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Tuesday

Does Joel McHale Take 'Card Sharks' Higher Or Lower?

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Does Joel McHale Take 'Card Sharks' Higher Or Lower?

The game show Card Sharks has lived many lives: It's been on NBC, on CBS, in syndication, and now it's on ABC, in prime time, hosted by Joel McHale. The game seems simple — you're guessing whether a card will be higher or lower than the one before it. But it's also complicated. And now, in its latest iteration, there's big money involved.

Does Joel McHale Take 'Card Sharks' Higher Or Lower?

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Tuesday

Leslie Jones Reinvigorates 'Supermarket Sweep'

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Leslie Jones Reinvigorates 'Supermarket Sweep'

The game show Supermarket Sweep has run in the '60s, the '90s and the aughts. This fall, it's been revived for a fourth iteration — this time in primetime on ABC. While the previous two versions of the show were hosted by the affable David Ruprecht, the new Supermarket Sweep is hosted by the delightfully amped-up Leslie Jones. She helps a new generation of shoppers as they run around a fake grocery store and attempt to fill their shopping carts with high-priced hams, fancy olives and anything else that adds up to big money.

Leslie Jones Reinvigorates 'Supermarket Sweep'

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Tuesday

Microsoft Says Goodbye To Clip Art

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All Tech Considered

Microsoft Says Goodbye To Clip Art

Microsoft announced that it is eliminating clip art libraries from its suite of Office productivity software, and replacing it with Bing Image search. But the iconic illustrations may live on.

Microsoft Says Goodbye To Clip Art

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Thursday

Tuesday

Business

Microsoft And Sony Kick Off E3 With Dueling Announcements

Every year, gamers turn their eyes to Los Angeles for E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo. It's the annual video game industry convention.

Microsoft And Sony Kick Off E3 With Dueling Announcements

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Friday

Joust To The Music: Video Game Evolves Beyond The Screen

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Joust To The Music: Video Game Evolves Beyond The Screen

A new high-tech game is a little like musical-chairs-meets-tag. Johann Sebastian Joust is a video game — but without the video. A technology expert sees it as a return to traditional types of play.

Joust To The Music: Video Game Evolves Beyond The Screen

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Saturday

Tuesday

In Gaming, A Shift From Enemies To Emotions

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All Tech Considered

In Gaming, A Shift From Enemies To Emotions

Many of these "empathy games" focus on smaller, more personal stories about everyday people. Today's developers grew up with the medium, says one designer. For them, it's "natural to consider that you can have a game about anything."

In Gaming, A Shift From Enemies To Emotions

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Monday

Media For Kids And Teens

Disney Rolls Characters Together In New Video Game

Disney is about to release the video game Disney: Infinity. Each game comes with a collectible toy figurine that activates parts of the game when placed on a special base. In the game, different Disney characters will interact with each other. Captain Jack Sparrow can play or fight with Mr. Incredible in the world of The Nightmare Before Christmas. To understand the new Disney game, you first need to look at another game that's been a blockbuster for Activision, Skylanders.

Disney Rolls Characters Together In New Video Game

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Tuesday

Business

Jell-O Tries Out Edgy Social Media Campaign

Jell-O launched an ad campaign last week called Fun My Life, which piggybacks off the profane Twitter hashtag #FML. Advertising consultants are divided over whether the campaign is brilliant or crosses the line of good taste.

Jell-O Tries Out Edgy Social Media Campaign

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Thursday

Re-Creating Indiana Jones' Boulder Run In D.C.'s 'Alley Of Doom'

Janet Whitley borrows a stranger's dog to run away from a 10-foot-high plastic boulder in Washington, D.C.'s "Alley of Doom." Chris Suspect/STRATA hide caption

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Re-Creating Indiana Jones' Boulder Run In D.C.'s 'Alley Of Doom'

In an alley in Washington, D.C., strangers came together to simulate Indiana Jones' boulder run, using a very big inflatable boulder.

Re-Creating Indiana Jones' Boulder Run In D.C.'s 'Alley Of Doom'

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Monday

In Warhol's Memory, Soup Cans And Coke Bottles

Fans leave all manner of mementos at Andy Warhol's grave site, near Pittsburgh. This spring, a local Warhol impersonator wrapped the grave stone in colorful paper for an entire month. Madelyn Roehrig hide caption

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In Warhol's Memory, Soup Cans And Coke Bottles

While the cemetery that houses the artist's grave is conventional, the grave site itself is anything but. Fans and admirers regularly leave colorful mementos on his tombstone outside of Pittsburgh, and a local artist and Warhol historian even holds graveside birthday parties for the late pop art con.

In Warhol's Memory, Soup Cans And Coke Bottles

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Thursday

'Lifespan': What Are The Limits Of Literary License?
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Book News & Features

'Lifespan': What Are The Limits Of Literary License?

When an intern accused author John D'Agata of embellishing the facts in an essay, the two began wrestling over the writer's responsibility to the truth, and even the meaning of truth itself. The Lifespan of a Fact is the real-life record of their debate (or is it?).

'Lifespan': What Are The Limits Of Literary License?

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Monday

Movies

Swede Fest Attracts Hollywood Blockbuster Remakes

There's a community of people who celebrate the films they love by attempting to recreate them using low-budget costumes, sets and special effects. The process, introduced in the movie Be Kind Rewind, is called sweding. Twice a year, these folks come together in Fresno, Calif., to showcase their work.

Swede Fest Attracts Hollywood Blockbuster Remakes

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Tuesday

New 'Risk' Board Game Remembers Where You Left Off

When you sit down to play Risk: Legacy, you're not starting from scratch — the game refers back to previous matches. Hasbro game designer Rob Daviau says the new version of Risk plays around "with the assumptions of what a board game should and shouldn't be." Hasbro hide caption

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Humor & Fun

New 'Risk' Board Game Remembers Where You Left Off

Why do board games always have to start over from the beginning? Well, maybe they don't. Hasbro has tweaked the classic world domination board game Risk so that it's more of an ongoing narrative. Gamers are intrigued, if a little skeptical.

New 'Risk' Board Game Remembers Where You Left Off

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Tuesday

'Portal 2': A Student Video Game Project, All Grown Up

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'Portal 2': A Student Video Game Project, All Grown Up

The puzzle game Portal went from humble beginnings as a student project to become a hit beloved by critics and gamers alike. This week, Valve releases the sequel, Portal 2. Fans of the original loved its music, and the enemy's ploy of promising cake.

'Portal 2': A Student Video Game Project, All Grown Up

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Wednesday

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Saturday

The Zombie Network: Beware 'Free Public WiFi'

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Technology

The Zombie Network: Beware 'Free Public WiFi'

Thanks to human nature and a Windows bug, a "rogue" wireless network managed to spread like a virus across the country, without the help of the Internet.

The Zombie Network: Beware 'Free Public WiFi'

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Sunday

Sunday

Technology

Virtual Coin Toss Lets Football Fans Watch The Flip

Technology similar to what's inside a Nintendo Wii controller lets fans watch a virtual coin flip through the air just as the ref's real coin does.

Virtual Coin Toss Lets Football Fans Watch The Flip

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Sunday

Music Interviews

Sing, Muse, Of The 'Jeopardy!' Three-Way Tie

Every month, John Wood and a bunch of his musician friends get together to make a new album from scratch. This month, the theme is the first event of its kind in the history of a television game show — adapted as a Greek myth.

Sing, Muse, Of The 'Jeopardy!' Three-Way Tie

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Saturday

'Where The Wild Things Are': The Gold Medalist At The Hipster Marketing Olympics?

You may have heard a few things about Where The Wild Things Are, and on this weekend's All Things Considered, you can hear a bit more. Warner Brothers Pictures hide caption

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

'Where The Wild Things Are': The Gold Medalist At The Hipster Marketing Olympics?

As Where The Wild Things Are finally opens this weekend, there's a lot on the line — among other things, it's a massive experiment in marketing a kids' movie to a particular slice of adults.

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