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'Wait Wait' for Dec. 25th, 2021: A Stocking Full of Fun

Happy Holidays, one and all! Dig deep in that stocking, because we've wrapped up a collection of our favorite moments from this past year, just for you! And, no there's no gift receipt.

December 25, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
(Clockwise) It Takes Two, Resident Evil 8: Village, Life is Strange: True Colors, Valheim and Inscryption

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  • Arts & Life

The top five video games of 2021 selected by the NPR staff

Our picks for best new games run from the humorous to the horrific (sometimes, both at once!), from tight single-player stories to sprawling online sandboxes.

December 18, 2021
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  • James Perkins Mastromarino and
  • Jerome Socolovsky

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Dec. 18, 2021: With Not My Job guest Keke Palmer

Keke Palmer is BUSY. An Emmy-winning actor, writer and singer, it seems there's nothing she can't do. We put that to the test when we ask her three questions about palm readers and other psychics.

December 18, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Master Chief stands tall on the planet Zeta Halo.

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  • Games & Humor

'Halo Infinite' wows on both single and multiplayer — but needs more legacy features

It's the third shot at a mainline Halo game by video game developer 343 Industries, and it nailed both the single-player and multiplayer offerings that give the franchise its reverence.

December 14, 2021
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  • George Yang

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Dec. 11, 2021: With Not My Job guests Bashir and Sultan Salahuddin

Bashir and Sultan Salahuddin are the co-creators and co-stars of HBO Max's South Side. We invite them on to answer questions about the far, far, far south side — Antarctica.

December 11, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Masayuki Uemura designed the NES's cartridge game system.

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  • Games & Humor

The video game pioneer behind Nintendo's groundbreaking console has died

Masayuki Uemura was the lead architect behind the Nintendo Entertainment System, which dominated the home video game industry and helped launch games like Mario and Donkey Kong.

December 10, 2021
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  • Michael Levitt

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Dec. 4, 2021: With Not My Job guest Audra McDonald

Emmy, Grammy and six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald is a legend of both stage and screen. We'll see if she can add one more award to her shelf by answering three questions about Burger King.

December 04, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Nov. 27, 2021: A Cornucopia of Guests Edition

It's Thanksgiving! The perfect holiday to gather around the table and enjoy a sandwich made from only the very best Wait Wait leftovers. After all, the show is always better the second time around.

November 27, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Nov. 20, 2021: With Not My Job Guests Robin and Brook Lopez

Robin and Brook Lopez are the only 7-foot-tall identical twins playing in the NBA. So, we invited them on the show to answer three questions about the United States' shortest presidents.

November 20, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Nov. 13, 2021: Ed Begley Jr. plays Not My Job

Actor Ed Begley Jr. is has appeared in over 300 projects over 55 years. But there's one movie he wasn't in, so we invited him on the show to play, "Ed Begley Jr., Meet Bee Movie Sr."

November 13, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Nov. 6, 2021: Our Chicago Homecoming with Chance the Rapper

Hip-hop superstar Chance the Rapper returns to the show to play a game we call, "Chance? Meet Community Chest": Three questions about Monopoly.

November 08, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
These are not the sheikh's sheep.

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  • Games & Humor

On International Tongue Twister Day, test out these tried, true and tricky ones

We challenge you to say what the Guinness World Records once called the most difficult English-language tongue twister: "The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick."

November 08, 2021
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By:
  • L. Carol Ritchie and
  • Tien Le
A screenshot from the forthcoming simulation and strategy game, Political Arena.

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  • Politics

In this case, politics is a (video) game

Political Arena is giving players a front row seat to all the ins and outs — and yeah, even the ugliness — of national politics.

November 04, 2021
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  • Juana Summers
The gaming platform Roblox is displayed on a tablet, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021 in New York.

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  • Technology

The video game platform Roblox says it's back online after outage

The California company said it was back online on Sunday evening after a multiday outage.

October 31, 2021
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  • Joe Hernandez
P.K. Subban of the New Jersey Devils skates against the Washington Capitals in a preseason game on Oct. 4 in Newark.

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Oct. 30, 2021: P.K. Subban plays Not My Job

P.K. Subban is one of the best hockey players in world, so we invited him on the show to play a game we called, "That's icing! Delicious icing!" — three questions about bakeries.

October 30, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
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