New Spectre Trailer!
As some of you know, when I’m not writing top ten lists (which is pretty often, unfortunately), I’m working on a Master’s Thesis in Game Design in USC. I just cut my first trailer, a 45 second promo… let me
Blip.fm Is Genius
The hook is simple: Twitter + Music. But somehow it’s far more brilliant and fun than Twitter. Hell, it’s the best idea for a website I’ve seen since Yahoo Answers and even more addictive. Jump into the site, type
Death of a Frequency
This morning as I was driving the ten-mile stretch between my house and USC, I turned the radio to one of my go-to stations and heard something completely unexpected. A spoken message cast over a low bed of static, playing
Top 10 Joys of Jon LaJoie
Don’t know if you know about this comedian, but I was recently introduced to him. His stuff takes on the harshness of life like rapists, pedophiles, and misogynistic tendencies. Three things that I think are obviously hilarious. You’ll get the
East of Eden: The Movie
Since East of Eden is the #1 all-time best novel for at least half of the PopTen staff, I thought posting this was appropriate. It looks like Oprah’s resurrection of the novel gave Hollywood the necessary push, and now we’re
Movie Reviews of Movies I haven’t seen: He’s Just Not That Into You!
This is really the “chicken or the egg” story of my life I can’t remember if I came to the conclusion on my own or if I heard the guy from Office Space say “He’s Just Not That Into You”
Legalize Marijuana, Kill Your Computer
In case any of you also missed this, a study points to the fact that frequent emailing and IMing causes an IQ to lower by ten points, more than smoking weed, which only dumbs you down four IQ points.
I am in Here: Ten Memorable First-Person Narrators
First-person narration is a tricky art. If a writer has the ability to transfer a character’s unfiltered thoughts to the page, how does he or she know when to shut the hell up? How many this-is-what-I-think-of-smoked salmon/winter mornings/Black Sabbath digressions
Top ten reasons WHY you should let your dog sleep in your bed:
1) You can set your thermostat to a cooool 63 degrees: stick a pillow case over the back end of your pup (only if you own a maltese) and POOF! magic! you’ve got a make-shift heating blanket at next to
Notorious
Words cannot express how excited I am about this movie. As of now the reviews are mostly favorable. I hope no one has any other plans this Friday. See y’all in the theater in Bed Stuy, baby!!