Articles Written By Todd Levin
TMN Contributing Writer Todd Levin was a writer for The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien. He has also written for GQ, Esquire, Vanity Fair, and Salon. He lives in Los Angeles, where he comforts himself in knowing at least the sun is bright.
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Letters From Los Angeles
You Are the Best Audience Ever
A live studio audience is one part mosh pit, two parts Godot. A Glendale taping becomes a hostage situation.
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The Non-Expert
Terribly Happy
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we use some recent knowledge of severance packages to help one of the newly unemployed.
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The Non-Expert
You Noogie My Heart, I’ll 69 Yours
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we counsel a young man who can’t read the road signs in a doomed relationship.
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Consoles I Have Known
Second Place Is First to Lose
The current war between console makers is bloody, and sides must be chosen. A look toward the next generation.
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Consoles I Have Known
Tilt
A look back to the dot-com boom years when money grew on trees, dreams were cast, and happiness could be delivered via Urbanfetch.
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Consoles I Have Known
Praystation
Discovering Chinatown’s black market for gaming, and risking your dating life and career for long nights of back-alley entertainment.
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Consoles I Have Known
Three Thousand Head-Butts
Strong men also play video games. The story of how a young depressed man became a bear, dragon, tiger, and man-wolf.
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Consoles I Have Known
The Most Competitive Man Alive
Recounting lessons from a first Nintendo, particularly as taught by the highs and lows of Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out.
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Consoles I Have Known
A Very Weird and Blocky Future
How many video games does it take to make a man? An epic new series traces a man’s life in gaming systems. Part one: paddles to jump-start your heart, and the end-all, be-all red fire button.
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Spoofs & Satire
Television: How Novel
People who hate television love to talk about it, not realizing they could be spending their time improving their minds—with novelizations. The best of the oeuvre, with and without Steve Urkel.
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Letters From Austin
South by South-BEST!
Every year for South by Southwest, thousands of creative visionaries descend upon Austin, Texas. You might meet some of them, too—if only you weren’t at the Interactive portion of the festival.
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The Non-Expert
Red, White, and You
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we come up with a handy guide—tips, lists, and charts—to choosing wines and playing the connoisseur.