Trent Cannon (he/him)
@trentlcannon.bsky.social
Freelance writer covering geeky stuff for money. Perpetually pretending to work. Frequently hilarious and adorable. Weird rat (and human) dad.
I am still largely on a social media break (and let me tell you, it is great) but I am here to tell you that I interviewed two devs from @adhocstudio.com about Dispatch.
The game, as you know, is very rad.
The game, as you know, is very rad.
Adhoc Studio's Dispatch devs explain how optimism, streamers, and risk shaped their breakout success.
Read our exclusive interview: www.thepopverse.com/gaming-dispa...
Read our exclusive interview: www.thepopverse.com/gaming-dispa...
Superman's optimism, the possibility of Dispatch season 2, and the Matt Mercer effect - What the Dispatch developers say about the hit superhero game
Adhoc Studio's Dispatch devs explain how optimism, streamers, and risk shaped their breakout success.
www.thepopverse.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I am still largely on a social media break (and let me tell you, it is great) but I am here to tell you that I interviewed two devs from @adhocstudio.com about Dispatch.
The game, as you know, is very rad.
The game, as you know, is very rad.
Episodic releases are good, actually.
Are you struggling to wait for the next episode of Dispatch to drop? Our Trent Cannon argues that the wait makes the game better - not worse - in his latest Gamify My Life column.
www.thepopverse.com/gaming-gamif...
www.thepopverse.com/gaming-gamif...
The Dispatch episodic release schedule makes the new game from AdHoc Studios and Critical Role even better, not worse [Gamify My Life]
Dispatch is a great superhero TV show and it needs to be enjoyed an hour at a time.
www.thepopverse.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Episodic releases are good, actually.
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🕰️The poorly defined retro timeline of Spy x Family is the series' greatest strength, writes @trentlcannon.bsky.social www.thepopverse.com/tv-spy-x-fam...
The poorly defined retro timeline of Spy x Family is the series' greatest strength [Popverse Jump]
Which decade does Spy x Family take place in? It doesn't really matter.
www.thepopverse.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🕰️The poorly defined retro timeline of Spy x Family is the series' greatest strength, writes @trentlcannon.bsky.social www.thepopverse.com/tv-spy-x-fam...
I love strength training. It makes me better able to throw Nazis in the bin.
Strength training is political. We have a right-wing which has taken over physical fitness spaces, and hijacked “warrior culture”.
We need a muscular progressivist visions. We need to be strong to build the world we want.
Building my guns for the revolution. 💪🏾✊🏾 #Swoletariat #ResistanceTraining”
We need a muscular progressivist visions. We need to be strong to build the world we want.
Building my guns for the revolution. 💪🏾✊🏾 #Swoletariat #ResistanceTraining”
November 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I love strength training. It makes me better able to throw Nazis in the bin.
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Guys, gals, and nonbinary pals:
Anime Herald Magazine is getting a second issue.
Anime Herald Magazine is getting a second issue.
So I just checked our sales - we're at 289 copies sold.
We need 11 more to reach 300, which is our internal threshold to go ahead and start planning Issue #2 - let's do this!
We need 11 more to reach 300, which is our internal threshold to go ahead and start planning Issue #2 - let's do this!
Anime Herald Magazine's first issue launches in just a couple of weeks! We're shipping this 90+-page volume in November, so get your orders in today 🥰
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Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔
Bundle: hera.fyi/buyahmag1bun 📦
November 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Guys, gals, and nonbinary pals:
Anime Herald Magazine is getting a second issue.
Anime Herald Magazine is getting a second issue.
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The Dan Da Dan manga is taking the will they-won't they trope to soap opera levels... and it doesn't need to.
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www.thepopverse.com/comics-dan-d...
The Dan Da Dan manga is taking the will they-won't they trope to soap opera levels and it doesn't need to [Popverse Jump]
You don't have to convince me that kids are awkward and weird. I remember my teenage years all too well.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Dan Da Dan manga is taking the will they-won't they trope to soap opera levels... and it doesn't need to.
www.thepopverse.com/comics-dan-d...
www.thepopverse.com/comics-dan-d...
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If you hide your gender identity to fit in, never feel like you've betrayed yourself🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
It's proof that you have a beautiful and kind heart.
Chiitan will continue to send out messages until the world becomes a place where you can live with confidence and be yourself.
It's proof that you have a beautiful and kind heart.
Chiitan will continue to send out messages until the world becomes a place where you can live with confidence and be yourself.
October 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
If you hide your gender identity to fit in, never feel like you've betrayed yourself🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
It's proof that you have a beautiful and kind heart.
Chiitan will continue to send out messages until the world becomes a place where you can live with confidence and be yourself.
It's proof that you have a beautiful and kind heart.
Chiitan will continue to send out messages until the world becomes a place where you can live with confidence and be yourself.
Could do without all the One Piece news hitting on the same day.
One Piece season 2 finally gets an official release date in 2026 on Netflix, and it's sooner than it seems.
www.thepopverse.com/tv-one-piece...
www.thepopverse.com/tv-one-piece...
One Piece season 2 finally gets an official release date in 2026 on Netflix
www.thepopverse.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Could do without all the One Piece news hitting on the same day.
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The Halo devs are disgusted and angry, meanwhile, Microsoft/Xbo couldn't be bothered at all.
Figured as much.
Figured as much.
NEW: I spoke to original Halo devs about that ICE Halo post
One: "abhorrent”
Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”
www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...
One: "abhorrent”
Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”
www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...
Halo co-creator says ICE’s Halo-themed recruitment ad “makes me sick”
Another Halo maker says ad "ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation." ALSO: A developer whose game just launched on Xbox slams Microsoft’s silence
www.gamefile.news
October 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The Halo devs are disgusted and angry, meanwhile, Microsoft/Xbo couldn't be bothered at all.
Figured as much.
Figured as much.
Is this the end of One Piece filler as we know it?
Starting in 2026, it looks like One Piece will no longer have the year-round release schedule starting with the Elbaph arc in April. Oh, and it is going on hiatus from January to April as well.
www.thepopverse.com/tv-anime-one...
www.thepopverse.com/tv-anime-one...
One Piece anime is going on another long hiatus in 2026 - and that isn't the only big release schedule change that is coming
It looks like there will be no more year-round episodes for the One Piece anime starting in 2026.
www.thepopverse.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Is this the end of One Piece filler as we know it?
Gonna be honest with you all: I turned off email notifications while I was working at MCM over the weekend and the impact on my mental health was palpable.
Maybe we werent meant to be contactable all the fucking time. Maybe that is bad for us, actually.
Maybe we werent meant to be contactable all the fucking time. Maybe that is bad for us, actually.
October 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Gonna be honest with you all: I turned off email notifications while I was working at MCM over the weekend and the impact on my mental health was palpable.
Maybe we werent meant to be contactable all the fucking time. Maybe that is bad for us, actually.
Maybe we werent meant to be contactable all the fucking time. Maybe that is bad for us, actually.
I really did it once.
I am demanding anyone that ever tried to throw a hadouken or kamehameha in real life repost this.
October 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I really did it once.
The fact that this merch isn't going to be available for Christmas is, honestly, corporate malpractice.
KPop Demon Hunters really is taking over the world (for the fans), with Netflix announcing new merch deals.
www.thepopverse.com/movies-netfl...
www.thepopverse.com/movies-netfl...
KPop Demon Hunters really is taking over the world (for the fans), with Netflix announcing new merch deals
2026 is going to be a big year for everyone who's ever wanted a toy of the band (or that cat) - or, really, any kind of playable merch at all, really.
www.thepopverse.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The fact that this merch isn't going to be available for Christmas is, honestly, corporate malpractice.
I am, it must be said, a salty bitch.
Never let it be said that Trent isn't petty enough to hold a grudge, as evidenced by the way he's still salty about the rushed, incomplete ending to Dragon Age: The Veilguard. An ending so lame it may have killed the franchise forever.
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www.thepopverse.com/gaming-gamif...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard and its handling by BioWare still has be upset, a year later [Gamify My Life]
Dragon Age went from one of the most promising game franchises to dead in the water after BioWare fumbled The Veilguard's development.
www.thepopverse.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I am, it must be said, a salty bitch.
As @sam-animeherald.bsky.social would say, looks like the Tariff Otaku is jorking it again.
October 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
As @sam-animeherald.bsky.social would say, looks like the Tariff Otaku is jorking it again.
Hold up. So he actually posted a video of him shitting on American citizens? And he still has a job?
Like, if I posted something like that, I would be immediately and indefinitely unemployed.
Like, if I posted something like that, I would be immediately and indefinitely unemployed.
October 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Hold up. So he actually posted a video of him shitting on American citizens? And he still has a job?
Like, if I posted something like that, I would be immediately and indefinitely unemployed.
Like, if I posted something like that, I would be immediately and indefinitely unemployed.
SEO is a plague upon society.
October 19, 2025 at 6:39 AM
SEO is a plague upon society.
I have seen the first two episodes of Trigun Stargaze and it is all about the hope. Both as a source of strength and as a destructive force.
Basically, I bloody loved it and can't wait to see more.
www.thepopverse.com/tv-trigun-st...
Basically, I bloody loved it and can't wait to see more.
www.thepopverse.com/tv-trigun-st...
Trigun Stampede and the upcoming Stargaze is giving us the best version of Vash the Stampede, according to manga Yasuhiro Nightow (and me!) [Popverse Jump]
Trigun Stargaze feels more in line with the original manga than anything we've seen before and even it nearly sent Vash into space.
www.thepopverse.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I have seen the first two episodes of Trigun Stargaze and it is all about the hope. Both as a source of strength and as a destructive force.
Basically, I bloody loved it and can't wait to see more.
www.thepopverse.com/tv-trigun-st...
Basically, I bloody loved it and can't wait to see more.
www.thepopverse.com/tv-trigun-st...
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So, we're putting up a social media blast later, but we just opened apps for retailers to buy AH Mag wholesale - partnering with NetWise to handle integration into the storefront.
30% off orders of 10+.
There's an approval, but it's mostly just a "we need to make sure this business exists" thing
30% off orders of 10+.
There's an approval, but it's mostly just a "we need to make sure this business exists" thing
Anime Herald Official Shop
The official merchandise store for Anime Herald!
hera.fyi
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
So, we're putting up a social media blast later, but we just opened apps for retailers to buy AH Mag wholesale - partnering with NetWise to handle integration into the storefront.
30% off orders of 10+.
There's an approval, but it's mostly just a "we need to make sure this business exists" thing
30% off orders of 10+.
There's an approval, but it's mostly just a "we need to make sure this business exists" thing
I hate the fact that I wrote a shit load of code articles for them several years ago.
Fuck gambling and fuck people who put that shit in front of kids all the time.
Fuck gambling and fuck people who put that shit in front of kids all the time.
Videogamer's new logo a screaming exclamation mark on the 'support independent games media' argument. Legitimately thought this was someone taking the piss when it was first posted in a discord, but no, it's on the site. You have to laugh (or else you'll cry)
October 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I hate the fact that I wrote a shit load of code articles for them several years ago.
Fuck gambling and fuck people who put that shit in front of kids all the time.
Fuck gambling and fuck people who put that shit in front of kids all the time.
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Trying this once more:
In 2004, Save Our Sailors member Fernando Gonzalez posted the group's "Manifesto" to his personal website, which outlined all of the group's goals and planned means of achieving them
That site's long gone, never archived; I just have excerpts. Does anyone have a copy?
In 2004, Save Our Sailors member Fernando Gonzalez posted the group's "Manifesto" to his personal website, which outlined all of the group's goals and planned means of achieving them
That site's long gone, never archived; I just have excerpts. Does anyone have a copy?
October 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Trying this once more:
In 2004, Save Our Sailors member Fernando Gonzalez posted the group's "Manifesto" to his personal website, which outlined all of the group's goals and planned means of achieving them
That site's long gone, never archived; I just have excerpts. Does anyone have a copy?
In 2004, Save Our Sailors member Fernando Gonzalez posted the group's "Manifesto" to his personal website, which outlined all of the group's goals and planned means of achieving them
That site's long gone, never archived; I just have excerpts. Does anyone have a copy?
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It's taken a couple of days to really gather my thoughts on this, but MAPPA destroying Sayo Yamamoto as they have is something I'll never be able to reconcile. She was a brilliant creator who deserved the world, but was ground into paste by The Anime Factory.
I pray for Manabu Otsuka's downfall.
I pray for Manabu Otsuka's downfall.
We're probably never going to see another Sayo Yamamoto anime, and that honestly breaks my heart more than I have words to convey. I feel so much anger on her behalf. Fuck MAPPA.
animehunch.com/exclusive-an...
animehunch.com/exclusive-an...
October 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's taken a couple of days to really gather my thoughts on this, but MAPPA destroying Sayo Yamamoto as they have is something I'll never be able to reconcile. She was a brilliant creator who deserved the world, but was ground into paste by The Anime Factory.
I pray for Manabu Otsuka's downfall.
I pray for Manabu Otsuka's downfall.
"Towards the end of One Piece"
October 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Towards the end of One Piece"
I respect the shit out of her for using her platform to tell fascists to get fucked.
You didn't expect someone who wrote the Divergent series to not have strong political feelings, did you? Because Veronica Roth has strong feelings about what is happening in Chicago right now.
www.thepopverse.com/events-veron...
www.thepopverse.com/events-veron...
Divergent author Veronica Roth doesn't mince her words about the current situation in Chicago: "Get the hell out, ICE"
"Immigrants built Chicago" she told her panel at New York Comic Con 2025.
www.thepopverse.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I respect the shit out of her for using her platform to tell fascists to get fucked.