Completionist internet projects
April 7, 2023 11:34 AM Subscribe
What are your favorite blogs or social media accounts based on documenting the process of doing everything on a list? For example, cooking every recipe in a cookbook, Julie and Julia-style, or traveling to the highest point in every US state, or reading every Shakespeare play, or...
For extra credit, I'm especially interested in examples where the creator did successfully complete their project!
The examples I have are from the food/cooking world but I am very curious about others too.
Cookbook Confessions which chooses one cookbook at a time and making every recipe in that book (they haven't posted since late 2022)
MeFite bowbeacon's now-defunct Eating Salem Lowe project, where he ate every dish on the menu at the Salem Lowe restaurant
United Noshes also seems to be indefinitely paused, but they were going through the list of UN member countries and cooking a meal from each one
Oh, here's a non-food one! @noellemargaret8 on TikTok got pretty darn close to her goal of visiting every museum in Washington, DC last year
The examples I have are from the food/cooking world but I am very curious about others too.
Cookbook Confessions which chooses one cookbook at a time and making every recipe in that book (they haven't posted since late 2022)
MeFite bowbeacon's now-defunct Eating Salem Lowe project, where he ate every dish on the menu at the Salem Lowe restaurant
United Noshes also seems to be indefinitely paused, but they were going through the list of UN member countries and cooking a meal from each one
Oh, here's a non-food one! @noellemargaret8 on TikTok got pretty darn close to her goal of visiting every museum in Washington, DC last year
Best answer: One of several, but a poster on another forum I'm on did a watchthrough of every Nicolas Cage movie: CAGED HEAT
posted by sagc at 11:46 AM on April 7, 2023
posted by sagc at 11:46 AM on April 7, 2023
Best answer: Tom Breihan at Stereogum is reviewing every number one song in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, from 1958 thru today.
He's currently in 2008.
posted by Sauce Trough at 11:59 AM on April 7, 2023 [6 favorites]
He's currently in 2008.
posted by Sauce Trough at 11:59 AM on April 7, 2023 [6 favorites]
Best answer: Can I mention my own blog?....
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:01 PM on April 7, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:01 PM on April 7, 2023 [5 favorites]
Best answer: Ananda Monae on Tik Tok watched all the movies that won Best Picture at the Oscars.
posted by Julnyes at 12:29 PM on April 7, 2023
posted by Julnyes at 12:29 PM on April 7, 2023
Best answer: Kill James Bond reviews Bond movies through a lets say...critical lens. I haven't caught up but looks like they made their way through the full list and are just doing other somewhat related movies now.
posted by davidest at 12:43 PM on April 7, 2023
posted by davidest at 12:43 PM on April 7, 2023
You can read Tiffany Kersten’s 2021 Birding Big Year blog.
A lot of people document their big year. Noah Stryker did a world big year in 2015.
The Stoll brothers made YouTube videos for their 2022 big year.
posted by oomny at 1:32 PM on April 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
A lot of people document their big year. Noah Stryker did a world big year in 2015.
The Stoll brothers made YouTube videos for their 2022 big year.
posted by oomny at 1:32 PM on April 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
Best answer: United Nations of Food attempted to eat food from every single country without leaving NYC. They got quite far, to the point of only 15-20 hard to find countries remaining.
posted by soleiluna at 1:49 PM on April 7, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by soleiluna at 1:49 PM on April 7, 2023 [3 favorites]
A guy who cooked through the complex Alinea cookbook: https://www.eater.com/2014/11/12/7210709/watch-one-mans-quest-to-cook-the-entire-alinea-cookbook
posted by Parkaboy at 3:05 PM on April 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Parkaboy at 3:05 PM on April 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
Do podcasts count? Because Finish It is a completionist look at interactive fiction stories (such as Choose Your Own Adventure books). They go through every single ending and page, and they (ostensibly) have the goal of going through every single book. Also, it's hilarious and I love it.
posted by meese at 5:35 PM on April 7, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by meese at 5:35 PM on April 7, 2023 [3 favorites]
Best answer: Adam Cadre's 25 Albums by Sparks.
The Eaten by a Grue podcast played through every Infocom game (and is now playing other games).
The Sandwich Tribunal made every sandwich on Wikipedia's List of Sandwiches. They got to the end of the list in 2020 and started again with the ones that have been added since.
Joe Brennan visited every surviving funicular railway in Britain in 2019.
posted by offog at 6:06 PM on April 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
The Eaten by a Grue podcast played through every Infocom game (and is now playing other games).
The Sandwich Tribunal made every sandwich on Wikipedia's List of Sandwiches. They got to the end of the list in 2020 and started again with the ones that have been added since.
Joe Brennan visited every surviving funicular railway in Britain in 2019.
posted by offog at 6:06 PM on April 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Seconding Kill James Bond, but my favourite is The CRPG Addict who is playing through every CRPG ever in order. Similarly Chrontendo is playing every Famicom and NES and Sega Master System game ever in order.
posted by Canageek at 7:15 PM on April 7, 2023
posted by Canageek at 7:15 PM on April 7, 2023
Best answer: I read every comment of the politics megathreads, where's my medal?
I ate at every rainforest cafe in the country
posted by tiny frying pan at 4:56 AM on April 8, 2023
I ate at every rainforest cafe in the country
posted by tiny frying pan at 4:56 AM on April 8, 2023
Best answer: One woman in the UK visited every National Trust property with a tea room, ordered a scone, and blogged about it.
posted by carrienation at 6:49 PM on April 8, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by carrienation at 6:49 PM on April 8, 2023 [2 favorites]
Mark Reads has read and blogged in detail about every chapter of every book of many different series.
posted by one for the books at 7:30 PM on April 8, 2023
posted by one for the books at 7:30 PM on April 8, 2023
Talking Sopranos podcast.
"""
Sopranos co-stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa host the definitive Sopranos re-watch podcast. Michael and Steve follow the Sopranos series episode by episode giving fans all the inside info, behind the scenes stories and little-known facts that could only come from someone on the inside.
"""
posted by asharchist at 8:08 PM on April 8, 2023
"""
Sopranos co-stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa host the definitive Sopranos re-watch podcast. Michael and Steve follow the Sopranos series episode by episode giving fans all the inside info, behind the scenes stories and little-known facts that could only come from someone on the inside.
"""
posted by asharchist at 8:08 PM on April 8, 2023
The Mutant Ages: “Maddy Myers and Ryan Pagella review and break down the queer subtext of every X-Men cartoon/tv show/movie/game/book EVER.” Very funny and also very devoted to watching everything (starting with the 90s cartoon) in order.
posted by rustcellar at 9:10 AM on April 10, 2023
posted by rustcellar at 9:10 AM on April 10, 2023
Best answer: Si Everett has been visiting every pub in the UK's Good Pub Guide at British Real Ale Pub Adventure since 2014. Still going.
posted by fabius at 4:22 AM on April 13, 2023
posted by fabius at 4:22 AM on April 13, 2023
Best answer: Oh and Thousand Movie Project has been watching every movie from the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die for a few years.
posted by fabius at 4:26 AM on April 13, 2023
posted by fabius at 4:26 AM on April 13, 2023
Best answer: Sorry, a couple more:
The Heat Warps is/was "Revisiting every Miles Davis live tape from 1969 to 1975 in chronological order." Last updated in June 2022.
And Between Sound and Space was "reviewing every album released on the ECM and ECM New Series imprints" and completed that in 2015. Since then they've carried on reviewing new ECM releases, last post in December 2022.
posted by fabius at 6:18 AM on April 13, 2023
The Heat Warps is/was "Revisiting every Miles Davis live tape from 1969 to 1975 in chronological order." Last updated in June 2022.
And Between Sound and Space was "reviewing every album released on the ECM and ECM New Series imprints" and completed that in 2015. Since then they've carried on reviewing new ECM releases, last post in December 2022.
posted by fabius at 6:18 AM on April 13, 2023
Best answer: A couple of thoughts:
* Store Bought is Fine is working their way through all of the Barefoot Contessa's recipes (along with some side recipes along the way).
* Similar to the above mention of CRPG Addict, there's the The Adventure Gamer which is working their way through point-and-click adventure games in chronological order (plus catching up on ones that were missed along the way).
posted by RyanAdams at 7:09 AM on April 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
* Store Bought is Fine is working their way through all of the Barefoot Contessa's recipes (along with some side recipes along the way).
* Similar to the above mention of CRPG Addict, there's the The Adventure Gamer which is working their way through point-and-click adventure games in chronological order (plus catching up on ones that were missed along the way).
posted by RyanAdams at 7:09 AM on April 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
Best answer: You Don’t Know Mojack is a podcast by two amateur music nerds reviewing every release by SST Records, in sequential order. Many of them feature interviews and contributions from the artists involved, as well.
posted by macdara at 7:58 AM on April 13, 2023
posted by macdara at 7:58 AM on April 13, 2023
Best answer: All The Adventures, "Wherein I play and blog about every adventure game ever made in (nearly) chronological order."
posted by fabius at 8:30 AM on April 15, 2023
posted by fabius at 8:30 AM on April 15, 2023
Best answer: Kirk Cooks cooked and ate all 67 pizzas that were mentioned in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon from the 80s and 90s. Includes pizzas such as "marshmallow and asparagus," and "strawberry surprise with anchovie sauce."
posted by rudism at 6:31 AM on April 19, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by rudism at 6:31 AM on April 19, 2023 [1 favorite]
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