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News Articles: Games & Humor

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Nov. 5, 2022: With Not My Job guest Amber Ruffin

Amber Ruffin started as a writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers before becoming the first black woman to host a late night talk show. Can she answer out three questions about Roughin' It?

November 05, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Review: 'God of War: Ragnarök' is a majestic, if sometimes aggravating, triumph

God of War Ragnarök's story, setting, and characters inspire just as much awe as its 2018 predecessor did, even as the game undercuts its grand scale with aggravating design decisions.

November 03, 2022
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By:
  • Danny Lore
The intrepid Guybrush Threepwood (right), disguised as a zombie, beside his nemesis, LeChuck in 2022's 'Return to Monkey Island.'

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  • Arts & Life

Playing Pirate: Looking back on the 'Monkey Island' series after its 'Return'

'Return to Monkey Island' revived a beloved series that began in 1990. Critics have liked the new game, but fans are split on its art style and its controversial ending.

October 31, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Albert

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Oct. 29, 2022: With Not My Job guest Hasan Minhaj

Hasan Minhaj got his big break as a correspondent on The Daily Show, and since then has won a Peabody for his show Patriot Act. But, what does he know about Rob Gronkowski, a former Patriot who acts?

October 29, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Charles Addams in his Westhampton Beach, N.Y., studio in 1977.

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  • Arts & Life

How the cartoonist behind The Addams Family defused fear, with dead-on humor

Charles Addams' goal was never to create fear, but to defuse it — infusing the horror with a playfulness that appealed even to those who prefer daylight to the witching hour.

October 28, 2022
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  • Allyson McCabe

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Oct. 22, 2022: Shipping Out to Boston!

Wait Wait makes its triumphant return to Boston with Not My Job guest Ibram X. Kendi. He may be a MacArthur Genius, but what does he know about Apple's Genius Bar?

October 22, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Lately, more and more people have been getting axolotls as pets.

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  • Animals

It seems like everyone wants an axolotl since the salamander was added to Minecraft

The axolotl has captured hearts thanks to TikTok and the popular video game Minecraft. More and more people have been getting them as pets, which is impacting how they're bred and sold.

October 20, 2022
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  • Halisia Hubbard
GPB  NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Batman is dead and four new heroes can't quite replace him in 'Gotham Knights'

Batman is dead. Four heroes are left to defend Gotham from countless enemies. It's an intriguing start, but Gotham Knights doesn't quite deliver.

October 20, 2022
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  • Diego Nicolás Argüello
Screenshot from Citizen Sleeper

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  • Games & Humor

How the gig economy inspired a cyberpunk video game

The video game Citizen Sleeper critiques the gig economy in a cyberpunk "post-capitalist" future

October 18, 2022
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  • Sam Yellowhorse Kesler

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Oct. 15, 2022: Fall Festival edition!

Fall is here, and that can only mean one thing: Bill is spending the week jumping into freshly raked piles of leaves. While he does that, you get to enjoy some never-before-heard clips from our show!

October 15, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Oct. 8, 2022: With Not My Job guest Ralph Macchio

Ralph Macchio became a teen heartthrob in 1984, when he starred as Daniel LaRusso in The Karate Kid. He's now written a new memoir called Waxing On, but what does he know about body waxing?

October 08, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Chess.com alleges that 19-year-old grandmaster Hans Niemann has cheated in more than 100 games.

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  • Sports

Hans Niemann is accused of cheating in more than 100 chess games. He's playing today

Niemann, a grandmaster, is competing in the U.S. Chess Championships tournament that began Wednesday in St. Louis.

October 06, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
<em>The Onion</em> head writer Mike Gillis submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court this week. He says he hopes it will convince the court to take up an Ohio man's First Amendment case while educating the broader public.

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  • National

The man who wrote the Onion's Supreme Court brief takes parody very seriously

The satirical site submitted a 23-page brief to the Supreme Court in support of a First Amendment case. Mike Gillis, The Onion writer who authored the brief, tells NPR why parody is worth defending.

October 04, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Oct. 1, 2022: With Not My Job guest Julio Torres

Julio Torres wrote some of SNL's most memorable sketches, like Wells for Boys, and then brought his talent to HBO for Los Espookys, but what does he know about The Addams Family, TV's ookiest family?

October 01, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Magnus Carlsen says he will not play Hans Niemann again because he believes Niemann "has cheated more — and more recently — than he has publicly admitted."

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  • Sports

Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen accuses Hans Niemann of cheating

The scandal has been the talk of the chess world this month. Interest exploded last week after Carlsen resigned from a match against Niemann after making only one move.

September 28, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
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