# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=102 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 103 --- ## [Going to a Price Is Right taping.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-a-price-is-right-taping/840883)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-a-price-is-right-taping/840883 "2019-09-27T21:08:09Z")
My wife and I leave early tomorrow for Hollywood and a taping of The Price is Right. We originally got tickets for the September 30th early taping. Yesterday out of the blue we received tickets for a September 29th tapin… --- ## [I beat Factorio.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beat-factorio/840835)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beat-factorio/840835 "2019-09-27T01:05:22Z")
It may have cost me my job and my marriage, but I finally launched that goddamn satellite into space. --- ## [WTF? Android games not as advertised on Facebook.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-android-games-not-as-advertised-on-facebook/840809)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-android-games-not-as-advertised-on-facebook/840809 "2019-09-26T17:12:31Z")
I saw this game “Homescapes” that looked fun and relaxing to me. In the FB ad, it show a guy in a scene. Underneath the scene, you’re given a choice of three tools to best fit the situation. Basically, you pick which to… --- ## [Mario Kart Tour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mario-kart-tour/840828)
**Author:** [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mario-kart-tour/840828 "2019-09-26T00:15:16Z")
Mario Kart Tour dropped today. Right now it’s a mobile game, but I read some things that indicate it may be on the Switch at some point. Anyone else playing? It’s fun, but not great. Steering is a pain. And you can’t do… --- ## [What athlete with the shortest career is considered an all-time great?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-athlete-with-the-shortest-career-is-considered-an-all-time-great/840005)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-athlete-with-the-shortest-career-is-considered-an-all-time-great/840005 "2019-09-25T09:53:27Z")
I was recently discussing Gale Sayers. Many folk consider him one of the all-time greats, but I believe he had only 5 uninjured seasons, then one strong comeback before his career-ending injury. Made me wonder which pr… --- ## [New PC (and other) game, Overland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pc-and-other-game-overland/840580)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pc-and-other-game-overland/840580 "2019-09-24T20:00:46Z")
Post-apocalyptic survival, turn-based, kind of like X-Com. You make your way through a wasteland US, occasionally meeting survivors (and friendly dogs!) to add to your party. Gasoline is paramount, but also weapons, me… --- ## [cribbage rules question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cribbage-rules-question/840651)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cribbage-rules-question/840651 "2019-09-24T19:04:59Z")
Player1 scored a point for Go and after laying down additional cards, the count resets. Player2 has 3 cards left and plays 1 of them. Player 1 plays their last card and Player2 has two more cards. Player2 plays one of… --- ## [European cheek kissing the new thing in football?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-cheek-kissing-the-new-thing-in-football/840595)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-cheek-kissing-the-new-thing-in-football/840595 "2019-09-23T16:32:56Z")
I became a fan of this team after driving the quarterback and left tackle for Uber. They were super nice and thoughtful guys (very different in personality from what you would stereotypically expect from “j… --- ## [Video Game Entertainment and News Network is coming in 2020!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-entertainment-and-news-network-is-coming-in-2020/840381)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-entertainment-and-news-network-is-coming-in-2020/840381 "2019-09-20T22:00:41Z")
I’m so excited I can barely contain all my thoughts on this! I’ve gotta put more time in on Rocket League, for sure! --- ## [Doom 2 emulator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doom-2-emulator/840462)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doom-2-emulator/840462 "2019-09-19T21:54:11Z")
I recently discovered to my surprise that people are still making .wads for the classic Doom, including ones that take advantage of how much more speed and memory modern computers have to build arenas with literally thou… --- ## [Do any “boo” other than the US or Canada or do they just whistle when pissed off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-boo-other-than-the-us-or-canada-or-do-they-just-whistle-when-pissed-off/839203)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-boo-other-than-the-us-or-canada-or-do-they-just-whistle-when-pissed-off/839203 "2019-09-19T20:34:49Z")
Asking for a friend… and the OP was MEANT to say do any other countries boo… --- ## [Pathfinder 2nd edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathfinder-2nd-edition/839622)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathfinder-2nd-edition/839622 "2019-09-19T16:39:53Z")
Got the rules book and the Bestiary for some Amazon bucks the other day. The Gamemaster guide is on pre-order as it hasn’t officially been released yet. This edition, from what I can tell, simplifies a lot of the first … --- ## [NFL Week 2: Electric Boogaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2-electric-boogaloo/840162)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2-electric-boogaloo/840162 "2019-09-18T19:23:45Z")
I’m not really sorry I missed posting this before Thursday’s snoozefest of mediocrity. I laughed out loud when I read the NFL.com headline: “Jameis, Bucs defense shine in Carolina.” Were I writing it, or would the headli… --- ## [The only piece of silverware in sport never to have been won?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-piece-of-silverware-in-sport-never-to-have-been-won/840270)
**Author:** [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-piece-of-silverware-in-sport-never-to-have-been-won/840270 "2019-09-16T19:30:56Z")
This is a press release put out in England by the Jockey Club. Briefly, there is a £1m bonus for any horse that wins three top races in the coming jumps season. It makes this interesting claim about the silverware - I… --- ## [PS4 display wonky - negative colours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps4-display-wonky-negative-colours/840220)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps4-display-wonky-negative-colours/840220 "2019-09-16T02:59:53Z")
We were trying to use our PS4, and there’s something odd with the display. All the colours are reversed - it’s like a colour negative. Any idea how to fix it? Tried rebooting and that didn’t do anything. --- ## [Is Pacquiao a top 10 ATG?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pacquiao-a-top-10-atg/840202)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pacquiao-a-top-10-atg/840202 "2019-09-15T13:51:06Z")
He’s the only 8 division world champion in boxing history, and his resume is absolutely insane. Has he done enough to be considered a top 10 ATG? --- ## [app games that require solving physics puzzles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/app-games-that-require-solving-physics-puzzles/840192)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/app-games-that-require-solving-physics-puzzles/840192 "2019-09-14T14:39:51Z")
I used to have a game on my ipod touch about ten years ago where you had to build and connect these balls to make something go through a maze. You could use various kinds of balls and connectors to make your device bounc… --- ## [MLB and doubleheaders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-doubleheaders/840119)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-doubleheaders/840119 "2019-09-12T20:09:01Z")
Due to a posponed game the Yankees will have a doubleheader today. I believe it is a two ticket game. And it got me thinking, are one ticket admissions to a doubleheader a thing of the past? That would be my dream. All… --- ## [(Triple Crown winner) Justify on the Juice? Say it ain't so!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-crown-winner-justify-on-the-juice-say-it-aint-so/840111)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-crown-winner-justify-on-the-juice-say-it-aint-so/840111 "2019-09-12T16:58:00Z")
A report has come out that Justify, last year’s Triple Crown winning horse, failed a drug test that could have scratched the horse from racing in the Kentucky Derby. Justify tested positive for scopalamine, a banned perf… --- ## [O.S.U. wants to trademark the word "the"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-s-u-wants-to-trademark-the-word-the/838662)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-s-u-wants-to-trademark-the-word-the/838662 "2019-09-12T13:53:27Z")
\[del\]The\[/del\] nerve! I’m going to write a nasty letter to \[del\]the\[/del\] jerk who thought up \[del\]the\[/del\] idea. :mad: --- ## [Know anything about Meccano/Erector sets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-anything-about-meccano-erector-sets/840051)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-anything-about-meccano-erector-sets/840051 "2019-09-12T12:44:19Z")
In my youth, Meccano sold their sets in levels (not sure of their terminology for levels) e.g. Level 1, Level 2. If you already owned Level 1 you could buy a Level 1A to upgrade to Level 2. Each level had a booklet with … --- ## [Canadian apologises to crowd for winning US Open](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-apologises-to-crowd-for-winning-us-open/839859)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-apologises-to-crowd-for-winning-us-open/839859 "2019-09-12T04:46:46Z")
Bianca Andreescu won the women’s US Open tennis championship this afternoon defeating Serena Williams. Her comment to the crowd on winning: “I know you guys wanted Serena to win. I’m sorry.” --- ## [So you can send one arcade machine back to the 1980's...what do you choose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-can-send-one-arcade-machine-back-to-the-1980s-what-do-you-choose/839889)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-can-send-one-arcade-machine-back-to-the-1980s-what-do-you-choose/839889 "2019-09-11T19:01:28Z")
Hypothetical obviously… I was watching a Youtube video about the evolution of arcade driving games from 1976 to 2018 (evolution of which seemed to plateau in the mid to late 1990’s) and I thought how kids of the early 1… --- ## [Anyone playing Breathedge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-breathedge/840003)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-breathedge/840003 "2019-09-11T13:49:43Z")
I picked it up this weekend on a Steam sale. Have been kind of following it for a while. Basically, it’s Subnautica in space…with quirky, weird Soviet humor (yeah, I didn’t know there was such a thing as Soviet humor e… --- ## [Has any country won a World team championship in any sport when ruled by a dictator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-country-won-a-world-team-championship-in-any-sport-when-ruled-by-a-dictator/839999)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-country-won-a-world-team-championship-in-any-sport-when-ruled-by-a-dictator/839999 "2019-09-10T23:28:57Z")
So the conditions to be met are as follows Has to be a world cup sport A team sport Held every 2,3 or 4 years as most of them do Can be a Olympics games The country should have been ruled by 1 or more dictators bet… --- ## [NFL Week One - Welcome Back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-one-welcome-back/839590)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-one-welcome-back/839590 "2019-09-10T16:29:26Z")
The NFL season starts Thursday with the Packers going to Chicago to play the Bears. Here’s the lines: Thursday Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears (-3, 46) Sunday Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings (-4, 47.5) Wash… --- ## [Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz shot in back and hospitalized](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-red-sox-slugger-david-ortiz-shot-in-back-and-hospitalized/835299)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-red-sox-slugger-david-ortiz-shot-in-back-and-hospitalized/835299 "2019-09-10T14:57:42Z")
Story here David Ortiz, known as “Big Papi,” was a first baseman and designated hitter who made his Major League Baseball debut in 1997 and played 20 seasons before retiring in 2016. While Ortiz’s Major League career be… --- ## [How to stream Browns game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stream-browns-game/839882)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stream-browns-game/839882 "2019-09-09T13:55:47Z")
Google confidently says I can watch the Browns game on CBS All Access if I’ve cut the cord or am out of market. I’m out of market and have CBS All Access, but looking at the Live TV options now 20 minutes before kickoff,… --- ## [UFC 242: is there any way Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn't beat Dustin Poirier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufc-242-is-there-any-way-khabib-nurmagomedov-doesnt-beat-dustin-poirier/839810)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufc-242-is-there-any-way-khabib-nurmagomedov-doesnt-beat-dustin-poirier/839810 "2019-09-09T10:57:45Z")
I am not a dedicated fan of MMA or boxing but I do watch occasionally and I’m interested in UFC because it’s a Las Vegas-based organization. Last summer, I found the Nurmagomedov/McGregor fight online right after the ac… --- ## [US Open Tennis: what happened between Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-tennis-what-happened-between-coco-gauff-and-naomi-osaka/839597)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-tennis-what-happened-between-coco-gauff-and-naomi-osaka/839597 "2019-09-09T01:00:12Z")
I watched the highlights on ESPN. Gauff, the up-and-coming 15 year old was clearly outmatched, and began crying after the match. I cried when I was 15 when my little league baseball team lost, so that is quite understa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=103)