# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=321 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 322 --- ## [Anyone else here participate in Dagorhir?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-participate-in-dagorhir/641300)
**Author:** [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-participate-in-dagorhir/641300 "2012-11-23T03:21:10Z")
Note to Mods: Dagorhir is a sport, that’s why I started this here. Doing a search, I see there were some who participated in Dagorhir quite a while ago. I think there are still some folks here who do SCA? (I’d like … --- ## [Oh merciful gods! Wing Commander Designer Making new, high end PC exclusive Space Sim!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335 "2012-11-23T02:57:41Z")
Chris Roberts, lead dev on the Wing Commander Series and involved in severla other Space flight sims is working on a PC exclusive Space Sim with modern PC hardware in mind: The plan is to have a persistent online worl… --- ## [Can someone explain The Walking Dead show + computer game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-walking-dead-show-computer-game/641851)
**Author:** [@Shooby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shooby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-walking-dead-show-computer-game/641851 "2012-11-23T02:17:22Z")
I’ve been recommended the Walking Dead both as a show and as a video game, and I now see that the video game is on sale on Steam. I realized now that I have no idea if the show and the video game cover the same material.… --- ## [Anyone remember what this childrens puzzle game series was called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-what-this-childrens-puzzle-game-series-was-called/641831)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-what-this-childrens-puzzle-game-series-was-called/641831 "2012-11-22T16:42:01Z")
I remember when I was a kid, I used to love this series of adventure puzzle books. They were in the kind of format of a Fighting Fantasy or Lone Wolf in that there were numberered paragraphs throughout the book, at the e… --- ## [Dean "Rocket" Hall reads here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dean-rocket-hall-reads-here/641760)
**Author:** [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dean-rocket-hall-reads-here/641760 "2012-11-21T21:03:21Z")
That is awesome, and interesting sucks he didn’t link it! --- ## [Grinnell (Iowa) sophomore scores 138 points in D-III basketball game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grinnell-iowa-sophomore-scores-138-points-in-d-iii-basketball-game/641689)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grinnell-iowa-sophomore-scores-138-points-in-d-iii-basketball-game/641689 "2012-11-21T17:10:17Z")
Holy crap. Jack Taylor went 52-108 from the floor, and sunk 27 triples, in a 179-104 victory over Faith Baptist Bible College. He himself scored 34 more points than the other team. Ok, so it’s D-III, but still pretty da… --- ## [NFL Week 11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-11/641423)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-11/641423 "2012-11-21T04:54:09Z")
TNF MIA @ BUF Sunday early CIN @ KC JAX @ HOU NYJ @ STL CLE @ DAL TB @ CAR ARI @ ATL GB @ DET PHI @ WAS Sunday late NO @ OAK SD @ DEN IND @ NE SNF BAL @ PIT MNF CHI @ SF --- ## [Dragon Age 2: Earbuds Not Working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-2-earbuds-not-working/641549)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-2-earbuds-not-working/641549 "2012-11-20T23:48:05Z")
I got a copy of Dragon Age 2 yesterday, with no problems (on DirectX 9.0 graphics). Just tried to continue my game, and the sound shuts down when I plug my earbuds into the laptop…no music, no dialogue, nothing. Everyth… --- ## [Towns, a Dwarf Fortress-like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/towns-a-dwarf-fortress-like/641250)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/towns-a-dwarf-fortress-like/641250 "2012-11-20T20:40:57Z")
I voted for Towns to be greenlit by Steam so I bought it while a couple bucks off. The GUI makes it much more user-friendly than DF and getting your citizens their first meal is easier. No plowing a field and waiting for… --- ## [Time Magazine's Top 100 games...what are your glaring omissions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazines-top-100-games-what-are-your-glaring-omissions/641193)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazines-top-100-games-what-are-your-glaring-omissions/641193 "2012-11-20T20:10:52Z")
Top 100 list here, spanning the 1970’s until today: Best Video Games | Best Video Games of ALL-TIME | TIME.com Since they include games from all platforms, I’d start with Battlefield 1942, Skyrim and Fallout 3 as glarin… --- ## [Will the Big 10-4 be the first conference with a theme song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-big-10-4-be-the-first-conference-with-a-theme-song/641615)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-big-10-4-be-the-first-conference-with-a-theme-song/641615 "2012-11-20T15:28:23Z")
I’m thinking something along the lines of this. --- ## [petition to the White House on baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-the-white-house-on-baseball/641025)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-the-white-house-on-baseball/641025 "2012-11-20T14:51:47Z")
It’s the middle of the night here in Kabul and I can’t sleep, so I did what anyone would do, I created a petition on the White House’s website to request that the president not wear a White Sox hat whilst engaged in the … --- ## [What's it worth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-worth/641546)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-worth/641546 "2012-11-20T14:29:36Z")
We’re making a donation to a fund raiser this week. I just purchased a football which a well-known/successful NFL place kicker has offered to autograph. Does anyone have an idea as to what we should specify as an openi… --- ## [Why I like and dislike Assassin's Creed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-like-and-dislike-assassins-creed/639725)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-like-and-dislike-assassins-creed/639725 "2012-11-20T13:29:24Z")
I didn’t want to hijack the AC3 thread, so I decided to make my own to deal with this. I like Assassin’s Creed. And yet I really, really hate it. I’m not sure if I can sanely explain this, but I’ll try. I’m going to basi… --- ## [Why does Angry Birds need to know who I call?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-angry-birds-need-to-know-who-i-call/641556)
**Author:** [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-angry-birds-need-to-know-who-i-call/641556 "2012-11-20T12:57:33Z")
I was about to install Bad Piggies from Rovio on my phone when I noticed the list of permissions. Some I understand are necessary for the game to run, like permissions to write to disk, some are necessary for the advert… --- ## [Obrez: Mosin Nagant Pistol Conversion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obrez-mosin-nagant-pistol-conversion/472414)
**Author:** [@masterofnone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/masterofnone)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obrez-mosin-nagant-pistol-conversion/472414 "2012-11-19T23:47:36Z")
“When you need to put a fist sized hole in someone from \<10ft and set their clothes on fire at the same time, accept no substitute.” Holy Crap! Check out posts 15 and 16! Completely useless… but I do have a Mosin Naga… --- ## [GTA 5, Spring 2013!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gta-5-spring-2013/640995)
**Author:** [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gta-5-spring-2013/640995 "2012-11-19T22:50:14Z")
I was not-so-patiently awaiting the release of the newest GTA 5 trailer and I noticed that there isn’t a thread here for the game. The last one was around a year old. No big surprise, since the last trailer was a year … --- ## [McCown's Playing Ability](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccowns-playing-ability/641545)
**Author:** [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccowns-playing-ability/641545 "2012-11-19T22:37:31Z")
The Bears rehired McKeown, the back-up QB who was with them in training but not kept. Where has he been in the interim? Is there a training squad he could’ve been on? Was he playing semi-pro to keep in shape and ready… --- ## [Program for making custom environments and structures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-for-making-custom-environments-and-structures/641473)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-for-making-custom-environments-and-structures/641473 "2012-11-19T19:06:36Z")
Occasionally I like to create plans for things - my bedroom to decide on furniture arrangements, or maps from fictional novels or TV shows for fun. I typically do them in 2D in Illustrator because that’s what Im familiar… --- ## ["Teams in the Toilet" - The 0-16 NFL Season Thread (2012 ed.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teams-in-the-toilet-the-0-16-nfl-season-thread-2012-ed/634898)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teams-in-the-toilet-the-0-16-nfl-season-thread-2012-ed/634898 "2012-11-19T16:48:28Z")
Getting a bit of a late start this season, sorry. At least it lets slightly less-worse teams get out of the running before we even begin. The goal here is to buckle down and go perfect, just like the old Bucs and the rec… --- ## [Scrabble on facebook. What do you think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-on-facebook-what-do-you-think/640962)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-on-facebook-what-do-you-think/640962 "2012-11-19T16:44:43Z")
Doesn’t seem to enforce any kind of dictionary on the words you can use, and I don’t see any method to challenge a word. --- ## [Boxing Gloves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-gloves/641298)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-gloves/641298 "2012-11-19T16:28:30Z")
To clear up some confusion seen in this thread about the ‘Kid Gloves’ phrase. Boxing gloves were intended to protect the face of the boxer being hit, not the hands of the boxer throwing the punch. The gloves spread the i… --- ## [Astronomy sim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-sim/641474)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-sim/641474 "2012-11-19T04:42:00Z")
Looking for an astronomy simulation that does more than orbits - that can do for example, impact events, and custom bodies. Is there such a thing? --- ## [Skyrim: HTF do you apply a perk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyrim-htf-do-you-apply-a-perk/641227)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyrim-htf-do-you-apply-a-perk/641227 "2012-11-19T01:20:41Z")
I am not a very experienced gamer, but I got Skyrim on my PC recently and have been playing for a few days. I have even leveled up a couple of times and been granted a “perk”. The trouble is I can’t figure out what I am … --- ## [Sabermetrics outside of baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabermetrics-outside-of-baseball/641424)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabermetrics-outside-of-baseball/641424 "2012-11-18T23:05:12Z")
One of the big changes in baseball recently is the increased use of sabermetrics by both teams and the media. One thing that puzzles me is that you don’t nearly hear as much about these “new style” statistics in other s… --- ## [Super Monsters Ate My Condo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-monsters-ate-my-condo/641445)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-monsters-ate-my-condo/641445 "2012-11-18T22:04:46Z")
This game is silly, simple, and vaguely racist, and I cannot stop playing it. Broke a billion points. I consider that quite possibly the third greatest accomplishment of my life. If you have an iDevice, get it. NOW. … --- ## [Formula 1 Practice Sessions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-practice-sessions/641165)
**Author:** [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-practice-sessions/641165 "2012-11-18T20:42:59Z")
I am going to my first Formula 1 practice session tomorrow (I’ve never even seen it on TV) and I may not be able to make the first session. Do drivers generally practice on both sessions or do they choose one? Are the… --- ## [Rocksmith](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocksmith/641414)
**Author:** [@AussieDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AussieDog)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocksmith/641414 "2012-11-18T20:16:33Z")
I’m curious to know if anyone else is playing this game and what your thoughts might be. In short Rocksmith is guitar type game using a real six string guitar. I’ve had it installed for couple of weeks and my guitar pl… --- ## [Mike Ditka Suffers Stroke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-suffers-stroke/641280)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-suffers-stroke/641280 "2012-11-18T19:06:49Z")
Mike Ditka Suffers Stroke: REPORTS | HuffPost Sports --- ## [Wii U Friend List exhange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-u-friend-list-exhange/641429)
**Author:** [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-u-friend-list-exhange/641429 "2012-11-18T18:28:53Z")
Got mine this morning! I’m “Sarabellum” on the Nintendo Network - any other Dopers joining the MiiVerse today? :slight\_smile: Post your NN name in this thread! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=320) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=322)