I really like how this works on the front page:
$forum_id = 1;
$forum_one_topics = $bbdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $bbdb->topics WHERE forum_id = $forum_id ORDER BY topic_time DESC LIMIT 0,10")
foreach($forum_one_topics as $topic) :
?>
but would like to use this for the whole site. Is it possible to make this the logic of the entire site loop?