# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=302 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 303 --- ## [Footie Focus: March](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/footie-focus-march/651750)
**Author:** [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2013, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/footie-focus-march/651750 "2013-03-29T12:21:31Z")
Reviving an old owlstretchingtime format; Spurs v Woolwich Arsenal - will the authentic North London club finish above the New Pretenders this season? Rafa Benitez - will he still be in gainful employment by Monday? Wi… --- ## [Mafia interest check - simple, open, fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-interest-check-simple-open-fast/654144)
**Author:** [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-interest-check-simple-open-fast/654144 "2013-03-29T02:19:36Z")
anyone be interested in an open and simple mafia setup with 48 hour Days and 24 hour Nights? --- ## [Star Conflict](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-conflict/654107)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-conflict/654107 "2013-03-29T01:25:19Z")
I found this on Steam last week and since it was free and involved flying a spaceship, I went ahead and downloaded the game and gave it a shot. HOLY FUCK IS THIS GAME AWESOME! Lots of different ships, weapons, shields,… --- ## [Seventeen Minutes of Battlefield 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-minutes-of-battlefield-4/654124)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-minutes-of-battlefield-4/654124 "2013-03-29T01:04:17Z")
Can be seen here. Thoughts? I think it looks gorgeous. There is no way my current rig would be able to support that. I wonder how the single-player is going to play (heh) out. I didn’t even try to play it with the 3rd.… --- ## [Where in the World, my super nerdy geography game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-my-super-nerdy-geography-game/654034)
**Author:** [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-my-super-nerdy-geography-game/654034 "2013-03-29T00:45:24Z")
How to play Where in the World. Go to www.mapcrunch.com. Select “all” countries. Select the “stealth” option, which hides all location information. Hit Go! Where are you? Read any signage. The alphabet is one clue… --- ## [Game review: TripleTown.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-review-tripletown/654178)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-review-tripletown/654178 "2013-03-28T17:16:15Z")
For 5.99 on Steam, you can get one of the most addicting games I’ve played in the last few years. I started TripleTown about 2 hours ago and wondered, the next time I looked at hte clock, where the last two hours went. … --- ## [Z-type. Best flash game I've seen for ages!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258 "2013-03-27T17:27:22Z")
The better a typist you are, the better you’ll be at this game. Nice soundtrack too! --- ## [Questions about darts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-darts/653175)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-darts/653175 "2013-03-27T13:36:14Z")
As a generally ignorant American, I’ve been enjoying watching the world cup of Darts on ESPN. I have a few questions for those of you who actually know what’s going on: (1) Do those guys actually do all multiplication a… --- ## [Who Holds the Record for Most Consecutive Wins Followed by Most Consecutive Losses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-holds-the-record-for-most-consecutive-wins-followed-by-most-consecutive-losses/653170)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-holds-the-record-for-most-consecutive-wins-followed-by-most-consecutive-losses/653170 "2013-03-27T00:58:01Z")
Or most consecutive losses followed by wins. Out of The NBA,MLB,NHL,NFL College Football FBS or College Basketball DIV I --- ## [Do Tabletop RPGs Ever Involve Sex, And If So, How Do They Handle It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-tabletop-rpgs-ever-involve-sex-and-if-so-how-do-they-handle-it/653259)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-tabletop-rpgs-ever-involve-sex-and-if-so-how-do-they-handle-it/653259 "2013-03-26T20:08:00Z")
I don’t play tabletop RPGs, but I do roleplay in Second Life Gor during my free time. And there is sexual roleplay in Second Life Gor. I was writing an article in which I compared Out Of Character and In Character commen… --- ## [To Hell with Louisville and Patino.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-hell-with-louisville-and-patino/653601)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-hell-with-louisville-and-patino/653601 "2013-03-26T19:43:27Z")
So, as a #1 seed you laid a 31 point whooping on #16 seed NC A&T. You must be proud of your fine performance. Up by over 20 points you are pressing on every in-bounds. Up by 30 late in the second you are just trying to p… --- ## [Describe Your Perfect Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-perfect-game/653484)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-perfect-game/653484 "2013-03-26T19:04:41Z")
Imagine you have 200 million dollars that you could only spend on hiring a developer or developers to work on the game of your dreams. What would that game be like? How would you describe it to the developers. Would you… --- ## [Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assassins-creed-iv-black-flag/652021)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assassins-creed-iv-black-flag/652021 "2013-03-26T15:43:25Z")
After a poster of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed title was leaked, Ubisoft was forced to confirm the next installment earlier than they planned to. The new protagonist is Edward Kenway, a British privateer, Assassin, and … --- ## [You're Not Supposed To Win???? (Formula 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-supposed-to-win-formula-1/653855)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-supposed-to-win-formula-1/653855 "2013-03-26T05:23:01Z")
I know zero about car racing, so somebody help me out. I just heard an NBC sports break that had a short blurb about Vettel getting into trouble for beating Webber in a Formula 1 race in Malaysia. Apparently Webber was… --- ## [Why so few (concurrent, competitive) games that are FFA or have more than two teams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-concurrent-competitive-games-that-are-ffa-or-have-more-than-two-teams/653511)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-concurrent-competitive-games-that-are-ffa-or-have-more-than-two-teams/653511 "2013-03-26T00:26:21Z")
I’m using “concurrent” to mean “roughly real-time play.” You can come up with numerous examples of turn based card games (especially poker) otherwise. Though I am interested in why turn based games seem to allow it more … --- ## [NCAA basketball thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-basketball-thread/640546)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-basketball-thread/640546 "2013-03-25T21:45:22Z")
I know this isn’t a big basketball community, but this is a thread for the few of us who are into the college b-ball. As a Maryland fan, let me start with: fuck Kentucky! :smiley: Nah just kidding; the Terps put up a … --- ## [Seating for the Colorado Rockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seating-for-the-colorado-rockies/653574)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seating-for-the-colorado-rockies/653574 "2013-03-25T15:30:06Z")
So I will be in Denver in April and am thinking of taking in a Rockies game. Though I’ve been to many MLB parks I’ve never been to Coors Field and know nothing about where the best sightlines are, etc. Money is an obje… --- ## [Soccer/Association Football without heading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-association-football-without-heading/653513)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-association-football-without-heading/653513 "2013-03-25T14:11:46Z")
All right, you’re FIFA. Evidence is steadily growing that a lifetime of heading the ball is causing lasting cognitive impairment in your players, and heightening their risk of early-onset dementia. So what do you do? … --- ## [NNCAA/NIT - history of the tournaments question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nncaa-nit-history-of-the-tournaments-question/653487)
**Author:** [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nncaa-nit-history-of-the-tournaments-question/653487 "2013-03-25T14:09:34Z")
From some reading I’ve done, it seems like the NIT tournament used to attract the big schools, with the NCAA tournament getting the second tier schools. Now, of course, it’s the other way around. When did the switch beg… --- ## [Most Well-Known Person named . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192)
**Author:** [@Renifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renifer)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192 "2013-03-25T01:16:57Z")
Someone suggests a first name. Then the players try to determine who is the most well-known person with that name. Example: Erica. Someone would toss in the possibility author Erica Jong. Fictional examples can be … --- ## [Cricket: Australia dropped four of its players for not doing homework. What do you think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-australia-dropped-four-of-its-players-for-not-doing-homework-what-do-you-think/653085)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-australia-dropped-four-of-its-players-for-not-doing-homework-what-do-you-think/653085 "2013-03-24T05:53:10Z")
Everybody who follows cricket will already know what I’m talking about. For those who don’t or are generally curious, link. Gist being, Australia recently lost a test quite badly, and right after that dropped(‘cut’ for A… --- ## [How an elite racehorse travels by air](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-an-elite-racehorse-travels-by-air/653672)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-an-elite-racehorse-travels-by-air/653672 "2013-03-24T03:00:39Z")
Interesting stuff - and expensive!: http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/sport/air-travel-race-horse-flying-class/index.html?iid=article\_sidebar --- ## [Other schools to the new Big East](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-schools-to-the-new-big-east/653514)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-schools-to-the-new-big-east/653514 "2013-03-24T02:40:08Z")
Would they be interested in any of the following schools: URI George Washington Temple St. Joe’s Duquesne UMass --- ## [Mafia: Evil Dead III Commentary. Dead people only! NO SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-evil-dead-iii-commentary-dead-people-only-no-spoilers/650924)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-evil-dead-iii-commentary-dead-people-only-no-spoilers/650924 "2013-03-24T02:27:37Z")
Okay, I’m not spoiled (I don’t even know if there is a spoiler board somewhere) but despite my death and the fact that I hated 90% of the game, I’m still reading along. Because that’s the kind of masochistic kibbitzer I … --- ## [Great computer games that aren't shoot-em-ups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-computer-games-that-arent-shoot-em-ups/653471)
**Author:** [@SweetiePotato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetiePotato)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-computer-games-that-arent-shoot-em-ups/653471 "2013-03-23T22:22:52Z")
I know some of you can help me! I grew up playing Kings Quest, Day/Return of the Tentacle, Myst, Zork, etc. I’ve been out of the “gaming” world for quite a while, but, whenever I look into a new, engrossing computer ga… --- ## [Axis & Allies boardgame](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-allies-boardgame/648217)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-allies-boardgame/648217 "2013-01-28T18:50:08Z")
My wife wants to get me a new boardgame for my birthday - she’s never been a game player but my kids are finally old enough to start playing some interesting games (they are 6 and 8 and have learned to play games like ba… --- ## [Old 'Lemmings' PC game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-lemmings-pc-game/389969)
**Author:** [@AnnieChrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnieChrist)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-lemmings-pc-game/389969 "2013-03-23T18:47:27Z")
Does anyone remember playing Lemmings on the computer? I’m pretty sure that was the name. It was very low tech and relatively simple, but addicting. There were these little fellas who all had different skills related to … --- ## [What's the deal with Bo Ryan (Wisky) and the NCAA tournament?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-bo-ryan-wisky-and-the-ncaa-tournament/653698)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-bo-ryan-wisky-and-the-ncaa-tournament/653698 "2013-03-23T15:31:17Z")
If my calculations are correct: 11 seasons and 11 tournament bids. Tournament record 15-11. 57% Only twice in that time was Wisky lower than an 8 seed. No championships, no Final Fours, one Elite 8. Bounce… --- ## [Anyone playing Minecraft anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761 "2013-03-23T03:18:37Z")
We just got Minecraft the other day. I can see that this will be a humongous time suck. There have been several threads, such as this one, but not much activity in the last few months. I just had a pretty intense mini… --- ## [Suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions/653617)
**Author:** [@angeleyes612](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angeleyes612)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions/653617 "2013-03-22T15:33:55Z")
My husband has recently discovered how awesome i am at games and we are looking for some good co-op games that we could play together. We are currently playing Borderlands 2 but nearing the end. Also, we just finished Fe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=301) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=303)