- Sean Casto, a Middler business entrepreneurship major, created a drinking game app called Drink TV that provides drinking games for over 100 movies and 35 TV shows. - The app debuted on the iTunes store on January 28th and became quite popular, reaching the top of the entertainment category its first weekend. - Users can search for shows and movies to find customized drinking games explaining when and how much to drink during the program. - Some example games include taking drinks any time someone says "That's what she said" in How I Met Your Mother or three drinks every time Pauly D talks about his hair gel in Jersey Shore. - While some would have liked more movie or show options,

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phrase, That s what she saId. players really drunk.
It's Saturday night. A movie has ~he app also inclu~es an option Casto said the' app has been
been chosen and.the drinks,have'" to !'jubrmta game, which can be e- downloaded much more than he
been made. The only thing left' to m~led directly to Casto for his anticipated. He said it's popularity
do: Pick a drinking game. ' approval. He said he plans to is not only in the United States but
Middler business entrepreneur- upoate the app as often as possi- alSo in the United Kingdom and
ship major Sean, Casto can help.: blel A~stralia. He promotes the app
His pop culture-infused drinking ! usmg Facebook ads.
game iPhone application, Drink "1 was pretty fortunate it came
TV, debuted on iTunes Jan. 28. out on a Friday and it was on the
"1 figured it would be a good i Iwas pretty fortunate first page within the entertainment
thing to have with friends at your .' F °d category for the entire weekend;'
apar1Jnent or ];>~ies ,or "even to' It ca~e out on a n~ ay said Casto. "So 1 actually di~ pret-
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Drink TV is the newest addition ltamment category or ity of the games on Drink TV him-
to Casto's company,' Ruinmligers the entire weekend .. ,. self, with the help of ~pme friends; ,
Group, which already has six web~ ' I actually did pretty others he said were adapted from
sites. The sites are all called "Top , websites and Facebook pages. He t
Played;' and each site is a database well o~ the frrst s~d th~re are no copyriidI. issues
of the most popular games, songs, weekend It was open. W1ththis because everything was
videos, movies, news and sports ' adapted and put into his own
on the web. words.
Drink TV 'costs 99 cents on - Sean, Casto, People can 'find drinking games
iTunes and includes drinking roiddler, business s~ply by usi;ngGoo~e, but Casto
games for over 100 movies and entrepreneurship major SaIdthe app ISworth It.
over 35 TV shows, Casto said.' "It's convenient;' Casto said.
Users can search for favorite TV • "It's also the ultimate database. NEWS STAFF PHOTO/ANNA MARDEN
shows by name or search by net- Again, 1 have games and movies
work imd time slot so they can and TV shows that you won't find Middler business entrepreneurship major Sean Casto created a pop cul-
drink to whatever is on. It's as sim- anywhere else. They're customized ture drinking game apI', released on iTunesJan. 28.
pIe as clicking on the title of the Casto said his favorites are the and the database is pretty big and
show and reading when to drink games for "How 1 Met Your it's constantly growing." [movie series] game, which 1
an.dhow many drinks to take. Mother" and "Old School;: his After seeing the apI', senior psy- Philadelphia]'agame.'~international would have liked, but 1 like how it<
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, .For "Jersey Shore" fans, take f~vorite show and movie, respec- chology major Nicole Betz said affairs major, does not have a has a lot of shows tqat college kids
three drinks every time Pauly D tlVely. she'd be interested in buying it. actually watch;' she said.
smart phone, but said she would Casto said.his next project is to
ltalks about his hair gel. While "I've had a few friends play it "1 think this is a cool app . buy the app otherwise if it wasn't
~atching "How 1 Met Your already and they've told me multi- because 1 could use it at parties;' create a similar app for sports
,Mother;' drink whenever Barney pIe times that you have to take that she said. ''I'm really excited to play for one flaw. "They don't have a Bourne drinking games.
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