Digital Life
What Makes Games Like 'Angry Birds' So Addictive?
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Games & Humor
As Facebook goes public this week, its co-founder is busy denying allegations of what?
Sunday Puzzle
Initially Famous 2: Electric Boogaloo()
This week's on-air challenge is a twist on "Characteristic Initials." We will gives clues for some famous people, past and present. The initial letters of the clues are also the initials of the answers.
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Gass And Black Of Tenacious D Play Not My Job()
May 19, 2012 We've invited Kyle Gass and Jack Black to play a game called "Tenacious D, Meet Tenacious P." We tried to think of the singer who was the diametrical opposite of Tenacious D, and who better than Pat Boone? They'll answer three questions about the cleanest cut guy who ever cut a record.
They Had Me At Hello()
May 18, 2012 "Radio is a sound salvation," sang Elvis Costello, and it's also the theme of Jonathan Coulton's euphonious music quiz. Fitting that the Mystery Guest is a Broadway superstar. Plus, mutated movie titles, a double name game, and an etiquette test from the 1960s. Got a light?
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Rhymes With Musical()
May 18, 2012 If "Lent: The Musical" ever hits Broadway, Jonathan Coulton has its hit song ready to go. He performs parodies of classic songs from famous musicals, and our Broadway-bred Mystery Guest competes against another musical theater buff.
Sunday Puzzle
You Two, Move To The Back Of The Line()
May 13, 2012 The word "mother" has a surprising property. If you move the first two letters to the end, you get "thermo," the prefix for "heat." Every answer today is another six-letter word that, when you move the first two letters to the end, you get another word or phrase.
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Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait Plays Not My Job()
May 12, 2012 Some people have sick and twisted ideas and end up in jail. Some people have sick and twisted ideas and end up making great, funny, twisted movies. Comedian, writer and director Bobcat Goldthwait is thankfully one of the latter. His latest movie is God Bless America.
Sunday Puzzle
Brave Sir Robin Ran Away, But The Puzzle Is Still OK()
May 6, 2012 You'll be given a series of categories. For each one, name something in the category beginning with each of the letters of the word "robin." For example, given the category "two-syllable boys' names," the answers could be "Roger," "Omar," "Barry," "Isaac" and "Neville."
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Former Talk Show Host Dick Cavett Plays Not My Job()
May 5, 2012 Cavett was born and raised in Nebraska where he was encouraged to pursue the trade that had brought his family to the prairie years before: interviewing celebrities. We ask this legitimate name-dropper about three real people whose names are remarkably descriptive of who they are.
The Man Who Knew Too Much. Way Too Much.()
May 4, 2012 So you think you're a TV buff. But how well do you know shows by their episode titles? Contestants are put to some pop culture challenges, like deciphering breakfast cereal haikus and a remixed nursery rhyme. Plus, our Mystery Guest this week is a certain brainiac who shares a few of his favorite apocalyptic prophesies.
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Mystery Guest: How Much Does The Know-It-All Know? ()
May 4, 2012 Our Mystery Guest is a renaissance man—he's been a cheesemonger, literary agent, traffic counter and more. A self-proclaimed expert in eschatology, the study of endings and destiny, he's a perfect candidate for our quiz on apocalyptic predictions.
