Online comic characters Heart and Brain star in a brand new card game based on their likenesses. The Awkward Yeti's Nick Seluk joins Cheddar to discuss successfully crowdfunding yet another game on Kickstarter. "Heart and Brain: The Party Game" challenges players to a game of wits in what could be Cards Against Humanity's next big threat.
It's not the first crowdfunding accomplishment for the webcomics giant. Seluk gives us an update on the success of OrganATTACK; the game that raised over $500,000 on Kickstarter, He says it helps kids and adults of all ages see the fun side of science.
Finally, we ask Seluk about his aspirations to see his characters on the big or small screens. He says he'd love to develop a movie for Heart and Brain. Could The Awkward Yeti franchise go the way of Angry Birds and inspire an entertainment empire?
Grace Harry, a former entertainment executive and author of "The Joy Strategist," joined Cheddar News to discuss her goal of helping people redefine the meaning of joy and happiness.
The chief suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway has admitted he beat the young Alabama woman to death on a beach in Aruba after she refused his advances. New details in the killing emerged Wednesday as Joran Van der Sloot pleaded guilty to extorting Holloway's mother, resolving a case that has captivated the public’s attention for nearly 20 years.
The trial of a Fugees rapper, who was convicted this year in multimillion-dollar political conspiracies, stretched across the worlds of politics and entertainment — and now the case is touching on the tech world with arguments that his defense attorney bungled the case, in part, by using an artificial intelligence program to write his closing arguments.
Israel said Wednesday that it will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the first crack in a 10-day siege on the territory. Palestinians reeled from a massive blast at a Gaza City hospital that killed hundreds the day before and grew increasingly desperate as food and water supplies ran out.
