{
  "id": 10451584,
  "title": "From Fear Factor to Beast Games: Why watching people suffer for money still makes compelling TV",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/from-fear-factor-to-beast-games-why-watching-people-suffer-for-money",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-28T13:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-factor-beast-games-people-money.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The recently published thriller \"The Most Dangerous Games\" is a collaboration between James Stephen \"Jimmy\" Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, and popular author James Patterson. It tells the story of 100 contestants competing for US$1 billion while enduring increasingly brutal challenges.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}