# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=226 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 227 --- ## [Can anyone remember the name of this arcade game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-remember-the-name-of-this-arcade-game/706463)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-remember-the-name-of-this-arcade-game/706463 "2014-12-06T17:38:23Z")
I don’t recall. I know about 20 years ago if I saw it at an arcade I always tried to play it. It was a game whose gameplay was somewhat similar to final fight, you had ‘3 dimensional’ fighting (which was just 2D where y… --- ## [Go Sooners, whatever that means and whoever you are!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-sooners-whatever-that-means-and-whoever-you-are/706474)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-sooners-whatever-that-means-and-whoever-you-are/706474 "2014-12-06T06:03:04Z")
I have bet my life savings, well actually the money in my bookmaker account, on the Sooners -14 against the hopeless Tigers. Wish me luck as I have no idea. --- ## [Story about Mafia the Game on The World (NPR) today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-mafia-the-game-on-the-world-npr-today/706360)
**Author:** [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-mafia-the-game-on-the-world-npr-today/706360 "2014-12-06T04:45:01Z")
For all my fellow Mafioso. My local NPR station carries The World in the afternoons. Today there was an interesting story about the origins and popularity of Mafia in Eastern Europe and the Far East including interviews… --- ## [Old school consoles with built in games, what options are there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-consoles-with-built-in-games-what-options-are-there/706276)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-consoles-with-built-in-games-what-options-are-there/706276 "2014-12-06T01:35:35Z")
As a christmas present I was planning on buying one of those old school (1st to 4th generation) consoles that have 60 built in games. Like this http://www.dollargeneral.com/product/index.jsp?productId=43753776 The per… --- ## [RIP Jean Beliveau](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jean-beliveau/706223)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jean-beliveau/706223 "2014-12-05T23:43:10Z")
Jean Beliveau died last night at 83.:frowning: One of the great hockey players of his era, he was also one of the finest gentlemen of this era. Not only is this what everyone says of him, but I have independent evidence… --- ## [Super Bowl XLVII: Seahawks vs. Broncos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 517\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248 "2014-12-05T04:29:16Z")
So it’s Denver against Seattle in the Super Bowl. Talking points: Manning and the cold. Manning vs. the Seattle secondary Wilson vs. the depleted Denver secondary. All I know is it should be an interesting 2 weeks f… --- ## [The Resistance - strategy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-resistance-strategy/706184)
**Author:** [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-resistance-strategy/706184 "2014-12-05T02:41:32Z")
I have a few thoughts and questions about strategy in The Resistance, one of them being “is there actually much strategy in this game at all?” ;). Not putting it in the ongoing Resistance game thread because spectator co… --- ## [Which book on poker technique should I get for my 14-yr old nephew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-on-poker-technique-should-i-get-for-my-14-yr-old-nephew/705971)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-on-poker-technique-should-i-get-for-my-14-yr-old-nephew/705971 "2014-12-05T02:37:09Z")
See hed. He’s smart, can concentrate, and loves to play; he has to start wising up on the numbers. His father was a hedge fund manager, and has absolutely no problem with this. --- ## [All your quarterbacks are out the day before the big game. What do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-quarterbacks-are-out-the-day-before-the-big-game-what-do-you-do/705700)
**Author:** [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-quarterbacks-are-out-the-day-before-the-big-game-what-do-you-do/705700 "2014-12-04T23:32:03Z")
You’re the coach of the \ football team, and the must-win game against your biggest rival is tomorrow when your assistant walks into your office. Him: Coach, Smith just got arrested and the judge said no bail! Y… --- ## [NFL Week 13](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719 "2014-12-04T19:26:56Z")
Thanksgiving 12:30ET CHI @ DET -7 / 47 4:30ET PHI @ DAL -3 / 55.5 8:30 ET SEA @ SF -1 / 39.5 Sunday early WAS @ IND -10 / 51 TEN @ HOU -6.5 / 43 CLE @ BUF -.25 / 41 SD @ BAL -6 / 46 NYG @ JAX +2.5 / 44.5 CIN… --- ## [Getting an Xbox One for Xmas--advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-an-xbox-one-for-xmas-advice/706256)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-an-xbox-one-for-xmas-advice/706256 "2014-12-04T17:42:31Z")
I had lately been joking about wanting (but secretly wishing for) an Xbox One for Christmas and the wife got one on Black Friday for me. I’m not that much of a gamer. I tend to like COD, Fallout and zombie games and tha… --- ## [Ram Players disrespect St Louis Police.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-players-disrespect-st-louis-police/706011)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-players-disrespect-st-louis-police/706011 "2014-12-04T14:15:38Z")
I see their point. They are all working double shifts to preserve order and protect the public from the Ferguson agitators. Officials could have asked to cancel the game because of security concerns. For the players to d… --- ## [New Mafia Game on IdleMafia. Get over there an join! (link inside)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mafia-game-on-idlemafia-get-over-there-an-join-link-inside/705624)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mafia-game-on-idlemafia-get-over-there-an-join-link-inside/705624 "2014-12-04T08:12:05Z")
Colby is hosting a mafia game on Idlemafia and it should be a hoot. Join us and have some fun. Hell’s Kitchen Mafia #4 No, you don’t have to have played before. Just sign up. :smiley: --- ## [Could a non-Power 5 team have made the college football playoff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-non-power-5-team-have-made-the-college-football-playoff/706159)
**Author:** [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-non-power-5-team-have-made-the-college-football-playoff/706159 "2014-12-03T22:43:18Z")
Poor Marshall, before they lost to Western Kentucky, only made it to #24 in the CFP rankings, despite being undefeated. That’s probably because they were stuck in Conference USA, where all the other teams sucked. Of cou… --- ## [This war of mine: A great new game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-war-of-mine-a-great-new-game/704949)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-war-of-mine-a-great-new-game/704949 "2014-12-03T18:57:18Z")
I just saw and tried a newly released game. I was intrigued because it’s a small game that has a Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam. Turns out, it deserves it. You play as a small group of civilians stuck in a warz… --- ## [RIP Philip Hughes. Australian Batsman dies after being hit by cricket ball on head.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-philip-hughes-australian-batsman-dies-after-being-hit-by-cricket-ball-on-head/705749)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2014, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-philip-hughes-australian-batsman-dies-after-being-hit-by-cricket-ball-on-head/705749 "2014-12-03T11:02:48Z")
He was hit a few days agoin a State match. He was in a coma and has now died.. He was 25 years old. This is the third major head injury in the game in a few months. Early in November Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shahzad washi… --- ## [How bad can a team suck and still get invited to bowl games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-can-a-team-suck-and-still-get-invited-to-bowl-games/706005)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-can-a-team-suck-and-still-get-invited-to-bowl-games/706005 "2014-12-02T22:02:52Z")
I guess you can suck pretty bad and get a bowl game invite? Arkansas racked up animpressive SEC 17 game losing streak before finally winning a SEC game. They even won a second game before losing again. Yep, they got a … --- ## [\[GAME\] Pfyxlwel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-pfyxlwel/706143)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-pfyxlwel/706143 "2014-12-02T18:22:35Z")
Ha;blsdo Brlux39dm dYrjaoin!! --- ## [Think you're good at Rock Paper Scissors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371 "2014-12-01T07:51:53Z")
Try the NYT’s RPS Computer. --- ## [Video Games for 4 year olds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-for-4-year-olds/705783)
**Author:** [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-for-4-year-olds/705783 "2014-12-01T04:34:54Z")
Hi, I’m looking for suggestions for some good games for four-year olds. I would prefer games that use the mouse or a very limited number of key commands. My boys are bored with Plants Vs. Zombies and I’m looking for som… --- ## [ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-sunday-nfl-countdown/705955)
**Author:** [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-sunday-nfl-countdown/705955 "2014-12-01T03:38:31Z")
Can someone PLEASE tell Tom Jackson to STOP making sounds like Monica Lewinsky is under the desk when other people are talking? --- ## [What does $500k per year get you at the Cowboy's AT&T stadium in Dallas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-500k-per-year-get-you-at-the-cowboys-at-t-stadium-in-dallas/705126)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-500k-per-year-get-you-at-the-cowboys-at-t-stadium-in-dallas/705126 "2014-12-01T03:15:22Z")
Saw thisnews article with the accompanying picture that displays what appears to be a cramped room near the end-zone. For the privilege of squinting at the game from that room, it’s $500,000 per year with a total commit… --- ## [Week 14 CFB -- Which AP Top 25 team(s) will lose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-14-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/705427)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-14-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/705427 "2014-12-01T02:40:17Z")
===================================================================================== Scoring for this week’s poll is as follows: Pick a team to LOSE and they LOSE – +1 point Pick a team to LOSE and they WIN – -1 … --- ## [Are Wii Mote MotionPlus 3rd party adapters OK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-wii-mote-motionplus-3rd-party-adapters-ok/705960)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-wii-mote-motionplus-3rd-party-adapters-ok/705960 "2014-11-30T18:04:23Z")
My parents have decided to give us their Nintendo Wii, which I am 99% sure was not new enough to have the motion plus built in. Anyway, I do want to play the Zelda Skyward Sword game that requires it, but I did not purc… --- ## [Mount and Blade: Warband. So what can I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mount-and-blade-warband-so-what-can-i-do/705950)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mount-and-blade-warband-so-what-can-i-do/705950 "2014-11-30T15:57:46Z")
Grabbed this game from Steam yesterday. I read that it’s a sandbox game. It looks like it could be fun. But I need to know what kind of options are open to me. I’m asking, not for basic help exactly, but for some kind o… --- ## [This just in: Curt Schilling is a moron!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-curt-schilling-is-a-moron/704544)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-curt-schilling-is-a-moron/704544 "2014-11-29T15:23:37Z")
This guy just can’t help it, every time he opens his mouth , ignorance comes out. Arguing against evolution? Schilling is a vile, despicable man and a hypocrite. He ruined his video game company and lost 50 million… --- ## [Jose Canseco's Finger Falls Off While He's Playing Poker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jose-cansecos-finger-falls-off-while-hes-playing-poker/704670)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jose-cansecos-finger-falls-off-while-hes-playing-poker/704670 "2014-11-29T15:22:12Z")
I don’t know how this clown can top himself, but somehow he does. Please, let loose with the terrible puns. --- ## [Who was the best player on your college football team?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-player-on-your-college-football-team/705632)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-player-on-your-college-football-team/705632 "2014-11-29T04:48:08Z")
Who is generally considered the best player on your favorite college football team. It’s totally subjective, and not necessarily based on the best statistics. I guess I could put it as the “most famous or most legendary”… --- ## [How much abuse to professional sports referees take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-abuse-to-professional-sports-referees-take/705742)
**Author:** [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-abuse-to-professional-sports-referees-take/705742 "2014-11-28T21:46:58Z")
I know that any physical contact is out of the question in any sport that I know. Do they regularly get sworn at by players? Coaches? There doesn’t seem to be a lot of misconduct penalties in any of the sports I watch… --- ## [Why Xbox controller does not use Bluetooth for connectivity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-xbox-controller-does-not-use-bluetooth-for-connectivity/705669)
**Author:** [@Qwertol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertol)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-xbox-controller-does-not-use-bluetooth-for-connectivity/705669 "2014-11-27T19:28:55Z")
DualShock uses Bluetooth, even in it’s PS4 version, so it seems Bluetooth can handle game controllers just fine… So is there a reason Microsoft is using proprietary wireless solution for its Xbox controllers? Why not u… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=225) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=227)