[movie series] game, which 1would have liked, but 1 like how it<has a lot of shows tqat collegekidsactually watch;' she said.Casto said.his next project is to

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been chosen and.the drinks,have'" to !'jubrmta game, which can be e- downloaded much more than hebeen made. The only thing left' to m~led directly to Casto for his anticipated. He said it's popularitydo: Pick a drinking game. ' approval. He said he plans to is not only in the United States butMiddler 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 appHis pop culture-infused drinking ! usmg Facebook ads.game iPhone application, Drink "1 was pretty fortunate it cameTV,debuted on iTunes Jan. 28. out on a Friday and it was on the"1 figured it would be a good iIwas pretty fortunate first page within the entertainment

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of the most popular games, songs, weekend It was open. W1ththis because everything wasvideos, movies, news and sports ' adapted and put into his ownon the web. words.Drink TV 'costs 99 cents on - Sean, Casto, People can 'find drinking gamesiTunes and includes drinking roiddler, business s~ply by usi;ngGoo~e, but Castogames 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.

shows by name or search by net- Again, 1 have games and movieswork imd time slot so they can and TV shows that you won't finddrink to whatever is on. It's as sim- anywhere else. They're customizedpIe as clicking on the title of the Casto said his favorites are the and the database is pretty big andshow and reading when to drink games for "How 1 Met Your it's constantly growing."an.dhow many drinks to take. Mother" and "Old School;: his After seeing the apI', senior psy-, .For "Jersey Shore" fans, take f~vorite show and movie, respec- chology major Nicole Betz saidthree drinks every time Pauly D tlVely. she'd be interested in buying it.ltalks about his hair gel. While "I've had a few friends play it "1 think this is a cool app~atching "How 1 Met Your already and they've told me multi- because 1 could use it at parties;',Mother;' drink whenever Barney pIe times that you have to take that she said. ''I'm really excited to play1 .1.- "••__-1 lortonrl And for one with a grain of salt;' said the 'It's Always Sunny [in