# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=265 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 266 --- ## [Pass the line, or the actor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pass-the-line-or-the-actor/679897)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pass-the-line-or-the-actor/679897 "2014-01-28T18:55:19Z")
If this has already been done before, I apologize. I haven’t gone looking for another version, and it just came to mind as something that might be fun to kill some time with, if that appeals to you. Simple rules: Respo… --- ## [Anyone playing Papers Please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-papers-please/679893)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-papers-please/679893 "2014-01-28T00:07:07Z")
I just got it. It is unlike any game I’ve ever played. If you are unfamiliar, you play the document inspector at a border checkpoint of a fictional Eastern European country circa 1980. To describe it makes it sound bori… --- ## [Dungeons and Dragons turns 40 this Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeons-and-dragons-turns-40-this-sunday/679621)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeons-and-dragons-turns-40-this-sunday/679621 "2014-01-27T23:43:31Z")
As per. I will be commemorating the occasion with the selfsame victuals that gave us nourishment during our campaigns: Taco flavored Doritos (the only flavor back in the day) and a flagon of Pepsi, or, as we called that… --- ## [Achievments not showing up on Steam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievments-not-showing-up-on-steam/679886)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievments-not-showing-up-on-steam/679886 "2014-01-27T21:45:52Z")
I am playing Alan Wake(thanks Idle!) on Steam and everything is working fine…except no achievements are showing up. I am playing on Easy, but I don’t think that blocks achievements. Some are painfully easy and I must h… --- ## [Is this the earliest recorded scorecard of any organised sports match](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-earliest-recorded-scorecard-of-any-organised-sports-match/679846)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-earliest-recorded-scorecard-of-any-organised-sports-match/679846 "2014-01-27T21:00:29Z")
I avoided the game room since its IMO really a GQ issue. Its not really complete but this does give us some information about when, where and who played in the match and who won and in some detail. A cricket match pla… --- ## [NHL January 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-january-2014/678587)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-january-2014/678587 "2014-01-27T20:54:51Z")
Didn’t see a thread for this month. The Winnipeg Jets have finally fired Claude Noel. The Jets have chronically underperformed so it’s about time. Hopefully the first move will be to give Al Montoya a shot to be the #1 g… --- ## [Late bloomers in tennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-bloomers-in-tennis/679744)
**Author:** [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-bloomers-in-tennis/679744 "2014-01-27T15:46:37Z")
There seems to be many late bloomers in tennis at the moment - Li Na, Wawrinka, and Cibulkova. Is this just a phase? It was not that long ago that a career like Hingis seemed normal- at least on the women’s tour. As wel… --- ## [Are Rules Violations Poor Sportsmanship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-rules-violations-poor-sportsmanship/679527)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-rules-violations-poor-sportsmanship/679527 "2014-01-27T14:06:05Z")
I’m thinking of football for some reason, but it would presumably have broader application to other sports. Meaning, suppose the rules say that you can’t do X, and in a given situation you judge that the penalties for d… --- ## [Final opinions about the 2012 London Olympics.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-opinions-about-the-2012-london-olympics/679638)
**Author:** [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-opinions-about-the-2012-london-olympics/679638 "2014-01-27T11:53:57Z")
Hello good dopers, With the Sochi winter games coming up shortly it seems appropriate to ask what are your final conclusions about the XXX Olympiad of the modern era, aka London 2012? Peter --- ## [Get rid of the one point PAT conversion in the NFL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-the-one-point-pat-conversion-in-the-nfl/679429)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-the-one-point-pat-conversion-in-the-nfl/679429 "2014-01-27T05:10:14Z")
Check out this article: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/goodell-suggests-ditching-pat-kick-205817090–nfl.html I think awarding 7 points for a touchdown with the option to go for a 1 point run/pass conversion and 1 point t… --- ## [Please explain the appeal of sports talk radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-appeal-of-sports-talk-radio/679170)
**Author:** [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-appeal-of-sports-talk-radio/679170 "2014-01-26T23:08:10Z")
I get that there’s a culture of people who actually enjoy talking for hours about another man’s “lateral movement” and I’m used to a couple of radio stations like that on the dial. But I’m finding that the radio bandwid… --- ## [Borgata poker tournament suspended---someone sweeteend the pot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borgata-poker-tournament-suspended-someone-sweeteend-the-pot/679202)
**Author:** [@Quarter\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quarter_Lane)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borgata-poker-tournament-suspended-someone-sweeteend-the-pot/679202 "2014-01-26T10:12:56Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/ap-borgata-ends-fake-chip-173709430.html I’ve played a few sit-n-go tourneys in Vegas, but nothing on such a large scale. Any players here have any idea how someone could have introduced fake chips… --- ## [MLB Hot Stove / Offseason 2013-2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-hot-stove-offseason-2013-2014/673013)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-hot-stove-offseason-2013-2014/673013 "2014-01-26T05:15:14Z")
I’ve seen some recent off-season items posted both here and in a hot stove thread from last year, so let’s go ahead and have one place for it. --- ## [Doctors have become the nanny police for the NFL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-have-become-the-nanny-police-for-the-nfl/678472)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-have-become-the-nanny-police-for-the-nfl/678472 "2014-01-26T05:15:13Z")
Sigh. So it’s come to this? You take a hit on the field and some doctor throws you out of the game? The NFL’s Nanny police. What’s really appalling is dragging them off the sidelines. Someone can’t play? Fine. Then at … --- ## [Non violent PC games for young kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-violent-pc-games-for-young-kids/679604)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-violent-pc-games-for-young-kids/679604 "2014-01-26T04:32:03Z")
I didn’t think this would be tricky. I would like to get a game or two for my daughters. They like Scribblenauts and Terraria but the first requires reading and the second is (for them) complicated and violent. Maybe so… --- ## [Six Nations Rugby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-nations-rugby/678611)
**Author:** [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-nations-rugby/678611 "2014-01-24T22:56:35Z")
For the first time, I have joined a Six Nations Fantasy game. Does anyone have any advise on who to pick? I let the computer generate my team to start, and have chosed Fofana as my kicker. But there are unlimited tran… --- ## [SDMB Hobbyist Game Design and Development Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-hobbyist-game-design-and-development-thread/679597)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-hobbyist-game-design-and-development-thread/679597 "2014-01-24T17:06:22Z")
There seem to be a lot of people who are starting to develop games here, so I figured we could start a game development thread. Just a place to post progress or ask general questions of each other. Or even team up or sha… --- ## [Any decent non-social (or social-optional) city building games for android?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-non-social-or-social-optional-city-building-games-for-android/679624)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-non-social-or-social-optional-city-building-games-for-android/679624 "2014-01-24T16:34:40Z")
Many years ago I played and loved games like Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom. I gather a lot of the “cityville” style games are kind of in this genre, but considerably simpler and require you to recruit others or pa… --- ## [Game dev for tablet options?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-dev-for-tablet-options/679443)
**Author:** [@FasterThanMeerkats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FasterThanMeerkats)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-dev-for-tablet-options/679443 "2014-01-24T03:23:30Z")
Created this thread because of the Unity thread started by MichaelEmous. I too have started to dabble in hobby programming with a view towards games and would like some thoughts before I get too deep down the rabbit hol… --- ## [Learning a programming language to use Unity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-a-programming-language-to-use-unity/679193)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2014, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-a-programming-language-to-use-unity/679193 "2014-01-23T09:59:01Z")
So, I’m dabbling in Unity and learned that even though Unity does a fair bit of coding for you, you still have to know how to code. Unity uses JavaScript but Unity tutorials I’ve seen seem to emphasize C# with C++ somet… --- ## [Any Denver Dopers that play, or want to play, bar trivia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-denver-dopers-that-play-or-want-to-play-bar-trivia/679472)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-denver-dopers-that-play-or-want-to-play-bar-trivia/679472 "2014-01-22T20:08:32Z")
My wife and I recently moved to Denver from Cincinnati, where we were bar trivia fanatics. So far in Denver, we’ve tried the Tuesday game at the Tavern @ Lowry. We are looking for people to play there, and also for re… --- ## [Any "Geeks Who Drink" Trivia Teams Coming to Austin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-geeks-who-drink-trivia-teams-coming-to-austin/679455)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-geeks-who-drink-trivia-teams-coming-to-austin/679455 "2014-01-22T16:08:24Z")
Just wondering if anyone is playing this weekend. --- ## [Can't connect to Lord of the rings online. Doing something wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-connect-to-lord-of-the-rings-online-doing-something-wrong/679283)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-connect-to-lord-of-the-rings-online-doing-something-wrong/679283 "2014-01-22T15:40:55Z")
I downloaded LotR Online and everything looks OK until I try to connect. It just says searching for login server 20x and times out. Am I missing something? Same problem with EQII, won’t connect. Is it that busy? --- ## [Things that video games do to you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-video-games-do-to-you/679194)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-video-games-do-to-you/679194 "2014-01-22T05:51:34Z")
Back when I was playing Hitman Blood Money extensively, I once found myself (IRL) in a public bathroom with just one other person in it, and I caught myself instinctively looking around for somewhere to hide the body. L… --- ## [NFC North 2013 Discussion thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfc-north-2013-discussion-thread/667889)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfc-north-2013-discussion-thread/667889 "2014-01-21T19:16:26Z")
With two teams making the playoffs last year, and another just missing them with a 10-6 record, the NFC North is one of the best divisions in football, at least recently. With the perceived rise of the NFC West, the NFC … --- ## [Anyone got a spare SWTOR friend trial pass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-spare-swtor-friend-trial-pass/617664)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-spare-swtor-friend-trial-pass/617664 "2014-01-21T02:51:36Z")
I’ve been thinking about trying The Old Republic for awhile since World of Warcraft has gotten old and stale to me, but I don’t want to drop $60 on an MMO before I know if i’m going to like it. It’s been a few months sin… --- ## [I need a game level editor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-game-level-editor/679214)
**Author:** [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-game-level-editor/679214 "2014-01-19T23:39:07Z")
I’ve done levels for different games, like Quake II, Doom, Unreal, Unreal Tournament 2004, Neverwinter Nights, Neverwinter, City of Heroes and Star Trek Online, so I have an idea about how different level editors work. I… --- ## [Starting times for AFC/NFC champ. games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-times-for-afc-nfc-champ-games/678927)
**Author:** [@BuzzSaw101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuzzSaw101)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-times-for-afc-nfc-champ-games/678927 "2014-01-19T18:15:11Z")
I have wondered this for years, anyone know why the AFC championship game starts at 3 p.m. Eastern and the NFC game is at 6:30? All the other games during the season and playoffs start at approx. 1 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 8… --- ## [So, what did you get in the Steam sale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-get-in-the-steam-sale/678010)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-get-in-the-steam-sale/678010 "2014-01-19T04:28:39Z")
And what did you almost get? Which one do you suspect you won’t get around to playing? Got: Terraria The Witcher 2 Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves Far Cry 3 Beatbuddy: Tale of Guardians Almost got: Mark of the Ni… --- ## [ROTT rot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rott-rot/679159)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rott-rot/679159 "2014-01-18T23:39:25Z")
So because Junior Barbarian has been pestering me, I created a new Steam account (he long ago usurped my original one) and loaded it with cheap games over the holiday sale. After poking at all of the games, I started wit… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=264) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=266)