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From Fear Factor to Beast Games: Why watching people suffer for money still makes compelling TV
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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
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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