Games & Humor

Autumn Mowery, 20, operates the candlepin bowling alley in Ellsworth, Maine. She has been running the place by herself and needs to update the bowling alley's machinery in order to be able to hire any employees.

National

A Maine community comes together to save a candlepin bowling tradition

5:00am January 29, 2023

by Tressa Versteeg

Not well-known in many parts of the United States, candlepin bowling is mostly found in New England and nearby parts of Canada. The aging alleys are held together with "duct tape and bubble gum."

Arts

'Wait Wait' for Jan. 28, 2023: With Not My Job guest Natasha Lyonne

9:19am January 28, 2023

Natasha Lyonne is an actor, writer and director with one of the most recognizable voices in the world. She stars in the new series Poker Face, so we ask her three questions about getting Botox.

Season: A letter to the future's protagonist journeys to record the world before a foretold cataclysm.

Arts

In 'Season: A letter to the future,' scrapbooking is your doomsday prep

9:08am January 27, 2023

by Justin Lucas

Scrapbook and bike your way through a beautiful world in the face of a foretold cataclysm.

Grim systems engineer, Isaac Clarke, in the ruins of the USG Ishimura.

Arts

'Dead Space' Review: A new voice for a recurring nightmare

3:05pm January 26, 2023

This year's tastefully refurbished Dead Space provides plenty of reasons to revisit the sci-fi horror classic.

National

Proposed copyright changes have Dungeons and Dragons fans up in arms

7:43pm January 25, 2023

The company behind Dungeons and Dragons is looking to change its copyright license. Leaked drafts showed a clamp-down on fan made content, and fans launched a campaign against it. So far, they've won.

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Forspoken's protagonist, Frey, a New Yorker transported to the magical world Athia.

Arts

'Forspoken' Review: A portal into a world without wonder or heart

9:00am January 23, 2023

by Danny Lore

Forspoken boasts 'key members' of the Final Fantasy XV team, but feels outdated and at times resentful of its Black protagonist.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, D.C.

'Wait Wait' for Jan. 21, 2023: With Not My Job guest Secretary of State Antony Blinken

8:58am January 21, 2023

Secretary of State Antony Blinken went to law school before moving to diplomacy. He may be a Blinken lawyer, but what does he know about The Lincoln Lawyer: Matthew McConaughey?

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Arts

'Wait Wait' for Jan. 14, 2023: With Not My Job guest George Saunders

9:29am January 14, 2023

George Saunders is one of the world's most celebrated authors, who just published a new collection of short stories. We ask him three questions about court stories, real life lawsuits.

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Marvel's Spider-Man 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Final Fantasy XVI.

Arts

NPR's most anticipated video games of 2023

8:03am January 13, 2023

by James Perkins Mastromarino

Even with the game delays we've gotten used to, 2023 is shaping up to be a banner year.

"I like the rug. It brings the room together." Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Tess (Anna Torv) in HBO's The Last of Us.

Arts

At the end of humanity, 'The Last of Us' locates what makes us human

10:33am January 12, 2023

by Glen Weldon

Like the video game it's based on, the HBO series about a mutated fungi that destroys civilization spotlights the connections between its compelling characters, not the monsters they face.