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Sunday Puzzle: Rhyming destinations

August 18, 2024 • NPR's David Folkenflik plays the puzzle with this week's winner Eli Shear-Baggish from Arlington, Massachusetts and puzzle master Will Shortz.

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Sunday Puzzle: This puzzle is as easy as 1-2-3!

August 11, 2024 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with this week's winner Michael Carniello from Deerfield Ill., and puzzle master Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: This puzzle is as easy as 1-2-3!

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Sunday Puzzle: Six letter to eight letter words

July 28, 2024 • NPR's Debbie Elliott plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and listener Clark Neider of Pheonix.

Sunday Puzzle: Six letter to eight letter words

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Sunday Puzzle: Can you guess these stars?

July 21, 2024 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with this week's winner Darryl Nester from Bluffton, Ohio and puzzle master Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: Can you guess these stars?

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Sunday Puzzle: A playful 'P' syllable challenge

July 14, 2024 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Leslea Smith, of Hillsboro, Oregon, along with Weekend Edition puzzle master, Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: A playful 'P' syllable challenge

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Sunday Puzzle: Fill in the blank with these 'EE' and 'OO' words

July 7, 2024 •

Sunday Puzzle: Fill in the blank with these 'EE' and 'OO' words

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Sunday Puzzle: Word pairs that start and end the same

June 30, 2024 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WUNC listener Jean Haddock of Louisburg, North Carolina, and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: Word pairs that start and end the same

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Sunday Puzzle: State That Capital

June 14, 2024 • NPR's Lauren Frayer plays the puzzle with WGBH listener Gig Moineau of Newton, Massachusetts, and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: State That Capitol

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Sunday Puzzle: Name these iconic U.S. summer vacation destinations!

May 26, 2024 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KNSR listener Tom Hergert of St. Cloud, Minnesota, and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: Name these iconic U.S. summer vacation destinations!

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2023's best games — picked by the NPR staff

December 7, 2023 • NPR polled staff and contributors for their favorite games of 2023. The year was marked by record-selling titles and industry shake-ups that included thousands of layoffs.

2023's best games — picked by the NPR staff

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The 2023 Pokémon World Championship wraps up in Japan

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The 2023 Pokémon World Championship wraps up in Japan

August 14, 2023 • Over the weekend, players from around the world gathered in Yokohoma to battle against each other at the Pokémon World Championship.

The 2023 Pokémon World Championship wraps up in Japan

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The world's No. 1 competitive pinball player is a 19-year-old

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March 22, 2023 • Nineteen-year-old Escher Lefkoff grew up watching his dad play competitive pinball. Now, the son is world champion. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on 3/20/23.)

The world's No. 1 competitive pinball player is a 19-year-old

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The creator of 'Stardew Valley' announces his spooky new game: 'Haunted Chocolatier'

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The creator of 'Stardew Valley' announces his spooky new game: 'Haunted Chocolatier'

October 22, 2021 • The solo developer behind Stardew Valley says he's at work on a new game, all about "magical haunted ghost chocolate." Haunted Chocolatier is already getting fan excitement, but no release date yet.

Their Dad Transformed Video Games In The 1970s — And Passed On His Pioneering Spirit

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Their Dad Transformed Video Games In The 1970s — And Passed On His Pioneering Spirit

September 17, 2021 • The late Jerry Lawson helped invent the first video game console with interchangeable games. His children say he brought the fun and games home and showed them they could create their own path.

Their Dad Transformed Video Games In The 1970s — And Passed On His Pioneering Spirit

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An unlikely pair of adventurers fight their way through a mysteriously crumbling world in Eastward. Pixpil hide caption

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Put Down That PS5 And Pick Up Your Switch For The Pixelated Pleasures Of 'Eastward'

September 16, 2021 • Tiny Shanghai-based studio Pixpil beats giants like Nintendo at their own game with the new Eastward, a vintagey-looking adventure that follows an unlikely pair of friends through a crumbling world.

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This Remake Of A Beloved Game Has The Style — But Lacks A Little Substance

August 4, 2021 • Not a remaster or a reissue, NEO is a genuine sequel to the hit 2007 Japanese RPG that cast you and your friends as fashionable Tokyo kids battling for your lives in a strange alternate world.

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Nintendo Makes Some Needed Improvements In 'Skyward Sword HD' (We See You, Fi)

July 22, 2021 • Nintendo has released a newly remastered version of the classic Zelda game Skyward Sword — and while it's still a beautiful game, not all of the original's flaws have been addressed.

Mamma Mia! Super Mario 64 Is The First Video Game To Sell For More Than $1 Million

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Mamma Mia! Super Mario 64 Is The First Video Game To Sell For More Than $1 Million

July 14, 2021 • A copy of Nintendo's Super Mario 64 sold for $1.56 million at auction, breaking the record for most expensive video game. "I was ... a bit blindsided," says Valarie McLeckie of the auction house.

Mamma Mia! Super Mario 64 Is The First Video Game To Sell For More Than $1 Million

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This Farming Video Game Is So Popular, People Pay To Watch Gamers Play It

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This Farming Video Game Is So Popular, People Pay To Watch Gamers Play It

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June 22, 2021 • The video game Farming Simulator has found a loyal and niche audience in the gaming world. This isn't the cheesy Farmville game from years ago, but one emulating the real challenges of running a farm.

This Farming Video Game Is So Popular, People Pay To Watch Gamers Play It

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