Vincent Acovino
Stories
-
Arts & Life
Nintendo has launched a music app, seizing on the appeal of video game playlists
The Nintendo Music app lets you listen to dozens of hours of music from games like Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong.
-
Movies
Oh the horror! A director-critic tells us her favorite scary flicks of 2024
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with horror movie director and critic Rebekah McKendry about her favorite scary movies of 2024.
-
Technology
What would be lost if the Internet Archive were no more?
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Brewster Khale, the founder of Internet Archive, about the attack by hackers that put the archive offline for days -- and what may have happened if it had succeeded.
-
Music
Wyatt Flores talks about his new album 'Welcome to the Plains' and mental health
NPR's Juana Summers talks with musician Wyatt Flores about his new album Welcome to the Plains and his honesty around mental health.
-
Arts & Life
A man's colorful obituary for his father has gone viral
An obituary posted on Facebook mentions Robert Adolph Boehm’s habit of wearing unconventional hats, his possibly dangerous hobbies and his "last unintelligible and likely unnecessary curse."
-
Video game fans return to the town of Silent Hill
Video game company Konami once led the industry with creative and original titles. The development of several remakes and new games has fans excited that they might be back on track.
-
Food
Shrimp tails on or off? Stephen Colbert and Ina Garten have thoughts
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Barefoot Contessa Ina Garten and Comedian Stephen Colbert about leaving tails on shrimp in sauce.
-
Ina Garten of 'Barefoot Contessa' reflects on life and career in new memoir
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ina Garten about going from government employee to best selling cook book author, television cook -- a journey she shared in her new memoir Be Ready When the Luck Happens.
-
Zelda is the hero in 'Echoes of Wisdom'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with video game writer Ash Parrish about Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, the latest game in the franchise and one of the only where Princess Zelda is the hero.
-
World
Was the pager explosion attack a war crime? The ICC's lead prosecutor weighs in
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Karim Khan, the lead prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, about the pager explosions and conflict in the Middle East.
