About
Best Ever
"Nowhere and talking to everybody about the best ever"
What We Do
Best Ever is a celebration of excellence across movies, music, books, games, and television. We write about the works that define their genres, the ones that set the standard, the ones that make you understand why people care about art in the first place.
Our editorial approach is simple: we focus on the best. Not the most popular, not the most recent, but the works that have proven themselves over time. Every article makes a case. Every ranking is earned.
Credits & Attribution
We believe in giving credit where it's due. The images and data on this site come from several excellent free resources:
Music
Album artwork and artist photography provided by TheAudioDB.
TheAudioDB is an open, community-driven music database with high-quality album covers and artist images.
Movies & Television
TV show artwork and information provided by TVMaze.
TVMaze is a community-driven TV database with comprehensive show information and artwork.
Video Games
Game covers and artwork provided by Internet Game Database (IGDB).
IGDB is a comprehensive video game database with extensive cover art and metadata.
Books
Book covers provided by Open Library, a project of the Internet Archive.
Open Library is an open, editable library catalog building towards a web page for every book ever published.
Editorial Standards
Best Ever Media publishes one opinion per article: this is the best ever. Not "one of the best" or "worth revisiting." We pick a side and defend it. Every piece has a thesis—a specific argument about why this album, film, book, game, or show earns its place—and every paragraph is there to advance that argument, not pad it.
We write about things we genuinely love. The editorial voice is opinionated, specific, and affectionate. We don't trash competing works to build up the subject. The case has to stand on its own.
How We Choose Subjects
We weight toward the classic and the canonical—the things that already have a case to be made—while leaving room for the contrarian pick that rewards a second look. We don't cover the obvious just because it's obvious, and we don't cover the obscure just to seem interesting. The question is always: can we make a compelling argument? Era-wise, we skew toward the 1960s through the early 2010s. Enough time has passed to know what lasted.
Who Writes Here
Articles are written under editorial personas—Paco Picopiedra (music), Philip Dale (movies), Nick Smith (books), Franklin Snarl (games), and Lorraine Prescott (TV)—each with a distinct critical sensibility. The voices are constructed to serve the material, not the other way around.
Affiliate Links & Transparency
Some links on Best Ever Media are affiliate links. When you buy through them, we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This never influences which subjects we cover or what arguments we make—we write the article first, then find the relevant links. We disclose this on every article page. We don't publish sponsored content or accept payment to feature specific works.
Contact
Have a suggestion for the Best Ever? Think we missed something essential? We'd love to hear from you.
Email us at hello@bestever.media