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Go The Distance

Comedians Danielle Perez and Madison Shephard identify classic films re-imagined in the era of social distancing. Home Alone didn't make the cut since it remains virtually unchanged.

October 23, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Press X To Save The Princess

The Konami code won't save The Daily Show's Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta as they take on a true/false quiz about video games.

October 23, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
Fan favorite Sans the Skeleton pops up to tell you about all the terrible things you've done.

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  • Games

Make Love, Not War: Five Years Of 'Undertale'

Undertale, the quirky, pixelated adventure game, became a smash hit when it came out because of its unique mechanism: You can talk to its monsters and show them mercy, rather than killing them.

October 20, 2020
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  • Ana Diaz

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  • Games & Humor

Not My Job: We Quiz Birder Jason Ward On 'Angry Birds'

Ward was a teen in the Bronx when he saw a peregrine falcon eating a pigeon. That was the moment he fell in love with birds, and now he does outreach for the Audubon Society.

October 10, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
Zachary Quinto

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  • Arts & Life

Zachary Quinto: Mr. Spock And The Boys In The Band

Zachary Quinto talks about playing Mr. Spock in the Star Trek films, and the new Netflix adaptation of the play The Boys in the Band. Then, he plays a game about famous Pittsburghers and famous pits.

October 09, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Theoretically Debunked

Baratunde Thurston and Kiran Deol play a game about old-timey scientific theories that were later debunked. To paraphrase Ray Parker Jr., "Debunkin' makes me feel good!"

October 09, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

We Will Roxygen You

Jonathan Coulton sings songs by Freddie MERCURY with lyrics changed to be about elements on the periodic table. Cecil Baldwin and Kate Jones compete to find out who is Queen of the Noble Gases.

October 09, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Fact Bag

Just when you thought the show was over, Fact Bag appears with a new, random question for Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton to puzzle over. What was the first message sent over the internet?

October 09, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

E-Books

In this game with Welcome to Night Vale's Cecil Baldwin and The Neo-Futurists' Kate Jones, the letter "E" is added to book titles to change their meaning.

October 09, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Games & Humor

Rubik's Cube Inventor Writes A New Book: It's Full Of Twists And Turns

Hungarian architect Ernő Rubik invented his fun (and frustrating) colorful cube in 1974. He tells that story, and talks about creativity, curiosity, play and puzzles, in Cubed: The Puzzle of Us All.

October 08, 2020
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  • David Greene
Sunday Puzzle

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  • Games & Humor

Sunday Puzzle: Game of Words

Bruce McEldowney plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

October 04, 2020
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  • Will Shortz

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  • Arts & Life

Not My Job: We Quiz The British Ambassador On The AMC Ambassador

Dame Karen Pierce — British Ambassador to the United States — knows plenty about diplomacy. But what does she know about one of the finest low-end luxury automobiles of the 1950s and '60s?

October 03, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Games & Humor

Not My Job: We Ask A Master Of Disguise About 'Dose Guys'

For many years, Jonna Mendez was the CIA's Chief of Disguise, so we've decided to quiz her on "dose guys" — three questions about the Mafia.

September 26, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
Microsoft announced Monday that it will acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of popular video game publisher Bethesda, for $7.5 billion. Here, a Microsoft store is shown in March in New York City.

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  • Business

Microsoft To Buy Bethesda In $7.5 Billion Deal, Acquiring Fallout, The Elder Scrolls

The deal is set to be one of the largest ever acquisitions in the video game industry. Once the deal is finalized, Microsoft will own popular franchises such as Wolfenstein, Quake, and DOOM.

September 21, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
"I'm a comedian. I'm not here to be agreed with," says Colin Quinn. "In fact, if you came up to me and said, 'You're not funny, but I agree with you,' I'd be offended because I'm here to make people laugh. ... It's much more powerful than somebody agreeing with you."

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  • Author Interviews

In A 'Coast-To-Coast Roast,' Colin Quinn Finds Humor In The State We're In

As a veteran stand-up comedian, Quinn has spent decades on the road, performing in 47 out of the 50 states he now affectionately eviscerates in his new book, Overstated.

September 21, 2020
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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