# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=190 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 191 --- ## [What are the oldest computer games you sill pay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oldest-computer-games-you-sill-pay/739839)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oldest-computer-games-you-sill-pay/739839 "2016-01-03T18:46:21Z")
I still play the arcade-style Tetris and Asteroids. I still play the naval warfare simulator Harpoon, which was released in 1989 (and I bought it that same year) though it’s been updated as recently as 2007 according to… --- ## [SDMB PC multiplayer gaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-pc-multiplayer-gaming/676631)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-pc-multiplayer-gaming/676631 "2016-01-03T05:04:09Z")
It’s about time for a new thread to organize the PC gamers on the SDMB to get together for multiplayer games. We’ve been had an active group of SDMB gamers for quite a few years now, and while we still have probably abou… --- ## [Boston Park League alumni](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-park-league-alumni/741988)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-park-league-alumni/741988 "2016-01-02T12:41:16Z")
The Boston Park League is the oldest amateur baseball league in the United States. These notable guys are listed as having played in it: John Casey, college coach Joe Coleman, pitcher Manny Delcarmen, pitcher Mike Fo… --- ## [Your year in gaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-year-in-gaming/741486)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-year-in-gaming/741486 "2016-01-02T03:50:09Z")
What was your favorite game? What did you play the most? Any regrets? Discover anything new that’s old? This year I built a completely new system. It’s so very, very sexy. I love it. I also use it to play two games t… --- ## [Coins and Gems in Fairy Kingdom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coins-and-gems-in-fairy-kingdom/741879)
**Author:** [@EarthWarrior78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthWarrior78)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coins-and-gems-in-fairy-kingdom/741879 "2016-01-01T19:18:58Z")
Does anyone know a way to get coins and gems quicker in Fairy Kingdom? Only been playing 2 days and already broke and about ready to uninstall. Don’t want cheats or hacks,just a trick to help get coins/gems replenished q… --- ## [Do Professional Wrestling Fans Believe it's Truly Competitive? (If so, why?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-professional-wrestling-fans-believe-its-truly-competitive-if-so-why/740069)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-professional-wrestling-fans-believe-its-truly-competitive-if-so-why/740069 "2016-01-01T18:36:19Z")
ISTM, from having seen a bit of it here and there, that professional wrestlers make very little pretense of being true competitive matches. This is most glaring in that for the most part they make little or no attempt to… --- ## [NHL - December 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2015/739595)
**Author:** [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2015/739595 "2015-12-31T23:30:18Z")
Kyle Turris, Ottawa’s #1 centre, was hurt on a gruesome play: Now, I know that there was nothing malicious about that, but the way that Cizikias dove right at Turris's legs to try to get to the puck really rubs me the w… --- ## [MLB: Complete game after 5 innings rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-complete-game-after-5-innings-rule/741674)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-complete-game-after-5-innings-rule/741674 "2015-12-31T17:45:13Z")
Under current Major League Baseball rules, if an in-progress game has to be called off due to rain or other factors, it will be considered a “complete game” if five innings have been completed, and whichever team had mor… --- ## [Video game question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-question/316947)
**Author:** [@FullForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FullForce)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-question/316947 "2015-12-31T16:04:46Z")
In the digital world presented in a video game there are limits to the player’s movement. Often there will be invisible walls and defined walls (hills, trees, etc visable to the naked eye). Sometimes it seems as if there… --- ## [Knicks small forward, Early, shot in Queens.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knicks-small-forward-early-shot-in-queens/741722)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knicks-small-forward-early-shot-in-queens/741722 "2015-12-30T22:33:27Z")
It was an apparent stick up as his gold chains were snatched. I guess all this talk about getting rid of Carmelo is moot now. P.S., I don’t want to write his first name. Also, he was shot in the leg while getting out of … --- ## [Asphalt 8 cars compared to the real thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asphalt-8-cars-compared-to-the-real-thing/741772)
**Author:** [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asphalt-8-cars-compared-to-the-real-thing/741772 "2015-12-30T22:31:35Z")
I’m hoping there is someone who both plays Asphalt 8 and is a car aficionado. More out of idle curiosity than anything, I’m wondering how close the characteristics of the Asphalt 8 cars are to their real-life counterpar… --- ## [PS4 best driving games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps4-best-driving-games/741608)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps4-best-driving-games/741608 "2015-12-30T19:58:38Z")
Finally got around to buying one. GT7 ain’t out yet so what do people recommend as the best driving game for PS4? Project Cars any good? Need for speed rivals is on sale dirt cheap at the moment. Worth picking up? … --- ## [Best players ever traded? (at/near their prime)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-players-ever-traded-at-near-their-prime/736897)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-players-ever-traded-at-near-their-prime/736897 "2015-12-29T19:00:53Z")
This is about the player, NOT the trade (e.g. Herschel Walker). MVP-caliber players whose greatness was already established, who still had a significant amount of value left. Traded! Counts: Gretzky’s got to be near … --- ## [SDMB All-Pro Fantasy Football 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2015/727182)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2015/727182 "2015-12-29T08:06:26Z")
Last year’s thread We’re going into the 10th year of our league, believe it or not. And it sort of existed in the form of a different league with some of the same players a year before that. The NFL schedule is unusual… --- ## [Patriots coin toss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-coin-toss/741509)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-coin-toss/741509 "2015-12-29T01:37:28Z")
I get it that they wanted to kick. But nobody’s asking who gets to decide which way the kick goes. Looks like the ref asked Jets and Pat thought it was his decision. I don’t know what the rule is. --- ## [Green Bay Packers Playoff Seeding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-bay-packers-playoff-seeding/741576)
**Author:** [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-bay-packers-playoff-seeding/741576 "2015-12-28T17:37:57Z")
This question may have had more bite last week before the Packers and Seahawks lost and the Redskins won, but I will ask it now anyway: Would it be better for the Packers to be the 5th Seed and travel to Washington to pl… --- ## [Want a computer to play GTA 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-computer-to-play-gta-5/721178)
**Author:** [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-computer-to-play-gta-5/721178 "2015-12-27T14:49:21Z")
My computer is now about 7-8 years old, and has served me well for a long time. But I really want to be able to play Cities: Skylines and Grand Theft Auto 5, neither of which is even remotely possible with the current co… --- ## [Fantasy Football Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-advice/736765)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2015, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-advice/736765 "2015-12-27T05:51:41Z")
My coworker wants to trade Lacy or Ingram for either Decker, Evans, Edelman or Austin. My RBs are M. Jones, Vereen and Gore. Also would you start Luck or Winston? --- ## [What should we do to stop teams from tanking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-to-stop-teams-from-tanking/739959)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-to-stop-teams-from-tanking/739959 "2015-12-11T21:44:35Z")
I hate the idea of a team deliberatly losing games to get better draft picks. Could you imagine being a coach and saying “Guys, don’t try too hard. Start missing some shots. We don’t want a winning record this season.”?… --- ## [Odell Beckham, Jr's behavior Week 15 vs. Panthers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odell-beckham-jrs-behavior-week-15-vs-panthers/740997)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odell-beckham-jrs-behavior-week-15-vs-panthers/740997 "2015-12-24T04:12:05Z")
I normally don’t spend time in this forum, but came in to see the thread on this topic. Since there isn’t one, thought I would start one. I live in the area so get a brain full of Giants info. OBJ\* is obviously tale… --- ## [NFL Weekly Fantasy Sports general discussion (draftkings, fanduel, yahoo)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-weekly-fantasy-sports-general-discussion-draftkings-fanduel-yahoo/730863)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-weekly-fantasy-sports-general-discussion-draftkings-fanduel-yahoo/730863 "2015-12-23T23:53:56Z")
The new big thing in not-sure-why-it’s-legal-if-poker-isn’t gaming for money is daily fantasy sports, sites like draftkings, fanduel, and I see yahoo started doing it too. For the NFL, daily becomes weekly - it’s structu… --- ## [Should the NFL ban Helmets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-nfl-ban-helmets/741003)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-nfl-ban-helmets/741003 "2015-12-23T08:08:39Z")
Lately the subject of concussions in the NFL and other football (college, high school, etc) has become a hot topic of discussion. One proposed change is that the problem isn’t that the helmet needs to be improved rather … --- ## [Portal - Carol Of The Turrets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-carol-of-the-turrets/741110)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-carol-of-the-turrets/741110 "2015-12-23T02:26:38Z")
Makes me feel so inadequate to know there are people who can do this in their spare time. --- ## [Football (soccer) hypothetical: Europe v. S. America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-soccer-hypothetical-europe-v-s-america/740981)
**Author:** [@Bonaventure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonaventure)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-soccer-hypothetical-europe-v-s-america/740981 "2015-12-22T21:07:10Z")
This is a bit of a silly question, but I was inspired by the Club World Cup final this morning in Japan. River Plate fielded a team of 11 South Americans and Barcelona started 6 South Americans and only 5 Europeans. So w… --- ## [NFL Week 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/740698)
**Author:** [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/740698 "2015-12-22T21:01:06Z")
Thursday, 12/17 8:25 PM EST : Tampa Bay ( 2.5 ) at St Louis ( -2.5 ) Saturday, 12/19 8:25 PM EST : NY Jets ( -3 ) at Dallas ( 3 ) Sunday, 12/20 1:00 PM EST : Kansas City ( -7.5 ) at Baltimore ( 7.5 ) 1:00 PM EST : … --- ## [Predictions for your NFL team's season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587 "2015-12-22T14:37:48Z")
As I mentioned in the preseason thread, I didn’t see one of these this year, so here goes… Carolina Panthers Last season: 7-8-1 (NFC South champs!) After winning the NFC South for the 2nd straight year (7-8-1 baby!) t… --- ## [...The Beginners Guide. Open Spoilers after the first post.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beginners-guide-open-spoilers-after-the-first-post/733480)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beginners-guide-open-spoilers-after-the-first-post/733480 "2015-12-22T07:41:59Z")
…I never actually played Davey’s Wreden first game The Stanley Parable. But I did sort of experience it while watching a huge amount of “Lets Play” videos on youtube, and I found it to be a brilliant, brain-bending exam… --- ## [NFL - worst record possible and still be in playoffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-worst-record-possible-and-still-be-in-playoffs/740927)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-worst-record-possible-and-still-be-in-playoffs/740927 "2015-12-21T23:58:12Z")
Some teams with losing records have and probably will be in the playoffs Got me to thinking what the worst record a team could have and still be in the playoffs. First thought was 0-15-1 (W-L-T) but each team plays the… --- ## [Matt Ryan v. Derek Carr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-ryan-v-derek-carr/740859)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-ryan-v-derek-carr/740859 "2015-12-21T10:18:47Z")
These are my options, Unless i want to pick up Tyrod Taylor from waivers. I’m leaning towards Carr. Help me out, I’m in a good position to win my league this year, but this is going to be a tough week. --- ## [Does anyone play casual soccer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-play-casual-soccer/738817)
**Author:** [@Goldfishs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goldfishs)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-play-casual-soccer/738817 "2015-12-10T16:30:47Z")
I’m considering joining a soccer team (low division) for fun and exercise. The only thing concerning me is that I’ve never actually played soccer in a controlled setting before! Should I expect a steep learning curve? It… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=189) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=191)