# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=213 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 214 --- ## [City building game with objectives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-building-game-with-objectives/718106)
**Author:** [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-building-game-with-objectives/718106 "2015-04-22T05:13:54Z")
As much as i’m enjoying Cities:Skyline, I do prefer the type of city building game where you are given certain objectives to meet, e.g. get the population to 5,000 or get 1,000 people into a certain quality of housing. I… --- ## [FBI needs YOU: The McCormick Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-needs-you-the-mccormick-case/576552)
**Author:** [@summerjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/summerjack)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-needs-you-the-mccormick-case/576552 "2015-04-22T04:02:45Z")
Anyone see this? http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/march/cryptanalysis\_032911/cryptanalysis\_032911 Seems the FBI needs some help solving a decade old cold murder case. These notes were found in the pocket of the dec… --- ## [Player and Coach Interviews During a Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/player-and-coach-interviews-during-a-game/718131)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/player-and-coach-interviews-during-a-game/718131 "2015-04-21T16:14:05Z")
Joe Buck, reviled broadcaster (at least in my household), recently suggested that he’d like baseball players to be more available to be interviewed in the middle of a game. (Link.) This strikes me as being a horrible ide… --- ## [How long should/would the football season be if the human body could handle it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-would-the-football-season-be-if-the-human-body-could-handle-it/717803)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-would-the-football-season-be-if-the-human-body-could-handle-it/717803 "2015-04-21T13:03:25Z")
Okay, so tomorrow, an incredible advancement in robotics is announced for the NFL. Instead of players taking the field, robots will, connected mentally to the players, who are in a special holodeck type chamber. The robo… --- ## [Puzzle: Cross off words as the clues eliminate them. What is left?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-cross-off-words-as-the-clues-eliminate-them-what-is-left/718045)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-cross-off-words-as-the-clues-eliminate-them-what-is-left/718045 "2015-04-21T00:17:41Z")
(Inspired by two puzzles posted by Idle Thoughts earlier this year) Work the puzzle and spoil the answer once you have it. Using the clues, eliminate words one by one until only a few are left. Each clue will result in… --- ## [2015 An MLS Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-an-mls-thread/716241)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-an-mls-thread/716241 "2015-04-20T19:09:07Z")
As I’ve fallen in love with football and think you should support your local(ish) side, I’ve started following an Columbus Crew Soccer Club in addition to the club that’ll be mine till I die, MCFC. (I’m also keeping an … --- ## [Star Wars Battlefront Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront-trailer/717987)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront-trailer/717987 "2015-04-20T18:18:11Z")
Trailer here. I know these are cut-scenes and not game play but holy cow is this awesome! --- ## [Baseball Foul Ball Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-foul-ball-question/718058)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-foul-ball-question/718058 "2015-04-20T16:41:08Z")
I was just watching the Yankees-Rays game, and in the 5th inning, there was a grounder hit along the third base line. It hit the ground inside the foul line, then bounced up and landed again on the other side of the lin… --- ## [Football/Soccer: Hand/arm position in "the wall"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-soccer-hand-arm-position-in-the-wall/718001)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-soccer-hand-arm-position-in-the-wall/718001 "2015-04-19T14:00:27Z")
So, any time there’s a direct free kick awarded at a distance that could, theoretically, trouble the keeper, anywhere from one to several defenders will line up at the keeper’s direction in a “wall” between the ball and … --- ## [Geoguessr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geoguessr/658831)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geoguessr/658831 "2015-04-18T11:54:55Z")
Anyone else playing? I got a bit of a high score today for me today, without any googling, here. --- ## [World's largest trivia contest...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-largest-trivia-contest/717942)
**Author:** [@jrbor76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrbor76)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-largest-trivia-contest/717942 "2015-04-17T23:01:37Z")
The world-famous, 54-hour, world’s largest trivia contest, starting in less than 5 minutes, courtesy of 90 FM/WWSP in Stevens Point Wisconsin! I’m playing! Anyone else? --- ## [Games that really suprised you (pleasantly or otherwise)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-really-suprised-you-pleasantly-or-otherwise/717855)
**Author:** [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-really-suprised-you-pleasantly-or-otherwise/717855 "2015-04-17T22:19:13Z")
I recently picked up Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare during a sale on a complete whim. I don’t usually like competitive shooters and I conceptually dislike multiplayer-only games. It sat on the “shelf” for a few weeks… --- ## [Common stuff in video games you never (or rarely) do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-stuff-in-video-games-you-never-or-rarely-do/716746)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-stuff-in-video-games-you-never-or-rarely-do/716746 "2015-04-17T18:39:23Z")
Yesterday, for the first time ever, I built a cobblestone generator in Minecraft. I’ve known about cobblestone generators for a long time, of course, but never saw the point of making one. Why on earth would anyone bui… --- ## [Tyson vs. Douglas - 25 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyson-vs-douglas-25-years-ago/712388)
**Author:** [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyson-vs-douglas-25-years-ago/712388 "2015-04-17T00:26:35Z")
Honestly, it seems longer than that. I was a kid and I didn’t watch it live, but I remember it being all the talk the next day. Biggest upset in sports history? Maybe. The linked story quotes Don King saying Tyson … --- ## [What would a "choke" in sports be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-choke-in-sports-be/715929)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-choke-in-sports-be/715929 "2015-04-16T19:58:25Z")
In cricket World Cups, South Africa has a (very well deserved) reputation for choking at the crunch time. They just lost a World Cup Semi Final (for the fourth time in 6 tournaments) but there has been a controversy if t… --- ## [Say Hernandez was found not guilty. Does Belichick take him back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hernandez-was-found-not-guilty-does-belichick-take-him-back/717835)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hernandez-was-found-not-guilty-does-belichick-take-him-back/717835 "2015-04-16T19:24:43Z")
Say a piece of evidence doesn’t turn up, or there’s a payoff by a mysterious hooded man. Something happens to make them declare Aaron Hernandez not guilty and he’s let go. Do someone such as the Patriots pick him up afte… --- ## [Sword & Sorcery control thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sword-sorcery-control-thread/466118)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sword-sorcery-control-thread/466118 "2015-04-16T13:50:32Z")
So we don’t clutter up the story thread. --- ## [Are you going to take the new Jeopardy Practice Test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679 "2015-04-16T12:52:25Z")
Are you gonna give it a try? --- ## [Online Chess site, which if best & FREE?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-chess-site-which-if-best-free/713077)
**Author:** [@Dibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dibbs)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-chess-site-which-if-best-free/713077 "2015-04-15T23:44:41Z")
Howdy! Well wouldn’t you know it? There I was a moment ago filling out some info to join a “free” Chess website when the second click in said I’d get three free games per day for the first three days and then from there… --- ## ['Anyone want to play a game of blitz chess?' thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-play-a-game-of-blitz-chess-thread/717788)
**Author:** [@BenOliver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BenOliver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-play-a-game-of-blitz-chess-thread/717788 "2015-04-15T22:57:39Z")
4 minute standard? Anyone up for a game? Will watch this thread for 30 minutes, feel free to place a link if you want someone else to play you. --- ## [Conceptis Puzzles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conceptis-puzzles/717766)
**Author:** [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conceptis-puzzles/717766 "2015-04-15T19:47:10Z")
Anybody here play any of the on-line puzzles on Conceptis Puzzles? In their Numbers category, I like Sudoku, Tic-Tac-Logic, and Kakuro. In the Pictures category, I play Sym-a-Pix, Link-a-Pix, Pic-a-Pix, and Fill-a-Pix. … --- ## [Bartolo Colon - The Last Expo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bartolo-colon-the-last-expo/717640)
**Author:** [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bartolo-colon-the-last-expo/717640 "2015-04-14T18:52:52Z")
According to The Chive. There are some good Colon gifs there for your entertainment. Seriously? Barolo Colon, whose career started in 1997, is the last remaining Montreal Expo in MLB? The Expos moved to Washington to… --- ## [Why hate the Dallas Cowboys so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hate-the-dallas-cowboys-so-much/423622)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hate-the-dallas-cowboys-so-much/423622 "2015-04-14T16:19:08Z")
A lot of the hate goes back to the 1970’s, but I was too young to pay attention then. Dallas won a lot in the 1970’s, but so did other teams. Why hate the 1970’s Cowboys? The 80’s Cowboys were pretty good up until abo… --- ## [Which Benchwarmer Played the Longest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-benchwarmer-played-the-longest/717468)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-benchwarmer-played-the-longest/717468 "2015-04-14T05:39:28Z")
What do you say, masses? Frequently, in the NBA, there are players that are good locker room guys that hardly ever play, but stick around well into their twilight years (Herb Williams would be a perfect example); backup … --- ## [MLB Franchise Four vote - who's on your team's Mt. Rushmore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-franchise-four-vote-whos-on-your-teams-mt-rushmore/717449)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-franchise-four-vote-whos-on-your-teams-mt-rushmore/717449 "2015-04-14T01:49:26Z")
MLB has addeda “Franchise Four” vote to the All-Star one, asking fans to pick “the FOUR most impactful players who best represent the history of each franchise.” I think we did this once for all of baseball, but not for… --- ## [Video Game Golf With Augusta?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-golf-with-augusta/717393)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-golf-with-augusta/717393 "2015-04-14T01:13:03Z")
I scoured the available video game golf titles online today, and none of them seem to include Augusta as one of the available courses except partially in Nicklaus. Most of them seem to feature the same limited group of c… --- ## [At my new house, I get a lot of lag in certain online games. Help me troubleshoot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-my-new-house-i-get-a-lot-of-lag-in-certain-online-games-help-me-troubleshoot/717554)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-my-new-house-i-get-a-lot-of-lag-in-certain-online-games-help-me-troubleshoot/717554 "2015-04-13T15:55:53Z")
Whatever the problem is, it seems to have something to do with my set-up in-house. Various speed test and ping test type websites indicate nothing any different than the results I got at my old house. (In fact–things are… --- ## [Richie Benaud RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richie-benaud-rip/717272)
**Author:** [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richie-benaud-rip/717272 "2015-04-13T15:28:24Z")
Just heard that Richie Benaud has died aged 84. A superb player, inspirational captain (so they tell me - it was before my time) and a personable, well-informed and scrupulously even-handed commentator. He’ll be missed. --- ## [Descent video game may be rebooted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descent-video-game-may-be-rebooted/715485)
**Author:** [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descent-video-game-may-be-rebooted/715485 "2015-04-13T15:23:21Z")
There’s a Kickstarter campaign to continue the Descent video game series: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/descendentstudios/descent-underground I loved this game, and it’s really the only video game I ever played … --- ## [Bastra/Bastra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bastra-bastra/717560)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bastra-bastra/717560 "2015-04-13T12:44:24Z")
Just a few weeks ago, I was introduced to an Egyptian card game, Bastra. The app I found for it calls it Basra, though. Anyway, being a cribbage fan, I find this game to have about the same appeal to me. There are a few… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=212) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=214)