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
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
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Post you from a different era.
College student dreaming of being a magazine editor, 1980s.
#journalism
College student dreaming of being a magazine editor, 1980s.
#journalism
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Post you from a different era.
College student dreaming of being a magazine editor, 1980s.
#journalism
College student dreaming of being a magazine editor, 1980s.
#journalism
My two new kitties, Arlo and Woody, need no costume.
They enjoy exactly one day of popularity out of 365 per year, so I am celebrating with them.
#happyhalloween #goodluck #caturday #cats #blackcats
They enjoy exactly one day of popularity out of 365 per year, so I am celebrating with them.
#happyhalloween #goodluck #caturday #cats #blackcats
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
My two new kitties, Arlo and Woody, need no costume.
They enjoy exactly one day of popularity out of 365 per year, so I am celebrating with them.
#happyhalloween #goodluck #caturday #cats #blackcats
They enjoy exactly one day of popularity out of 365 per year, so I am celebrating with them.
#happyhalloween #goodluck #caturday #cats #blackcats
Nov 22: I just signed up for No Quarter at @nyugamecenter.bsky.social, free to attend with RSVP:
www.eventbrite.com/e/no-quarter...
I'll be in NYC Nov 12-23. Reach out if you'd like to connect. Also seeking Fun things to do/see during this trip. Suggestions welcome.
www.eventbrite.com/e/no-quarter...
I'll be in NYC Nov 12-23. Reach out if you'd like to connect. Also seeking Fun things to do/see during this trip. Suggestions welcome.
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Nov 22: I just signed up for No Quarter at @nyugamecenter.bsky.social, free to attend with RSVP:
www.eventbrite.com/e/no-quarter...
I'll be in NYC Nov 12-23. Reach out if you'd like to connect. Also seeking Fun things to do/see during this trip. Suggestions welcome.
www.eventbrite.com/e/no-quarter...
I'll be in NYC Nov 12-23. Reach out if you'd like to connect. Also seeking Fun things to do/see during this trip. Suggestions welcome.
NYC area friends BRUCE McCall exhibit ends Nov 7. I'm going to JUST miss it, but you get to revel in the genius artistic satire.
www.adambaumgoldfineart.com/visions-of-t...
#nyc
www.adambaumgoldfineart.com/visions-of-t...
#nyc
October 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
NYC area friends BRUCE McCall exhibit ends Nov 7. I'm going to JUST miss it, but you get to revel in the genius artistic satire.
www.adambaumgoldfineart.com/visions-of-t...
#nyc
www.adambaumgoldfineart.com/visions-of-t...
#nyc
Some more pics, let's keep sharing!
Game-A-Palooza NYC
Game-A-Palooza NYC
October 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Some more pics, let's keep sharing!
Game-A-Palooza NYC
Game-A-Palooza NYC
Northville, Michigan!
Lots of Gen Xers, boomers (the protest generation!), and seniors, including my 93-year-old Dad
#nokings #smalltown
Lots of Gen Xers, boomers (the protest generation!), and seniors, including my 93-year-old Dad
#nokings #smalltown
October 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Northville, Michigan!
Lots of Gen Xers, boomers (the protest generation!), and seniors, including my 93-year-old Dad
#nokings #smalltown
Lots of Gen Xers, boomers (the protest generation!), and seniors, including my 93-year-old Dad
#nokings #smalltown
At the #nokings rally in Northville, Michigan, the small town where I grew up, my Dad (age 93) with my husband Chris.
They joined people of all ages, including lots of Boomers and Seniors, to line up along a major road hoisting signs, shining smiles, and hearing honks.
They joined people of all ages, including lots of Boomers and Seniors, to line up along a major road hoisting signs, shining smiles, and hearing honks.
October 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
At the #nokings rally in Northville, Michigan, the small town where I grew up, my Dad (age 93) with my husband Chris.
They joined people of all ages, including lots of Boomers and Seniors, to line up along a major road hoisting signs, shining smiles, and hearing honks.
They joined people of all ages, including lots of Boomers and Seniors, to line up along a major road hoisting signs, shining smiles, and hearing honks.
The fourth of four kids, he went to Michigan State University on a ROTC scholarship (thus post-war deployment) and majored in journalism but also had serious baseball chops.
Here he is at a game and reunion of his Big Ten championship team. He played minor league ball, second base, LH hitter.
Here he is at a game and reunion of his Big Ten championship team. He played minor league ball, second base, LH hitter.
October 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The fourth of four kids, he went to Michigan State University on a ROTC scholarship (thus post-war deployment) and majored in journalism but also had serious baseball chops.
Here he is at a game and reunion of his Big Ten championship team. He played minor league ball, second base, LH hitter.
Here he is at a game and reunion of his Big Ten championship team. He played minor league ball, second base, LH hitter.
My 93-year-old Dad plans to go to a #nokings protest because he "wants to be counted."
He helped hold the free, Democratic, Western line in post-war Germany as a young lieutenant.
He helped hold the free, Democratic, Western line in post-war Germany as a young lieutenant.
October 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My 93-year-old Dad plans to go to a #nokings protest because he "wants to be counted."
He helped hold the free, Democratic, Western line in post-war Germany as a young lieutenant.
He helped hold the free, Democratic, Western line in post-war Germany as a young lieutenant.
OCT 14 was the day in 2017 when we set a Guinness World Record for 3,734 Rosies all in one place!
The experience sent me on a local history jaunt to the Willow Run bomber plant, my first air show, the Yankee Air museum, where my Dad recorded an oral history of being stationed in Cold War Germany.
The experience sent me on a local history jaunt to the Willow Run bomber plant, my first air show, the Yankee Air museum, where my Dad recorded an oral history of being stationed in Cold War Germany.
October 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
OCT 14 was the day in 2017 when we set a Guinness World Record for 3,734 Rosies all in one place!
The experience sent me on a local history jaunt to the Willow Run bomber plant, my first air show, the Yankee Air museum, where my Dad recorded an oral history of being stationed in Cold War Germany.
The experience sent me on a local history jaunt to the Willow Run bomber plant, my first air show, the Yankee Air museum, where my Dad recorded an oral history of being stationed in Cold War Germany.
The underbears need your vote: Grazer (128)!!!! And bear 602, who is up against 32 Chunk.
allots close at 9 pm ET tonight. Finals tomorrow, Sept 30.
#fatbearweek #fatbearweek2025
allots close at 9 pm ET tonight. Finals tomorrow, Sept 30.
#fatbearweek #fatbearweek2025
September 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The underbears need your vote: Grazer (128)!!!! And bear 602, who is up against 32 Chunk.
allots close at 9 pm ET tonight. Finals tomorrow, Sept 30.
#fatbearweek #fatbearweek2025
allots close at 9 pm ET tonight. Finals tomorrow, Sept 30.
#fatbearweek #fatbearweek2025
Sportscaster Ray Lane was a baseball buddy of my Dad's at Michigan State in the 1950s, and that cemented a lifelong friendship. In his 90s, shaky but still game, Ray made a huge effort to attend my mother's memorial and gave me a big hug. He showed up at every event he could, gracious, kind. RIP.
September 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Sportscaster Ray Lane was a baseball buddy of my Dad's at Michigan State in the 1950s, and that cemented a lifelong friendship. In his 90s, shaky but still game, Ray made a huge effort to attend my mother's memorial and gave me a big hug. He showed up at every event he could, gracious, kind. RIP.
FINAL FOUR on Monday.
128, Grazer, is a two-time champ and my personal favorite.
Any bear that can feed cubs over the summer while chonking up enough to give birth in January, in Alaska, and raise those cubs while chonking up again?
But, "Meet the bears" and decide for yourself.
#fatbearweek
128, Grazer, is a two-time champ and my personal favorite.
Any bear that can feed cubs over the summer while chonking up enough to give birth in January, in Alaska, and raise those cubs while chonking up again?
But, "Meet the bears" and decide for yourself.
#fatbearweek
September 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
FINAL FOUR on Monday.
128, Grazer, is a two-time champ and my personal favorite.
Any bear that can feed cubs over the summer while chonking up enough to give birth in January, in Alaska, and raise those cubs while chonking up again?
But, "Meet the bears" and decide for yourself.
#fatbearweek
128, Grazer, is a two-time champ and my personal favorite.
Any bear that can feed cubs over the summer while chonking up enough to give birth in January, in Alaska, and raise those cubs while chonking up again?
But, "Meet the bears" and decide for yourself.
#fatbearweek
September 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Don't forget to vote! explore.org/fat-bear-week
#fatbearweek
Two more pairs square off on day 2. Rookies v veterans.
#fatbearweek
Two more pairs square off on day 2. Rookies v veterans.
September 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Don't forget to vote! explore.org/fat-bear-week
#fatbearweek
Two more pairs square off on day 2. Rookies v veterans.
#fatbearweek
Two more pairs square off on day 2. Rookies v veterans.
From Axios, a chart of publisher deals (in blue) and lawsuits (in red) with AI companies.
#AI #publishing #journalism #copyright
#AI #publishing #journalism #copyright
September 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
From Axios, a chart of publisher deals (in blue) and lawsuits (in red) with AI companies.
#AI #publishing #journalism #copyright
#AI #publishing #journalism #copyright
Sept 25: the first NYU Game Center Lecture (and Workshop) presents Barry Joseph*, with a new book Matching Minds with Sondheim.
*Former Museum of Natural History, Games for Change, Girl Scouts, author of Dancing with Dinosaurs #NYMakesGames
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-pla...
*Former Museum of Natural History, Games for Change, Girl Scouts, author of Dancing with Dinosaurs #NYMakesGames
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-pla...
September 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Sept 25: the first NYU Game Center Lecture (and Workshop) presents Barry Joseph*, with a new book Matching Minds with Sondheim.
*Former Museum of Natural History, Games for Change, Girl Scouts, author of Dancing with Dinosaurs #NYMakesGames
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-pla...
*Former Museum of Natural History, Games for Change, Girl Scouts, author of Dancing with Dinosaurs #NYMakesGames
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-pla...
Mike Luckovich on the invisible enemies coming back to get us, if we unleash the killer monkeys.
September 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Mike Luckovich on the invisible enemies coming back to get us, if we unleash the killer monkeys.
Reporting in a country at war, without the resources of deep pockets of a big media company, is expensive and dangerous work. The brave Counteroffensive team is based in Kyiv. That's Tim, second from right. #ukraine #journalists #journalism
substack.com/redirect/894...
substack.com/redirect/894...
August 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reporting in a country at war, without the resources of deep pockets of a big media company, is expensive and dangerous work. The brave Counteroffensive team is based in Kyiv. That's Tim, second from right. #ukraine #journalists #journalism
substack.com/redirect/894...
substack.com/redirect/894...
True story: On a road trip over west VA/east TN hills, we stopped atop a mountain in Carter country for peach cobbler, hot dogs, rousing and moving bluegrass. A man sidled up to us to talk, and talk, and talk. This pearl stood out: He built the scaffolding at Woodstock, and is in this documentary.
August 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
True story: On a road trip over west VA/east TN hills, we stopped atop a mountain in Carter country for peach cobbler, hot dogs, rousing and moving bluegrass. A man sidled up to us to talk, and talk, and talk. This pearl stood out: He built the scaffolding at Woodstock, and is in this documentary.
Here's a hint, one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite creative writers of all time ("The Little Prince").
It's ALL about the imagination, the vision, the THING you are creating.
It's ALL about the imagination, the vision, the THING you are creating.
August 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Here's a hint, one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite creative writers of all time ("The Little Prince").
It's ALL about the imagination, the vision, the THING you are creating.
It's ALL about the imagination, the vision, the THING you are creating.
Creative directors: When your team is playing "yes, ma'am!" instead of "yes and..." because you are playing "no, period!" please think through to end result.
What's a better way to lead a team with a wide range of skills, maturities, personalities, etc? Pixar leads wrote a whole book on that.
What's a better way to lead a team with a wide range of skills, maturities, personalities, etc? Pixar leads wrote a whole book on that.
August 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Creative directors: When your team is playing "yes, ma'am!" instead of "yes and..." because you are playing "no, period!" please think through to end result.
What's a better way to lead a team with a wide range of skills, maturities, personalities, etc? Pixar leads wrote a whole book on that.
What's a better way to lead a team with a wide range of skills, maturities, personalities, etc? Pixar leads wrote a whole book on that.
