Nathan Recommends
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 2 months ago
One of the best games ever made, highly addictive and definitely ruined the academic lives of hundreds of college students when it came out. Still fun to go back to for replays and try new squad strategies and base-building ideas.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 2 months ago
Amazing track most famously used for the Kill Bill soundtrack
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 4 months ago
The real horror of the movie is actually the corporation behind it all, but with a creature dripping saliva all over the deck in anticipation of eating you, it's hard to keep that perspective. One of the all-time best science fiction horror movies, and there are things they got right on this one that they never duplicated (or decided to alter) in the sequels.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago
A great collection of Mythos stories with the unusual quality of being after Cthulhu's return. Very original and consistently high quality from a variety of contributors. Well worth your time if you enjoy Lovecraftian tales already and want something a bit unique.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago
Hard to believe more people haven't rated this one because it's one of the best of its kind. Basically, food porn if you have no chance to make such things yourself, or just incredible inspiration if you do actually have some culinary skill.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago
A brilliant writer who has certain shortcomings and predictabilities in his writing, but he gets credit for so much else. Hugely responsible for the cyberpunk movement in science fiction, influencing a broad range of movies, literature, and games. His writing is extremely detailed, and he has a tremendous sense of pop culture and how technology becomes its own character in a story.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago
It really helps if you played PnP RPGs before, but anyone can enjoy it. There's some strategy to it, but mostly it's luck and keeping people from ganging up on you near the end. There are also several expansion packs for different genre settings that are worth getting if you plan on playing this a lot. You can also combine all the genre decks without any problems.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago
A favorite of physics/engineering clubs everywhere back in the day. It's not just about finding a solution but finding either the most elegant one or the most complex, Rube Goldberg-type solution.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago
One of the funniest movies I know, and John Cusack is the perfect actor for the role. The writing and delivery is amazing, and check out the fight scene with his actual martial arts trainer, Benny "The Jet" Urquidez. Also featuring Dan Akroyd and several other great actors. Thoroughly enjoyable.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago
The next time your great idea at work elicits silence or eye rolls, you might just pity those co-workers. Fresh research indicates they don't even know what a creative idea looks like and that creativity, hailed as a positive change agent, actually makes people squirm.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago
Which of the following are legitimate political action committees and which is fake?
A) Citizens for a Working America
B) Make Us Great Again
C) Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow
D) We Love USA
If you guessed C was the fake, you’d be wrong. It was a trick question: these are all legitimate PACs. “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow” was created by the comedian Stephen Colbert
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago
Dubbed the rock star of the climbing world, Alex Honnold travels the world fearlessly scaling cliff faces no man has ever climbed before - without even using a rope.
With his superhuman agility and impressive upper body strength, the 26-year-old has already been hailed the best climber of his generation.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago
An intuitive currency widget to convert from any one currency to any other. The rest of the site has other useful information, too, if you're working in currency trades.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago
One of the best songs and videos, and it was directed by a grad from my school.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago
It's a wonderful film that does what it does so well, but unfortunately just can't quite find the right ending. It sort of coasts over the finish line. Still great, and definitely recommended if you enjoy Wes Anderson's style.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move." "There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory [..] that this has already happened."
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago
"Because she’d never heard of me, she made the quite reasonable assumption that I was a Dante writer. Therefore, I couldn’t be making any money at it. Therefore, I was most likely teaching somewhere. In order to set her straight, I had to let her know that the reason she’d never heard of me was because I was famous."
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago
Hilarious parody with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson playing top fashion models (movie magic, right?) who are pulled into an international criminal conspiracy. So many jokes, visual gags, and great quotes you can take from it. Rumors of a sequel being written, but nothing definite yet.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago
It's a very strange combination of no less than half a dozen genres, and depending on your tastes, it's either masterful or pretentious. I enjoyed it, but it's definitely a strange ride, regardless. Check out tvtropes's article on it, before or after viewing.
nfactor13 recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago
Possibly the only movie where I'm actually rooting for the police. It's hard to convey just how funny it is because any scene you describe just doesn't come across the same way as seeing it for the first time.