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Wow, Ryan, are you reading a book? Before

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we even started work? That is correct,

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Pam. I have decided to do an opposite

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day and do all the things I would normally

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do. Like what? Like reading

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books instead of playing video games, eating

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a salad instead of pizza, and not

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showering instead of showering. Yep,

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yep, I can smell that last one. I

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know you're busy with opposite day, but Cap

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said you could do another Favorite Things episode.

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Well, normally I'd be procrastinating, so today we

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need to start the show. I'm

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Ryan Willard. And I'm Pamela Kirkland.

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It's Wednesday, March 28th. This

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is the 10 News. Wait,

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since it's opposite day, I'm not sure what

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I'm supposed to talk about. I will

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observe opposite day, and I choose to

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discuss something I wouldn't normally choose to

1:01

discuss. Farting in a ball pit and blaming it

1:04

on your little brother? No,

1:07

no, Ryan. I want to talk about

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video games. Let's

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go! March

1:15

22nd was an exciting day in my

1:17

house because I got a brand new

1:19

Nintendo Switch game. Was it

1:21

the Splatoon 3 Rogue-like DLC? Nope.

1:24

We've got Princess Peach, Showtime!

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Ooh, that's right! I love her! She

1:29

hasn't had her own game since Super Princess Peach on

1:31

the Nintendo DS in 2005. How

1:34

is Showtime? It's really fun. Princess

1:37

Peach teams up with the Guardians of the

1:39

Sparkle Theater to take on the Wicked Grape

1:41

and the Sour Bunch who are trying to take

1:43

over. Right, and doesn't

1:45

Princess Peach transform to match each

1:48

performance? Yep, you get

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to become Swordfighter Peach, Detective Peach,

1:52

Ninja Peach, Petisserie Peach, and more.

1:55

Princess Peach is such an OG. I

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Feel like the Mario games wouldn't have taken off the way they.

2:00

Did without it, I couldn't agree

2:02

more. Seeking I want to go

2:04

toe to toe and see who

2:06

knows more about women's history in

2:09

video games. Jones accepted Pamela This

2:11

is see now Legends Nj May.

2:16

Say. Ah I'm oh I know

2:18

of Carol Saw. She

2:21

was one of the first female video

2:23

game programmers and designers. Carol Saw was

2:25

the only woman in her division at

2:27

Atari in Nineteen Seventy Eight, and she

2:29

may three tic tac toe for the

2:31

Atari Twenty Six Hundred, And after that

2:33

she became known for her work at

2:36

Activision on the retro hit. River Rate

2:38

Saw when the Industry Icon Award in

2:40

Two Thousand Seventeen for her massive impact

2:42

on gaming. Carol a legend. But

2:44

do you know about Mabel at is.

2:47

She. Worked on the Sumerian game,

2:49

which was gaming first narrative experience

2:52

and was the first as it

2:54

he meant game as we know

2:56

it. Mabel added was credited with

2:58

writing and indexing it with Id

3:00

and William Mckay programming it, which

3:02

means that Mabel is officially the

3:05

first female game designer, but more

3:07

significantly, she's a first. Writer on

3:09

a video game ever? I actually

3:11

did know balmy bladders, But I

3:13

do know about Donna Bailey. She.

3:16

Was the first female programmer to work

3:19

in the Atari coin Op department and

3:21

the first woman to create an arcade

3:23

game. That arcade games was Centipede, which

3:26

was one of the most successful arcade

3:28

games of that era. It's most recent

3:30

me make is called Centipede Recharge and

3:33

is available on Switch, Pc X Box,

3:35

and Playstation they're wanting. It is a

3:37

really challenging and intense game. Wanna

3:39

know what? Must have been really

3:41

challenging playing video games? Before they

3:44

were graphics, there was a

3:46

time when adventure games were

3:48

just words and tax. Roberta

3:50

Williams. With

3:52

caring for a young child at home

3:54

when she became fascinated with text based

3:56

computer adventure games, she would later team

3:58

up with her. Programmer has been

4:01

can to sound software company Sierra

4:03

Online and in nineteen eighty Roberta

4:05

and Can would create and publish

4:07

the first graphic adventure game, Mystery

4:10

House for Bird. His team push

4:12

the limits of what was possible

4:14

and games not only adding graphics

4:17

but music and voice actors. Okay,

4:19

okay on three two one ups in

4:21

the media to mix like it's two

4:24

thousand and six to rock stars at

4:26

Nintendo resets a bottle. And

4:28

I oh cool google. Ah

4:31

yes, somebody has been at Nintendo

4:33

since two thousand One and has

4:36

worked. On Paper Mario, Donkey Kong, and

4:38

Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. And most recently

4:40

she worked on Meteoroid Primary mastered in

4:42

worry aware. Move it yet and she'll

4:45

go to. Started at Nintendo in two

4:47

thousand and Three and began as a

4:49

script writer for the Legend of Zelda

4:51

games. In Two thousand and Eight, She

4:54

started working on the Animal Crossing series.

4:56

With. Cure go to as Director Animal

4:59

Crossing, New Leaf and New Horizons

5:01

broke sales records for the series,

5:03

with New Horizons selling almost as

5:05

many copies as the entire Animal

5:07

Crossing series combined. I love

5:09

the Animal Crossing series. They're so

5:12

relaxing to play. Since it's opposite

5:14

day, does that mean you're going to go and

5:16

play games right now instead of working. That's

5:18

actually a great idea and since it's

5:20

opposite day, you're going to go when

5:22

read a book. Yeah, that feels

5:25

right. Before.

5:30

Little game time. I just had

5:32

to share my favorite animal and

5:34

both. Story of the week a

5:36

library here in the Us excepted

5:38

Cat Pictures third book sees in

5:40

Massachusetts at the Worcester Public Libraries.

5:43

The month of March is a

5:45

cat themed month of celebration called

5:47

Much in yeah near and this

5:49

merged a set up a program

5:51

called Sea Lions First Be Forgiveness

5:53

and Said during merged me out

5:55

as. People who have lost or damaged

5:57

a books can bring in a soda. drawing

6:00

or magazine picture of a cat

6:03

and get their library cards reactivated.

6:06

They also said they would

6:08

accept honorary cats like a

6:10

dog, raccoon, orca, capybara, or

6:12

any other animal. The Feline

6:14

for Fee Forgiveness program was set

6:16

up by WPL to welcome everyone

6:18

back to the library with a

6:21

creative way to get their fees

6:23

forgiven. Meow, that is a program

6:25

I can get feline. Where

6:34

did I leave my... Excuse

6:38

me, strange person, who are you, where

6:40

are you from, and what are you

6:42

doing here? Oh, hi.

6:46

I'm Steve Vermucci and I'm from Portland and

6:48

I was just dropping off some copies of

6:50

my book. Race for

6:52

the Ruby Turtle? You've heard

6:54

of it? Yeah,

6:57

I actually just started reading that book like today.

6:59

I'm only on page 3 so I don't

7:02

know anything. Can you like tell me what it's

7:04

about without spoiling it for me? Yeah,

7:06

there's this boy, Jake. He

7:09

has ADHD. He goes

7:11

out to stay with his aunt for

7:13

a week in the Oregon backwoods. He

7:16

makes a few new friends and all

7:18

of a sudden he has to protect

7:20

a turtle that may or may not

7:23

even exist from rare animal poachers.

7:25

Is this book based on a real turtle

7:28

you might be friends with that you're currently

7:30

protecting? It's

7:33

not based on a real turtle but it is

7:35

based on a real me. I also

7:37

have ADHD and yeah,

7:40

Jake has really stolen from my

7:42

life, which is good because

7:45

readers have been liking him. But really

7:47

quickly, you mentioned you have ADHD. Can

7:50

you tell me a little bit about what that is

7:52

for our listeners who might not be familiar with it?

7:55

Yeah, for sure. So everyone's brain is

7:58

a little bit different and my

8:00

brain is a little bit different. There are

8:02

certain ways it's wired, certain things that are

8:04

easier for me or harder for others or

8:06

harder for me or easier for others. And

8:09

for me, I sometimes have a hard time

8:11

concentrating. I sometimes have a hard time taking

8:13

care of small, annoying

8:15

tasks, which we all kind of

8:17

have, but for me it's particularly

8:19

hard. So I've had to learn

8:21

how to make those things easier

8:23

for myself. And I've also had

8:25

to learn how to use my brain to make

8:28

my life better rather than to have it, you

8:31

know, leave me distracted and frustrated. I

8:34

love that. Very serious question to

8:36

end this, Mr.

8:38

Bremucci. Can

8:41

we give away some signed

8:43

copies of Race for the Ruby Turtle

8:45

to some of our listeners? I

8:48

love that idea and I'm excited to

8:50

find those books. So

8:53

if they call 877 TEN N-E-W-S

8:55

and leave us a voice message

8:57

with a fun fact about... Animal.

9:00

Yeah. Animal. Animal is

9:02

perfect. Just call 877 TEN N-E-W-S

9:04

and leave a fun fact about

9:07

your favorite animal and remember to

9:09

leave a grown up contact info

9:11

so that we can get in

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touch. Perfect.

9:21

Welcome to the trivia room.

9:23

Hey, Owen. What's up, Steve? Brian

9:25

said that I have to come

9:27

and try the trivia throne. I'm

9:30

ready. Let's do this thing. I

9:32

heard you are the Pacific Northwest, so

9:34

I'm going to throw a little Oregon

9:36

trivia at you. Okay. I'm

9:39

impeccable at this Oregon trivia. Let's

9:41

go. What

9:45

is going on here?

9:48

Swivel of

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the hell. city

10:00

is Portland, the state capital is

10:02

Salem, and the state flowers the

10:04

Oregon Grape. But, what

10:07

is the Oregon State bird? A.

10:10

The American Goldfinch B. The

10:12

Lark Bunting or C. The

10:14

Western Meadowlark Okay,

10:17

the American Goldfinch sounds

10:20

Midwestern-y. And

10:22

the Lark Bunting sounds like something

10:24

I would remember from my childhood

10:27

if I heard it. So, I'm

10:29

guessing the Western Meadowlark. The answer

10:31

is C. The

10:35

Western Meadowlark The

10:40

Western Meadowlark is actually the

10:42

state bird of Oregon, Montana,

10:44

Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and

10:46

Wyoming. The Meadowlark grows to

10:49

about 8.5 inches long

10:51

and needs mostly insects as well

10:53

as seeds and berries. If you

10:55

were wondering, the Lark Bunting is

10:57

the state bird of Colorado, and

10:59

the American Goldfinch is the state

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bird of Washington, Iowa, and New

11:04

Jersey. A. Nice. Well, I was kind

11:06

of right about that Midwest idea that I

11:08

had. A. Thanks for playing, Steve. A. This

11:10

was so cool. I had a great day.

11:12

I loved doing trivia with you

11:14

all. It was awesome. A. Tenors, if

11:16

you have a great trivia question or want to

11:19

sit on the trivia throne, leave us a message

11:21

at 877-10 news and we might have you on

11:23

the show. A.

11:32

Okay, I am getting hungry. Pam, what did I

11:34

say was the opposite of pizza? P.

11:37

Salad. A. Salad? P. Yeah.

11:39

Does that mean you're going to eat

11:41

salad all day? A.

11:44

Yeah. I will

11:46

eat salad all day. P. Alright then. I

11:48

guess I'm eating pizza and ice cream all day. A.

11:50

Oh, come on! P. Don't worry. I'll share

11:52

if you share. But first, we've got to

11:55

give 10 new snaps to one of our listeners. A.

11:57

And before that, here's a quick note for the grownups.

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The 10 news created team is eating

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way too much pizza ice cream and

12:51

salad today and includes Tracy crooks, Logan

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Big thanks to Steve Brimucci for stopping

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