

Now that you lay out all of the evidence in front of us, I'm starting to get worried that I'm secretly Canadian - which is also a label," he said. "It was more or less purely coincidental. (Pup/YouTube)ĭream Daddy also takes place in a seaside town called Maple Bay, though Shaw, an American based in Los Angeles, insists it's only a coincidence that this is also the name of a town in British Columbia. 3 but instead featuring lyrics from the song. In one scene at a coffee shop, the player is asked to choose between drinks with band-name puns, including "Iced Teagan and Sara" and "Godspeed You! Black Coffee", after Canadian bands Tegan and Sara and Godspeed You! Black Emperor respectively.Ī screenshot from Pup's music video for DVP, taken from Super Mario Bros. The game includes a few other Canadian references and in-jokes - some intentional, some accidental. "It was sort of a ridiculous ask, and they thought it was ridiculous, and I think everybody thought it was ridiculous.

Shaw describes himself as "a huge fan of Pup," spurring him to ask if they were interested in making a cameo appearance in Dream Daddy. They also released a free game called Pup Tour: The Dream Is Over, where players drive around a racing circuit named after Toronto's Don Valley Parkway highway. Turns out that pairs really well with our music. "Our best bud Jeremy had the idea to smash together scenes from some of our favourite games in a hot pile of ADHD-insanity. 📢Surprise Special Guest Announcement! 📢DDADDS will feature a cameo and song from our favorite Canadian punk band: /HmNHNNjtnp- four of us grew up in the golden-age of spastic, seizure inducing video games (see: the 90's)," drummer Zack Mykula told Nerdist.
