# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=147 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 148 --- ## [Golf Follow Through](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-follow-through/791498)
**Author:** [@hondodoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hondodoc)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-follow-through/791498 "2017-07-19T07:44:26Z")
I have never understood why the swing follow though is important. Nothing the player does after the ball leaves the club face has any effect on it. --- ## [Scarab of Ra - long shot request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarab-of-ra-long-shot-request/643226)
**Author:** [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarab-of-ra-long-shot-request/643226 "2017-07-18T16:22:05Z")
My old Mac seems to no longer be bootable, and I am looking for a screen shot of the scarab from Scarab of Ra. Anyone out there still have a playable Scarab of Ra game that could get me a screenshot of the scarab? I’ve… --- ## ["In baseball, the winning team usually scores..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-baseball-the-winning-team-usually-scores/791439)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-baseball-the-winning-team-usually-scores/791439 "2017-07-17T19:52:47Z")
“…more runs in one inning than the other team scores the whole game.” Is this true and does anyone know the source? I have heard it referenced before but never attributed to any one person or source. You can probably … --- ## [Pablo Sandoval DFA'd by the Red Sox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pablo-sandoval-dfad-by-the-red-sox/791258)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pablo-sandoval-dfad-by-the-red-sox/791258 "2017-07-17T15:55:56Z")
The Red Sox will likely eat the remaining $49.8M of his contract: Red Sox Release Pablo Sandoval - MLB Trade Rumors. His MLB career may be done. Thank you Panda for your great contributions to the Giants dynasty. You we… --- ## [Richard Turner on Penn and Teller fool us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-turner-on-penn-and-teller-fool-us/791466)
**Author:** [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-turner-on-penn-and-teller-fool-us/791466 "2017-07-17T06:13:34Z")
Any ideas how he did it? My only guess is he must have rang a cooler, but I didn’t see it happen. --- ## [Matched bishops: Has it ever actually happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matched-bishops-has-it-ever-actually-happened/791359)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matched-bishops-has-it-ever-actually-happened/791359 "2017-07-16T23:55:37Z")
Novice chess players know that a player’s two bishops are always on different-colored squares. More experienced chess players know that that isn’t necessarily true: It’s possible to promote a pawn into a bishop, and so… --- ## [Wimbledon underwear obsession. Isn't that a bit silly and pretentious ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-underwear-obsession-isnt-that-a-bit-silly-and-pretentious/791193)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-underwear-obsession-isnt-that-a-bit-silly-and-pretentious/791193 "2017-07-14T23:32:58Z")
We’ve had lots of underwear police jokes at work today. Mostly at the expense of the Wimbledon tournament. I think it’s the most hilarious example of anal retentiveness imaginable. I find the ever so somber umpire the m… --- ## [Sports team of GOAT clones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-team-of-goat-clones/790708)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-team-of-goat-clones/790708 "2017-07-14T18:49:39Z")
You are the manager of a sports team in a current top competitive league (ie, MLB/NBA/NFL, or one of the top European Soccer leagues). Due to an arcane deal with a genie, you have a chance to summon one of the greatest … --- ## [Need Help Finding Good, Free Chess Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-good-free-chess-game/791121)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-good-free-chess-game/791121 "2017-07-13T20:35:03Z")
Hi. I would like to find some good free software for playing chess on a Windows 7 computer. I have already looked around and tried a few myself but the problem 'm having is finding one where it is more intuitive to set… --- ## [Finding time for gaming after starting job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-time-for-gaming-after-starting-job/790213)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-time-for-gaming-after-starting-job/790213 "2017-07-13T13:52:48Z")
I will be starting my first developer/programmer job in next weeks. During the university, I found less and less time for gaming than before I had started studying in the university. I started gaming again right after gr… --- ## [Lawful Good Ethical Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawful-good-ethical-question/790596)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawful-good-ethical-question/790596 "2017-07-13T12:48:31Z")
So the Lawful Good PC is sent to a town to investigate the disappearance of all the inhabitants. Sure enough, when he arrives he finds everyone in the town missing. He enters a smithy, where he finds a silver dagger lyi… --- ## [Help with Quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-quiz/790817)
**Author:** [@illuminati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/illuminati)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-quiz/790817 "2017-07-11T12:29:57Z")
Hi I have put together a quiz for my family, loosely based on the ‘puzzle at the end of this book’ Its 6 pages long with 10 hidden key words to find Page 1/2 http://s1255.photobucket.com/user/daldermandesign/media/My… --- ## [What did you buy at Steam Summer Sale 2017?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-at-steam-summer-sale-2017/789648)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-at-steam-summer-sale-2017/789648 "2017-07-11T01:26:13Z")
I picked up two VR games. Battlezone and Space Pirate Trainer. I’m not sure if I’ll end up picking up anything else or not. I’m not seeing much on my wishlist that is at a price where it seems worth it. Also, much of the… --- ## [What is the stigma on Minecraft gamers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stigma-on-minecraft-gamers/790217)
**Author:** [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stigma-on-minecraft-gamers/790217 "2017-07-09T02:38:17Z")
So, almost everywhere on the internet, wearing a Minecraft-related graphic/image as your avatar will get you shunned by many many people, simply because of that image. What causes this? I think Minecraft is a great game,… --- ## [Could Serena Willams beat any of the top 20 men.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-serena-willams-beat-any-of-the-top-20-men/667286)
**Author:** [@Caneknife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caneknife)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-serena-willams-beat-any-of-the-top-20-men/667286 "2017-07-08T20:53:44Z")
US Open Tennis on now, so was thinking if Serena Willams could beat any of the men in the top 20, I do not know, ive have read that she couldnt , what do u think. --- ## [Indians - Tigers game question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-tigers-game-question/790735)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-tigers-game-question/790735 "2017-07-08T03:48:20Z")
I was watching the game in a restaurant with no sound. In the last inning one of the Tigers hit a simple one hop single. He had the ball thrown to him and he kissed it and even the Indian’s player next to him gave him a … --- ## [Baseball question about hitting for the cycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-question-about-hitting-for-the-cycle/790726)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-question-about-hitting-for-the-cycle/790726 "2017-07-08T03:28:35Z")
Today Kris Bryant of the Cubs came up to bat needing only a double to hit for the cycle against Pittsburgh. (A cycle is when a player gets a single, double, triple, and home run in the same game.) He hit the ball over th… --- ## [Anyone Who Bought any Paradox Game in any Currency but USD Will be Gifted a Free Game or DLC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-bought-any-paradox-game-in-any-currency-but-usd-will-be-gifted-a-free-game-or-dlc/790695)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-bought-any-paradox-game-in-any-currency-but-usd-will-be-gifted-a-free-game-or-dlc/790695 "2017-07-07T17:32:32Z")
There is a form to fill out and it will take a couple of months…but its a free Paradox game. --- ## [1200bc Greece, any great resources out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1200bc-greece-any-great-resources-out-there/789681)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1200bc-greece-any-great-resources-out-there/789681 "2017-07-07T13:56:40Z")
My kids asked me to ref a game in Ancient Greece. I’m pretty good on mythology and history but I have really studied either for the Greece in almost 30 years and everything is a little jumbled up. So I broke out my \*Bul… --- ## [Joey Chestnut Defends His Title In Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-chestnut-defends-his-title-in-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest/790529)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-chestnut-defends-his-title-in-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest/790529 "2017-07-06T23:09:34Z")
A record 72 bangers on buns in 10 minutes. I watched it on the telly and almost projectile vomited across the room. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Still, an impressive feat indeed. --- ## [Rugby: Why you should watch the Lions v All Blacks game this weekend.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-why-you-should-watch-the-lions-v-all-blacks-game-this-weekend/789485)
**Author:** [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-why-you-should-watch-the-lions-v-all-blacks-game-this-weekend/789485 "2017-07-05T22:10:08Z")
The British and Irish Lions are an invitational team that are formed every four years from best players from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They’re pretty much the best players in the Northern Hemisphere (sans Fra… --- ## [Tiger Woods and Barry Bonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-and-barry-bonds/471919)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-and-barry-bonds/471919 "2017-07-05T21:46:07Z")
I suspect this has already discussed, but… I just saw a TV commercial mentioning that Tiger Woods has had laser surgery on his eyes to improve his golfing skills. Why is this any different from a baseball player taki… --- ## [2017 Summer Soccer Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-summer-soccer-thread/788226)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-summer-soccer-thread/788226 "2017-07-03T04:45:18Z")
It’s the soccer Silly Season! Time to discuss the transfer market, taunt about the coming season, and comment upon all other silly news that soccer offers us this summer! I’ll lead off: If Riyad Mahrez wants out, plea… --- ## [Baseball: Can a pitcher be compelled to pitch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-can-a-pitcher-be-compelled-to-pitch/790394)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-can-a-pitcher-be-compelled-to-pitch/790394 "2017-07-05T13:24:22Z")
I know there’s not a pitch clock, but if a pitcher in baseball just stood there on the mound for an eternity without pitching or even attempting a pick-off throw, is there anything the umpires could do to compel him to t… --- ## [Inflatable kayak/boat/canoe recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-kayak-boat-canoe-recommendations/790456)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-kayak-boat-canoe-recommendations/790456 "2017-07-04T20:06:51Z")
I’ve been looking around Amazon, but it’s hard to choose. Here are the requirements: \[ul\] \[li\]Under $200\[/li\]\[li\]Includes a paddle, or is inexpensive enough that buying a paddle will come in under the cost limit\[/li\]\[… --- ## [Tell me about the "Tales of" games.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-tales-of-games/790322)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-tales-of-games/790322 "2017-07-03T21:55:18Z")
So since it was on sale and I had a little extra, I decided to pick up Tales of Zestiria today. About to start it now. I don’t really know much about this game. Actually, I don’t know anything about it at all…other than… --- ## [Mad Max game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-max-game/730121)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-max-game/730121 "2017-07-03T21:20:41Z")
Rather than hijacking the digital sales thread I thought I’d start a new thread about this game. To catch up from that thread: I’ve been playing this pretty much non-stop since Wednesday. I am loving this game! … --- ## [I enjoyed this chess problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-enjoyed-this-chess-problem/789541)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-enjoyed-this-chess-problem/789541 "2017-07-03T21:04:49Z")
Pretty amazing. --- ## [Elder scrolls question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elder-scrolls-question/790152)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elder-scrolls-question/790152 "2017-07-03T05:50:13Z")
I won’t say I hate Morrowind but honestly it’s not all that great. It just seems like a bunch of side missions without any real plot. Would I enjoy Oblivion or Skyrim? --- ## [Needing some modding advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-some-modding-advice/790406)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-some-modding-advice/790406 "2017-07-03T02:20:44Z")
I’m looking for advice from any Dopers that have belonged to the pc game modding scene. I have always wanted to create a campaign mod which models a classic AD+D module. This site shows some of the great ones from back i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=146) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=148)