On Being a Food Snob

Someone asked me just now if I’ve always loved veggies and gourmet food. Here’s my response that I thought I’d share on here: No, I wasn’t always a foodie. In fact, I was a lot like you a few years ago. I’d eat Mac and Cheese all the time, hot dogs, and when I went…


How to Record Xbox 360 Gameplay Videos

Recently I’ve gotten a lot of inquiries from people that visit MattPlays.com, asking how I recorded the games I’m playing on the Xbox 360. With this in mind, I thought I’d write a simple little how-to guide on how to record high-quality gameplay videos of you playing. Since it records the video to your computer’s…


The Proper Way to Hold a Knife

I thought I’d share how to properly hold a knife. This method is taught in all the professional cooking schools, and will prevent you from getting needlessly cut (or dicing a finger off), and also make cooking a more enjoyable, stress-free experience. I present to you two pictures on how to hold a knife: Notice…


Frozen Grand Central

This is all kinds of awesome. ImprovEverywhere had 207 people freeze in place for 5 minutes in Grand Central Terminal, New York. Over 200 people freeze in place on cue in Grand Central Terminal in New York. This is one of over 100 different missions Improv Everywhere has executed over the past nine years in…