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
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Providence, R.I.
ICE tries to seize high school kid intern. He's shaken up. Superior Court Judge Joseph McBurney offers to take the lad home.
ICE agents surround judge’s car, threaten to smash the windows. They cuff the kid.
Coincidentally protest unfolds.
Much arguing. Outcome? Oops, wrong guy.
ICE tries to seize high school kid intern. He's shaken up. Superior Court Judge Joseph McBurney offers to take the lad home.
ICE agents surround judge’s car, threaten to smash the windows. They cuff the kid.
Coincidentally protest unfolds.
Much arguing. Outcome? Oops, wrong guy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Providence, R.I.
ICE tries to seize high school kid intern. He's shaken up. Superior Court Judge Joseph McBurney offers to take the lad home.
ICE agents surround judge’s car, threaten to smash the windows. They cuff the kid.
Coincidentally protest unfolds.
Much arguing. Outcome? Oops, wrong guy.
ICE tries to seize high school kid intern. He's shaken up. Superior Court Judge Joseph McBurney offers to take the lad home.
ICE agents surround judge’s car, threaten to smash the windows. They cuff the kid.
Coincidentally protest unfolds.
Much arguing. Outcome? Oops, wrong guy.
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Huge News! The call is out for the 5th volume of The Electronic Literature Collection (Submit by January 6)
collection.eliterature.org/5
collection.eliterature.org/5
Call for Submissions
The Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) seeks submissions for Volume 5 of the Electronic Literature Collection.
collection.eliterature.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Huge News! The call is out for the 5th volume of The Electronic Literature Collection (Submit by January 6)
collection.eliterature.org/5
collection.eliterature.org/5
Woke up and checked in on Smithsonian's live cheetah cam to find all four cubs grabbing a morning milk snack in Den 2.
It is a competition.
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
It is a competition.
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
nationalzoo.si.edu
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Woke up and checked in on Smithsonian's live cheetah cam to find all four cubs grabbing a morning milk snack in Den 2.
It is a competition.
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
It is a competition.
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
It's been years since I went to the NYU Game Center playtest Thurs, and it's amazing how much it's grown and slicked up.
Open to the public, tables and testers filled the room, and I was happy to see at least a few tabletop games and a very cool, retro radio video game.
#NYMakesGames
Open to the public, tables and testers filled the room, and I was happy to see at least a few tabletop games and a very cool, retro radio video game.
#NYMakesGames
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
It's been years since I went to the NYU Game Center playtest Thurs, and it's amazing how much it's grown and slicked up.
Open to the public, tables and testers filled the room, and I was happy to see at least a few tabletop games and a very cool, retro radio video game.
#NYMakesGames
Open to the public, tables and testers filled the room, and I was happy to see at least a few tabletop games and a very cool, retro radio video game.
#NYMakesGames
Love love LOVE the alt-tree interpretations.
This would be such a great creative writing exercise for a class or workshop. I imagine kids would absolutely ace it.
This would be such a great creative writing exercise for a class or workshop. I imagine kids would absolutely ace it.
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Love love LOVE the alt-tree interpretations.
This would be such a great creative writing exercise for a class or workshop. I imagine kids would absolutely ace it.
This would be such a great creative writing exercise for a class or workshop. I imagine kids would absolutely ace it.
Enjoyed this event! Always energizing to see new faces and connect with game friends from Gumbo, NYU, IGDA, and all kinds of other game hubs around the city.
Geez, I even met a pair of accountants and a financial adviser blending in nicely with the tech + creative crowd.
#NYMakesGames
Geez, I even met a pair of accountants and a financial adviser blending in nicely with the tech + creative crowd.
#NYMakesGames
IGDA NYC Level Up Tuesday!
We packed the space at Coexist last night to hear Josh Hirshfield, play Wynd and Legendary Heroes, and meet/greet game devs in the NYC area.
Here's our photo recap!
#NYMakesGames #gamedev #nyc
We packed the space at Coexist last night to hear Josh Hirshfield, play Wynd and Legendary Heroes, and meet/greet game devs in the NYC area.
Here's our photo recap!
#NYMakesGames #gamedev #nyc
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Enjoyed this event! Always energizing to see new faces and connect with game friends from Gumbo, NYU, IGDA, and all kinds of other game hubs around the city.
Geez, I even met a pair of accountants and a financial adviser blending in nicely with the tech + creative crowd.
#NYMakesGames
Geez, I even met a pair of accountants and a financial adviser blending in nicely with the tech + creative crowd.
#NYMakesGames
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Good morning. This article by @alissawilkinson.bsky.social
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Good morning. This article by @alissawilkinson.bsky.social
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
All 35 talks from THINKY CON, about making puzzle games, are on YouTube: thinkygames.com/news/all-35-...
#puzzlegames #gamedev
#puzzlegames #gamedev
All 35 talks from ThinkyCon 2025 are now available to watch on YouTube · Thinky Games
In case you missed any of our 2nd annual online convention centered around the making of the games we love so much, every presentation from ThinkyCon 2025 has now been uploaded to our YouTube channel ...
thinkygames.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
All 35 talks from THINKY CON, about making puzzle games, are on YouTube: thinkygames.com/news/all-35-...
#puzzlegames #gamedev
#puzzlegames #gamedev
One of my favorite books. I hope it makes its way to USA.
NEW LISTING
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live Show
A 90-minute, infinitely improbable adventure through multiple spaces at London’s Riverside Studios, going on a quest for the secret to life, the universe and everything.
London. Through Feb. 15, 2026
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live Show
A 90-minute, infinitely improbable adventure through multiple spaces at London’s Riverside Studios, going on a quest for the secret to life, the universe and everything.
London. Through Feb. 15, 2026
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live Show
Don't panic
everythingimmersive.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
One of my favorite books. I hope it makes its way to USA.
On my to-play list: THE DARKEST FILES game (Steam), a detective game about the Nazi trials: “Clues do not themselves deliver justice. You must not only find pieces of truth, but assemble them into a shelter over those targeted by fascism."
Based on true.
By @paintbucket.de
#g4c #seriousgames
Based on true.
By @paintbucket.de
#g4c #seriousgames
The Darkest Files is a powerful and compelling detective game that asks you to question truth and justice · Thinky Games
Set in postwar Germany, The Darkest Files is a historical detective game about prosecutor Fritz Bauer’s attempts to bring war criminals to justice. It explores the objectivity of truth through its mec...
thinkygames.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
On my to-play list: THE DARKEST FILES game (Steam), a detective game about the Nazi trials: “Clues do not themselves deliver justice. You must not only find pieces of truth, but assemble them into a shelter over those targeted by fascism."
Based on true.
By @paintbucket.de
#g4c #seriousgames
Based on true.
By @paintbucket.de
#g4c #seriousgames
Entries now OPEN for the New Media Writing Prize (Feb 1 deadline), with categories for social good, new work, student work, digital journalism, and the Chris Meade top prize.
NMWP is about digital-forward storytelling—works that could not exist in print. Cash prizes. #elit #elo #ifcomp
NMWP is about digital-forward storytelling—works that could not exist in print. Cash prizes. #elit #elo #ifcomp
Enter Competition - New Media Writing Prize
Enter the CompetitionEntries to the Prize are now open for 2025.Check out last year's shortlist and our archive of previous entries before submitting and most importantly read the terms and conditions...
newmediawritingprize.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...