fredricka whitfield shows us how playdates are catching on with adults. >> reporter: playdates aren't just for children these days. in a slumping economy, one company is broadening the appeal of fun and games and inviting bigger kids at heart. >> back in the day games. you know, it feels good to play it again. >> play that gives adults an opportunity to put their adult problems on the shelf for a moment and play like they're a kid again. >> creating a unique formula for an alternative to adult night life. playdate started a few years ago, and organizers say they went from 85 attendees to more than 400. they attribute the success partly to people looking for low-cost entertainment during tough times. and venues have now popped up in nearly 20 states with signature games like monopoly, scrabble, jenga, to name a few. >> people are looking for outlets to say, hey, i don't want to worry about things that are happening monday through friday. >> no, you didn't do that! that's not fair! >> reporter: at a playdate event, organizers say gamers get a chance to enjoy the coziness of having close

fredricka whitfield shows us how play dates are catching on with adults. >> reporter: play dates aren'tust for children these days. in a slumping economy, one company is bigger kids at heart. >> back in the day games. you know, it feels good to play it again. >> play that really gives adults an opportunity to put their adult problems on the shelf for a moment and play like they're a kid again. >> reporter: an atlanta company has create aid unique formula for an alternative to adult nightlife. playdate started a few years ago, and organizers say they went from 85 attendees to more than 400. they attribute the success partly to people looking for low-cost entertainment during tough times. and venues have now popped up in nearly 20 states with signature games like monopoly, scrabble, jenga, to name a few. >> times are tough right now, and people are looking for outlets to say, hey, i don't want to worry about things that are happening monday through friday. >> no, you didn't do that! that's not fair! >> yeah! >> reporter: at a playdate event, organizers say gamers get a chance to enjoy the

. >> reporter: he was on trial in 1995 for the murder of 25-year-old brenda whitfield, a clerk working at the chevron food mart at newburgh and gold smith lane. she was shot and killed by this gunman seen in surveillance video. on the stand during his trial chandler pled with george that police have the wrong man. >> i said i'm telling you the truth, i didn't do it. he said i don't believe you. i think you are lying. >> reporter: the jury didn't hear him. chandler said it wasn't until 2004 when attorney, marguerite thomas and the "innocence project" started listening and investigating this case. >> i couldn't tell you how, you know when you look for somebody to lis certain to you sometimes or you know you need somebody. somebody needs somebody. everybody needs somebody you know. they were that somebody for me. really. >> reporter: with the request to reopen the case, sergeant denny butler discovered a previously unmatched finger print that was lifted from a colt .45 beer bottle. that bottle was left on the counter by the shooter. >> that print is a match of percy phillips. >> reporter:

ronnie whitfield isn't your typical physician. when he's not seeing patients he's doing this -- ♪ if you eat healthy there will be less for me to visit ♪ >> reporter: teaching young african-americans about stroke and heart disease. dr. whitfield also known as the hip-hop doc says he's being creative because traditional messages just aren't working and the grim statistics speak to those points. experts cite factors like genetics and family history but don't know why the rates are so high. that's why dr. whitfield is being proactive offering a musical message for the heart. for health minute, i'm melissa long. >>> it took the top spot at the box office last weekend. parents and kids family with maurice sendak's classic "where the wild things are" aren't so wild about this film. reggie aqui joins us with more. a friend of mine took her daughter to see it. and i saw her facebook status a little while later and she says, i'm having second thoughts. what's the problem? >> reporter: your friend is one of the people of many who have gone