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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That feeling when you are being hunted.

A tabby cat stares at their human's bowl of chicken risotto with wide, avaricious eyes. Her paw is poised to reach for the food.

Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oops, I made an itch shop and put some of the silly one-page games I made for Dungeon Punks on it! Including a deluxe version of a very, VERY Canadian hack of Honey Heist! Check it out: stupopp.itch.io

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I started reading the Wizard of Earthsea graphic novel, which is so beautifully illustrated in watercolour. I was also blown away by Joachim Trier's The Worst Person in the World.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thanks! Looking forward to hearing from you!

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hello! I am one of the co-creators of @dungeonpunks.bsky.social, a very Canadian, punk-rock TTRPG Actual Play podcast. I've also written a few one page games for our show including a very maple-themed hack of Honey Heist: www.patreon.com/dungeonpunks...

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Bonus Episode: The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist | Dungeon Punks

Vol de sirop d'érable du siècle Listen to the absolutely, totally, 100% TRUE story about the theft of nearly 3,000 tonnes of maple syrup.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I'm currently reading the fifth book. They're fun!

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Completely legally distinct! Our Velociraptors are the proper size!

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Joanna Gaskell @mightyjoanna.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Episode 1 of Surviving Dinosaur Island is live! Listen to us flail through an island that is legally distinct from Jurassic Park. 🦕 open.spotify.com/episode/79x7... @dungeonpunks.bsky.social #podcast #liveplay #comedy #dinosaurs

Awesome graphic for the Dungeon Punks podcast featuring lightning bolts and dino skulls.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's not out until next week, I was just really happy with the episode art! 😅

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

As prophesied, we are returning (again) to Dinosaur Island! This time... it's a game show?!?

Several dinosaur skulls, lightning bolts, a hand with a d20 tattoo, and a tv showing a raptor claw surround a title reading Dungeon Punks: Surviving Dinosaur Island on a teal background.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

My Vancouver home game is mostly online now thanks to scheduling and allergies 😅 Whenever we can do in person it is so much better!

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Time to get on a zoom call and get the band back together!

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Seconding Starstruck. It is so good!

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Strictly Canadian version. PEOPLE: You can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song. ME: I hate Winnipeg.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I think that is just Fall of Magic: heartofthedeernicorn.com/product/fall...

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Fall of Magic – Heart of the Deernicorn

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Completely seriously, what if we podcast it? One episode per year of comics (at least to start).

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

If I had a nickel for every time an actual play podcast made me cry on my commute, I'd have at least one more today thanks to @oneshotrpg.bsky.social and a dang bird.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

In which I had the adult NPCs in the main characters' lives be helpful for once, and was met with complete and utter suspicion! 😅😅😅

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Congratulations dude, that rules!

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Wrapped up a multi-year D&D campaign today. The final battle involved two Power Word Kills, a Storm of Vengeance, a Wish, three PCs getting swallowed by a Purple Worm, a counterspell-off, and a Barbarian critting for a total of 119 damage.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Happy birthday! The worldbuilding in both Skyjacks and Starwhal bring me immense amounts of joy, and I don't think a podcast has made me laugh until it hurt quite as badly as InSpectres did.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Adverbs? Ad-verbs?! "Jump" is brought to you by squarespace? Capitalism is out of control.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 26/05/2026

Boots Riley is resolute in his belief that AI proponents and studio heads who say that gen AI is the future of filmmaking are simply lying. Read the full interview from @charlespulliam.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

Boots Riley quote: There’s a trillion dollars already invested in this technology, and a certain amount of the hype around it is just people scamming the same way we saw with NFTs.

Picture of Boots Riley with a big purple hat

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Swap out The One Ring for Dungeons & Dragons and I have the same list 😅

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Slightly diminish a book. The Situationship of the Ring

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Leigh @leigheldridge.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

@catsofyore.bsky.social a friend is hosting this cat themed game jam on itch.io, which will be turned into a bundle to benefit a cat rescue. Would you mind reposting to help get it out there? bsky.app/profile/whim...

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

At least a quarter of that NPC list is taken up with an exhaustive list of condiment-themed villains. My favourite is the Soy Saucerer and his Kikko-Men.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The first season of Dungeon Punks was all notebooks and hand drawn maps if I recall. Season 2 was collected in a single google doc. Season 3 has had a new doc for each arc and an NPC list that is shared with everyone involved because we made too many silly superhero/super-villain names.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Taskmaster is also back this week!

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I hope everyone is ready to meet the Most Evil Bird in All of England!

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I'd love to talk about this! Dungeon Punks came about thanks (in part) to a long-term home game!

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Dungeon Punks is working on season 4 👀 @dungeonpunks.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Awesome new initiative from our friends @blackwaterdnd.bsky.social!

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

One Piece: Live Action's commitment to anime accurate hair is honestly impressive.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Burned deep into my brain, despite only being able to watch YTV one week a year when we visited my grandparents' farm.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Sadly, I am too broke this year 😔

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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

staring at the screen, no ideas, the empty prompt window confronting you with your own mediocrity -- welcome to the work, chump, you loser.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Very much looking forward to reading it!

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Totally, and that over-the-top-ness can mean there might be a performance of authenticity is so good it's enough to fool people into thinking something fake is real (This is Spinal Tap/I don't have an AP equivalent 😬)

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I was writing about the construction of authenticity in the rockumentary genre, but I feel like the concepts could cross-over.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

100% agree! And as a former communication/media scholar, all "authenticity" in media is constructed anyway and the act of buying in is absolutely one way to construct it!

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

But it's exclusively the apple ones.

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Stu Popp (He/They) @stupopp.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

That almost made my criterion challenge list for the year as my 1940s pick but I went with The Philadelphia Story instead. I'll add it to the watchlist!

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