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Vape Is Your 2014 Word Of The Year

The brilliant minds at Oxford Dictionary had many choices for their pick of the 2014 international Word of the Year. But in what seems fitting considering the movement across this country to legalize weed, their choice wasn’t bae, normcore or budtender (our second favorite), it’s vape. That’s right, Oxford just became the peoples’ champ by […]

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Minimalist Film Reviews: Her

Her (2013) Is a film about an OS AI girlfriend, but u will mostly look at Joaquin Phoenix’s face feeling things, but is A Perfect Film I can’t can’t sorry 。・゚゚・STILL FULL OF SO MANY COMPLEX ・゚゚・FEELS・゚゚・ & 。・゚゚・THINKS。・゚゚・ RIGHT NOW 。・゚゚・(இ‸இ゚)・゚゚・。 Spike Jonze u win, even forgive u 4 the Her fashion line at OP FUTURE-CHARACTER-WORLD AUTHENTICITY: 4.5 out of 5.0 […]

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Making ‘Proust,’ A Good Excuse To Be Really Judgmental

ANIMAL’s feature Game Plan asks video game developers to share a bit about their process and some working images from the creation of a recent game. This week, we spoke with David Carson and Nate Cepis about Proust, a social game developed by Mother, ANIMAL’s parent company. There’s something irresistible about a game of “fuck, […]

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Minimalist Film Reviews:
The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Scorsese ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ superb muah true 2 brand muah. Started from the bottom now there’re Leo & Jonah stealing all the money because Wall Street. (Stealing is bad) Salesmanship. Riches. Intrigue. Vice. (Vice is bad) “Pharmacy on wings” !!!! (Drugs are very bad) Like fucking & stealing & drugs & brokerbros all sticking their […]

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Airplane Meltdown Metal Remix

You may have seen this video of a woman positively losing her shit on an American Airlines flight to Tampa. Apparently spurred by the recent death of her mother, the woman shrieks “God you are my savior” over and over and over, unfazed by her fellow passengers’ attempts to assuage her grief. It is scary, […]

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Minimalist Film Reviews:
Massive Attack V Adam Curtis

Massive Attack V Adam Curtis (2013, at Park Avenue Armory) Adam Curtis “documentary” W GIANT IMPORTANT WORDS — a beautiful pulsating super-cut of found-ish footage re: NEWS/GOVERNMENTS/DONALD TRUMP/THE SARCOPHAGUS OF DATA/RUSSIAN PUNK MUSIC FROM SIBERIA/ALGORITHMS OF SUBMISSION/WAR IN AFGHANISTAN… USA/RUSSIA/YOU.. etc. on many LARGE screens. U stand 4 movie but its really a concert. Massive […]

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The Obama Poster Shepard Fairey Wishes He’d Made

Shepard Fairey told TMZ this week that if he could change the “Hope” under his iconic Barack Obama poster to something else, he’d use the word “Drones,” so we figured we’d mock one up for him. For the NSA-averse, there’s also the “Yes We Scan” poster from our friends at Nerdcore. Enjoy! (Image: Nate Cepis/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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Hot Knives, the Original DIY Vaporizer

Nowadays, there are dozens of vaporizer choices. From fancy tabletop versions to state-of-the-art portable models, smokers have a bevy of options. But back in the day, there were “hot knives.” It’s a simple-but-efficient DIY method for smoking hash, but with the rising popularity of dabs, works well for them too. Here’s a step by step […]

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