Posted by Idlermag.com on December 29, 2010 · Comments Off on What was your favorite rediscovery of 2010?
Jill Kolongowski: I’ve rediscovered that you can always make time for yourself to cook. That’s a great gift. Rosemary Van Deuren: Kino’s gorgeous new Metropolis on Blu-ray. Even the hardest-to-please, film-restoration purists will fall off their couch at this one. 25 minutes of footage assumed lost for over 70 years was discovered in a film … Continue reading →
Posted by Idlermag.com on December 28, 2010 · Comments Off on What’s the best gift you’ve ever given?
Jill Kolongowski: A few years ago, I went to buy RENT tickets for my sister. Too late, I realized it was only the presale, and the actual tickets wouldn’t go on sale until after Christmas, when there was a chance we wouldn’t get tickets at all. I needed a password for the presale. On a … Continue reading →
Posted by Idlermag.com on December 27, 2010 · 1 Comment
Ana Holguin: In my world, you can’t go wrong with Christmas Cocktails by Ultra Lounge. It’s filled with quirky and swingy Xmas favorites that I must admit I sometimes listen to during the non-yule parts of the year. If you’ve ever thought that “Jingle Bells” needed a “cha-cha-cha” after each verse or you like the … Continue reading →
Posted by Gavin Craig on December 9, 2010 · 2 Comments
Tom Bissell is the author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, one of Amazon.com’s 10 best nonfiction books of 2010. Since my gameplay tends to skew towards older games, re-releases, and games sold in red “Greatest Hits” packaging, I asked him via email for his 10 favorite games from 2010. 1. Metro 2033 XBox … Continue reading →
Posted by Gavin Craig on December 4, 2010 · 1 Comment
At one point, I had intentions to write about games other than video games. I may or may not have given up on that goal, but while I’m figuring it out, check out Matthew Baldwin’s list of board games that you should consider picking up (and giving away) this holiday season.
Posted by Idlermag.com on December 3, 2010 · Comments Off on The best new blogs of 2010
Not to toot our own horn, but The Idler got an honorable mention from The Bygone Bureau editor Kevin Nguyen in the Bureau’s “Best New Blogs of 2010” feature.
It’s a great list from a great site, and we’re a little bit humbled to be included. You should go check it out. You’ll definitely find something you never expected and won’t be able to imagine how you ever lived without.
Posted by Gavin Craig on November 4, 2010 · Comments Off on Gamers read too
Amazon has named Tom Bissell’s Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter as one of the 10 best nonfiction books of 2010. Read my review from June, 2010: http://wordwright.blogspot.com/2010/06/diary-of-casual-gamer-2-confessions-and.html
Posted by Travis R. Wright on September 11, 2010 · 2 Comments
I’ve already listed 12 of the 25 albums from 2010 that iTunes tells me I listen to a lot, but read on. The best is yet to come. This week, as promised, some new classics, some classics with new stuff, and a disc that manages to be both at the same time.
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Posted by Travis R. Wright on September 4, 2010 · 1 Comment
Who doesn’t like a good list? It’s a contemporary music survival guide, a quick hitting way to get up on that which you should be getting to, and great toilet reading.
In a few months, mouths will digress into conversation in kitchens, patios and dorm rooms. Blogs, forums, chat boxes and the like will rattle in an orchestra of keystrokes. Heads will shake. Eyes will roll. And maybe two people will agree on what was, undoubtedly, the best record of the year. Maybe those people will spawn children and the world will be a better place. In any event, you should know your shit.
In no particular order — ‘cause who has the time for that? — I’ve listed 25 albums that iTunes tells me I listen to a lot. I’ll give you 12 this week, and kick it up to 13 next week.
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Posted by Tim Carmody on September 2, 2010 · Comments Off on Laughing again, streaming this time
The decade’s five best, most influential comedies are all on Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” online streaming service. What are the odds?
In this short series, I’m going to watch each of them—notice I’m using the future tense, even though I’ve totally gone back and watched all of these—and pick them off and break them down one by one. How have they held up? What do we learn about them (and about us) by rewatching them? I’ll also pull in some additional commentary—some from earlier in the decade, some later—that helps offer some perspective on (re)watching these series. And I’ll definitely be letting you know what I think, offering my take on how we got here.
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