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The Doors

Erin Foley and Arden Myrin join house musician Jonathan Coulton in a game where The Doors songs are rewritten to be about well-known doors from books and movies.

July 24, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
In <em>Wolfenstein II: New Colossus</em>, our hero B.J. Blazkowicz has grown into far more than a couple of chunky pixels — but he still kills a lot of Nazis.

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  • Games

Reading The Game: Wolfenstein II

Our occasional series on storytelling in video games returns with a look at The New Colossus, a surprisingly heartfelt entry in the classic Castle Wolfenstein series. (Yes, you still shoot Nazis.)

July 20, 2020
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By:
  • Jason Sheehan
View of Seltun geothermal field in Krysuvik on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland on July 5, 2014.

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  • Games & Humor

App Lets You Destress By Screaming Into Icelandic Wilderness

2020 has been a stressful year. Iceland wants to help. A group developed an app that will let you record and broadcast a scream, pent up by the pandemic, into the Icelandic wilderness.

July 17, 2020
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By:
  • Emily Alfin Johnson and
  • Lisa Weiner
<em>Ghost of Tsushima</em> gives players a gorgeous world to explore, but the game's story is dragged down by flat characters.

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  • Games

Saving The World — But First, A Haiku — In 'Ghost Of Tsushima'

Sucker Punch's new samurai combat game gives players a gorgeous open world to explore, haikus to write and enemies to defeat — but the characters can be flat, leading to moments of dull gameplay.

July 17, 2020
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By:
  • Kaity Kline
Dozens of fans turned out to watch the Red Sox amateur baseball team tangle with the Yankees at Regions Field in Birmingham, Ala. The teams are part of an over-35 league showcasing their skills at a ballpark normally used by the Birmingham Barons minor league baseball team.

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  • Sports

Baseball-Starved Fans Turn Out To Watch Middle-Aged Men Play

With Major League Baseball games to be played in empty stadiums, and the minor league season cancelled, fans are showing up at amateur leagues.

July 16, 2020
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By:
  • Melanie Peeples

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  • Arts & Life

Not My Job: Jameela Jamil Of 'The Good Place' Gets Quizzed On 'The Wood Place'

Jameela Jamil arrived in Los Angeles, went on one audition, booked the job and became a star on the sit-com The Good Place — a totally typical, not at all out of the ordinary Hollywood story!

July 11, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Hallmark Holidays

Cristin Milioti and Camila Mendes (Palm Springs) compete to see who can identify holidays based on the text of Hallmark cards.

July 10, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Bob the Drag Queen

Bob the Drag Queen discusses his wig-filled basement drag closet and his HBO docuseries We're Here. Then, Bob takes on a quiz tailored specifically to his interests, from Kesha to Whoopi Goldberg.

July 10, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

In A Hurry

Comedians Erin Jackson and Laurie Kilmartin work together to answer questions about some of the world's fastest things.

July 10, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Funky Stuff, Part 2

Cristin Milioti and Camila Mendes join house musician Jonathan Coulton for a game where funky songs are rewritten to be about things that smell funky.

July 10, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Foley Moley

Comedians Laurie Kilmartin (writer for CONAN) and Erin Jackson (Last Comic Standing) face off in a game about the strange noises that go into creating movie sound effects.

July 10, 2020
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
A Scrabble players group finds some words are too offensive for its approved list.

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  • Games & Humor

Scrabble Association Bans Racial, Ethnic Slurs From Its Official Word List

On Wednesday, the North American Scrabble Players Association, which governs tournaments in the U.S. and Canada, said it was removing 236 potentially offensive words from its approved list.

July 09, 2020
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By:
  • Scott Neuman

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