Games & Humor

NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Matt Jarvis, editor-in-chief of gaming site Dicebreaker, about this year's buzzy and interesting board games.

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.

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.

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."

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

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."

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

Jesse Bradford solved 300 Rubik's cubes while he was on a unicycle. And that reminded NPR's Noel King of joke. Did you hear about the guy who couldn't ride a unicycle? He was two-tired.

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

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.

Authorities didn't say which Pokemon card Vinath Oudomsine allegedly bought with the federal funds, but rare Pokemon cards have sold for tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Before they became Hollywood royalty, Ron and Clint Howard spent time in Mayberry on The Andy Griffith Show. So, we ask them three questions about a Maybe-Not-Berry: the poisonous mistletoe plant.