# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=248 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 249 --- ## ["Find the word on the web" game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-word-on-the-web-game/690699)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-word-on-the-web-game/690699 "2014-06-14T04:03:40Z")
If this is an old idea, forgive me. I just had the thought that we could have a little challenge type thing where we all keep an eye out for the first article or post we run across that contains a new “mystery word” that… --- ## [Las Vegas Superbowl 2015 Futures Odds discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-superbowl-2015-futures-odds-discussion/690620)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-superbowl-2015-futures-odds-discussion/690620 "2014-06-13T23:15:18Z")
Listed as bet: paid Broncos: 1:5 Seahawks: 1:3.5 49ers: 1:5 Patriots: 1:8 Packers: 1:5 Saints: 1:15 Panthers: 1:15 Colts: 1:15 EAgles: 1:15 Chiefs: 1:15 Bottom: Bills: 1:100 Jaguars: 1:150 Others of note: … --- ## [Unexpected Challenges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-challenges/690730)
**Author:** [@yearofglad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearofglad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-challenges/690730 "2014-06-13T21:47:19Z")
Prompted by my other thread, thinking about when players have “self-refereed” to provide for fair play, I’m curious if there’s been use of a challenge system in professional sports in a “backwards” way, perhaps best expl… --- ## [USA Dopers: The World Cup Is Here! How Do You Feel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-dopers-the-world-cup-is-here-how-do-you-feel/690622)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-dopers-the-world-cup-is-here-how-do-you-feel/690622 "2014-06-13T21:34:26Z")
I’m stoked! I get excited about soccer every four years (and I hope to stay excited about it this time, after the Cup is done). AND, it looks like our boys might, just might, have their shit together. So how about you, … --- ## [What country is LEAST interested in the World Cup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-is-least-interested-in-the-world-cup/690625)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-is-least-interested-in-the-world-cup/690625 "2014-06-13T14:57:31Z")
I’d be curious to discuss what country adjusting for population exhibits the LEAST interest in World Cup soccer. The natural and reflexive answer here is the USA, but I doubt this is true, because Soccer interest is o… --- ## [So I'm watching this tennis tournament...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-watching-this-tennis-tournament/690411)
**Author:** [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-watching-this-tennis-tournament/690411 "2014-06-12T14:57:12Z")
A couple days ago my wife left the television on when she left, and I’m sitting here on the computer. I caught a few glimpses of this tennis tournament that’s currently going on, and was struck by how incredibly badly so… --- ## [Use of Flash During NBA Finals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-flash-during-nba-finals/625480)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-flash-during-nba-finals/625480 "2014-06-12T13:17:39Z")
First, I don’t watch a lot of NBA basketball. I only watch the playoffs. Tonight I was watching game 3 of the Finals, and I started noticing that my TV picture was glitching every time someone shot the ball. Portions … --- ## [How Many Top-Tier European Football League Games Have You Been To?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-tier-european-football-league-games-have-you-been-to/689107)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-tier-european-football-league-games-have-you-been-to/689107 "2014-06-12T07:55:04Z")
Whatever is meant by “Top-Tier” in the country in which the game took place; EPL for England, La Liga for Spain, etc. Obviously, since I live in the US, I don’t make it a point to go to European football games. If I eve… --- ## [Amy Van Dyken paralyzed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-van-dyken-paralyzed/690536)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-van-dyken-paralyzed/690536 "2014-06-11T19:25:58Z")
Six Olympic gold medals in swimming. Apparently a happy married life after retiring. Now a T11 paraplegic after severing her spinal cord in an ATV crash in Arizona. Stay strong. --- ## [Looking at getting into Guild Wars 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-at-getting-into-guild-wars-2/688883)
**Author:** [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-at-getting-into-guild-wars-2/688883 "2014-06-11T18:33:27Z")
I’ve been craving the MMORPG life again lately, but I really don’t want to return to the ones I’ve already tried (WoW, LOTRO, and some smaller ones). Of the newer available ones, right now Guild Wars 2 looks like it’s th… --- ## [Valve has an F with the Better Business Bureau](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valve-has-an-f-with-the-better-business-bureau/654774)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valve-has-an-f-with-the-better-business-bureau/654774 "2014-06-11T03:50:24Z")
Huh… I’m having trouble understanding the site, but it appears to me that the problem is possibly that Steam doesn’t refund game purchases after they’ve been released. But again, I can’t really tell. I never thought suc… --- ## [1990 Cy Young winner Bob Welch has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1990-cy-young-winner-bob-welch-has-died/690503)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1990-cy-young-winner-bob-welch-has-died/690503 "2014-06-10T20:54:26Z")
Story here, he was 57. --- ## [Knicks (well, really Phil J) hires Derek Fisher as the new head coach.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knicks-well-really-phil-j-hires-derek-fisher-as-the-new-head-coach/690462)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knicks-well-really-phil-j-hires-derek-fisher-as-the-new-head-coach/690462 "2014-06-10T19:56:30Z")
Derek is from my city, Little Rock and played for the UALR Trojans. Glad to see my hometown guy make good. He’s had an amazing career since playing for Parkview High. What an opportunity to learn coaching from the very … --- ## [Origins Game Fair 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-game-fair-2014/690402)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-game-fair-2014/690402 "2014-06-10T12:51:20Z")
Just a reminder, the Origins Game Fair starts on Wednesday, this week, in Columbus, Ohio! As is my wont, I am posting this thread to see who else might be going! --- ## [A puzzle for you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-puzzle-for-you/690353)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-puzzle-for-you/690353 "2014-06-09T20:43:27Z")
There are three people: Jack, Frank, and Tina. Jack is married. Frank is not. And finally, Jack is looking at Tina, and Tina is looking at Frank. The question is: Is a married person looking at an unmarried person? A… --- ## [Why is field hockey considered a women's sport in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-field-hockey-considered-a-womens-sport-in-the-us/690246)
**Author:** [@montesquieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/montesquieu)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-field-hockey-considered-a-womens-sport-in-the-us/690246 "2014-06-09T19:53:49Z")
I’m not originally from the US, but I do live there now, and I recently learned that field hockey (which I’d always called hockey haha) is considered a women’s sport. I’m from Europe and I always thought of it as a spor… --- ## [With the Triple Crown try coming up - Ask the Horse Racing Fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-triple-crown-try-coming-up-ask-the-horse-racing-fan/690040)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-triple-crown-try-coming-up-ask-the-horse-racing-fan/690040 "2014-06-09T16:28:43Z")
As you probably know, California Chrome will try and complete the Triple Crown sweep with a win in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Since I know that horse racing is not covered much by the SDMB, I decided to offer a “A… --- ## [What's the issue with women's tennis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-issue-with-womens-tennis/662952)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-issue-with-womens-tennis/662952 "2014-06-09T09:28:34Z")
Why is women’s tennis at such a low in quality these days? When the BBC broadcaster made his comments about Bartolis looks, I did think that while comments themselves were ill judged, looks of the players, not quality of… --- ## [Ever played the game - Battle of the Sexes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-played-the-game-battle-of-the-sexes/690343)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-played-the-game-battle-of-the-sexes/690343 "2014-06-09T09:08:58Z")
We had an adults party last night and played this. Its a kind of trivia game but based on gender things. For the ladies the categories were usually around shopping, makeup, clothes, cooking, exercise, womens health, chic… --- ## [What was the name of this game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-this-game/690327)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-this-game/690327 "2014-06-08T15:52:07Z")
I remember seeing a game previewed a few years ago in G4 (probably X-Play). It was a puzzle game and I believe it was from one of the developers of Portal. The premise was you could solve puzzles by changing the material… --- ## [Recommend me some game-building software for a total beginner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-game-building-software-for-a-total-beginner/689275)
**Author:** [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-game-building-software-for-a-total-beginner/689275 "2014-06-08T14:24:02Z")
My 15-yo son wants to try building his own computer game, but is not computer savvy, and neither am I (my experience is limited to MS Office and some photo-editing programs). I want to encourage him, because I worry tha… --- ## [Frantic Freddie, remake C64](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frantic-freddie-remake-c64/690292)
**Author:** [@zxretrosoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zxretrosoft)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frantic-freddie-remake-c64/690292 "2014-06-07T21:59:38Z")
Hello, new remake Frantic Freddie Returns (Commodore 64) in the world http://games.softpedia.com/get/Freeware-Games/Frantic-Freddie-Returns.shtml Fully programmed in PureBasic. Music on the Amiga 500. Freeware. I hop… --- ## [Anybody playing Wordament?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-wordament/690194)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-wordament/690194 "2014-06-07T14:22:46Z")
Wordament is a Microsoft game that is basically like playing Boggle against the entire internet. Everyone in the game plays the same game board at the same time and then after each round you see how you rank against ever… --- ## [PS3/Xbox One vs. previous generation consoles...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-xbox-one-vs-previous-generation-consoles/690237)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-xbox-one-vs-previous-generation-consoles/690237 "2014-06-07T13:07:00Z")
Hi a lot of games are now being released simultaneously for PS3, PS4, XBox 360 and XBox One. I was wondering what the difference is between the next gen and previous gen consoles… are the models and textures just more de… --- ## [Hidden Object Room 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-object-room-3/690259)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-object-room-3/690259 "2014-06-07T11:55:57Z")
On Big Fish Games online hidden objects games there are four titled Hidden Object Rooms In room 3 They ask for “Fake sunlight.” Does anybody have a clue as to what they might mean? I swear I’ve clicked on every mm in t… --- ## [Tetris, 30th anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tetris-30th-anniversary/690236)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tetris-30th-anniversary/690236 "2014-06-07T04:59:26Z")
Ah, yes. Tetris, which dropped our department’s productivity to almost zero for a week. Even our VP was playing it. I managed to 'hack" the high scores file so that his admin assistance had an almost improbably high firs… --- ## [Mario Kart 8 for Wii U](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mario-kart-8-for-wii-u/689728)
**Author:** [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mario-kart-8-for-wii-u/689728 "2014-06-07T03:28:30Z")
Got it yesterday. It is HD at 60 fps with 5.1 surround sound. Finally, Nintendo got it right. Anyone playing? --- ## [Rarest plays in baseball (MLB only)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rarest-plays-in-baseball-mlb-only/689505)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rarest-plays-in-baseball-mlb-only/689505 "2014-06-06T23:33:13Z")
The unassisted triple play is considered to be one of the rarest plays in baseball. According to wiki, there have only been 15 in the modern era of MLB. I was thinking about what could be rarer, with the caveat that it… --- ## [Anyone else playing Hotline Miami?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-hotline-miami/644612)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-hotline-miami/644612 "2014-06-06T17:28:57Z")
This game has its hooks in me bad. It’s a top-down, pixel-art (think 16-bit graphics), trippy, horrorshow ultraviolence arcade shooter. Very fast, very disturbing. Think classic PC GTA meets Super Meat Boy meets Pacma… --- ## [Goat Simulator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goat-simulator/690009)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goat-simulator/690009 "2014-06-06T15:21:44Z")
Is there any way this isn’t the greatest game in the world? I just sent them an email asking them to do a Mac version as well; so far my responses from devs for that has been very positive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=247) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=249)