It’s probably safe to say that you wouldn’t be reading this right now if it wasn’t for The AV Club. It was August 2009, the beginning of my senior year of college, and I was growing weary of the intense editorial standards and rigorous deadlines of my position as an editor of my college’s newspaper.…
It would be an exaggeration to say that Roger Ebert got me into movies. But it wouldn’t be THAT much of an exaggeration. It’s probably he and my college buddy Sean* who deserve the most credit for transforming me into a “cinephile”… at least to the extent you can honestly call me that. (* Sean’s…
To keep pace with Dan’s Top 100 Everything and tide everyone over until my inevitable Top TV Countdown rolls around, I present “10 Things Brian Likes,” a series of vaguely Buzzfeed-esque list articles centered around things I like which might not fit into our standard Earn This categories. 1. YouTube Remixes 2. Hot Cinnamon-Flavored Things…
If you read about sports online, there’s about a 150% chance you have crossed paths with Simmons or his site, Grantland. Simmons is one of the golden children of the ideals of online journalism and “sports blogging.” Regardless of how much you enjoy him, you have to admit he’s been influential in shaking up sportswriting…
Every 25 entries, I’m going to take a break listing my favorite things to talk about something I don’t like: Deadspin is easily my least favorite website that I regularly visit. They’re the sports wing of the Gawker empire and a frustrating, mean-spirited, unambitious web site that does more to poison online discussion about sports…
It’s a cliche for white males under the age of thirty, but my favorite comedian is definitely Louis CK. Prolific, hilarious, and insightful in a dark sort of way, CK is always a delight. He’s also someone whose creative career I admire. There’s an independence and perseverance about him that carries over in everything he…
Fair warning: This is going to be by far the most “Buzzfeedy” entry in this series. In all honesty, little needs to be said here. I love hot cinnamon flavored things, and, fortunately for me, in our modern world such things exist in abundance. If you put it in your mouth, chances are there’s a…
Hey guys. Brian here. The dust has begun to settle on my 100 Film Favorites Countdown, and the time has come for me to look ahead at my future with EarnThis. Eventually, I plan on creating a similar Countdown focused on television. But it will be less gargantuan in scale, and contain around 25 “Top…
I have decided to break up the honorable mentions for my Top 100 Everything countdown into two parts: half to come one third into the list, half to come two thirds into the list. Well, we’re now a third of the way into the countdown, which means it’s time for the first half of honorable…
Electronic Gaming Monthly in the late ‘90s through the mid ‘00s was so far and away the best gaming-related publication of all time that I’m surprised it hasn’t gone down in more legend and myth. It was like LeBron James these past few years, effortlessly great and fun and trailblazing — but also like The…