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Game Shows

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2011

    Doug Benson Hosts Half the Comedians at Bumbershoot

    ​While planning the first issue of Reverb magazine, a Bumbershoot-focussed pullout in the current issue of Seattle Weekly, music editor Chris Kornelis and I discussed a list of talent to whom we'd like to lob a series of somewhat random "Why...?" questions. Doug Benson was certainly on my list ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Ken Jennings, Jeopardy! Champ: Never Been High Except on a Drug Called Ken Jennings

    ​By now, we know most of the trivia about Ken Jennings, the Jeopardy! champ who won $2.5 million with a record 74 straight matches: Grew up in a Mormon family in View Ridge, high-schooled in Korea, lived in Utah, attended UW and BYU, now lives here in the 'burbs. But did you know he was asked ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Ken Jennings is Too Charming and Intelligent to be Human

    ​Two humans and one machine are scheduled to resume their intellectual duel-to-the-death tonight on Jeopardy. Or is it two robots and one human? After the live chat Seattle brainiac Ken Jennings just gave on The Washington Post forum, it's starting to look like Jennings may in fact be a machin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    The Videos: James Beard on Jeopardy!

    ​This just in from Eater.com: How do you know when you've made it as a cultural icon? When your name shows up as an answer on the game show Jeopardy. How do you know when you're not just an icon, but a force to be reckoned with? When you have your own motherfucking category. So James Beard Fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Microsoft's Next Frontier in Video Game Realism: Commercial Breaks

    Never mind that real game show contestants don't watch commercials during commercial breaks, virtual game show contestants on Microsoft's recently beta-released Xbox game "1 vs. 100" will be forced to watch ads. Honda, Sprint, 7-11, and Doritos are already running ads. The ads "add to the realism, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2008

    Live from the HUT

    Never mind that real game show contestants don't watch commercials during commercial breaks, virtual game show contestants on Microsoft's recently beta-released Xbox game "1 vs. 100" will be forced to watch ads. Honda, Sprint, 7-11, and Doritos are already running ads. The ads "add to the realism, ... More >>

  • Arts

    September 20, 2006

    Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs

    The Jeopardy! champ examines the history of trivia.

  • Arts

    September 20, 2006

    New Brain on the Block

    Jeopardy! genius Ken Jennings moves to the smartest city in America: Seattle.

  • News

    September 1, 2004

    Media, Politics, Microsoft

    Jeopardy! genius Ken Jennings moves to the smartest city in America: Seattle.

  • Film

    January 5, 2000

    Magnolia

    Way too long, still worth seeing.

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