# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=333 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 334 --- ## [PSVita owners here? Some good stuff this last week.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psvita-owners-here-some-good-stuff-this-last-week/633772)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psvita-owners-here-some-good-stuff-this-last-week/633772 "2012-09-06T19:34:45Z")
I don’t know how many people here own Vitas or not but wanted to post some love we got this last week. We can finally play PS One games on them, so you can get Final Fantasy 1-9 to play on your Vita, as well as a bunch … --- ## [I'm getting exiled to Pliocene Europe, and I'm bringing....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-exiled-to-pliocene-europe-and-im-bringing/633256)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-exiled-to-pliocene-europe-and-im-bringing/633256 "2012-09-06T14:10:42Z")
Ever play that car/bus game “Going on a Picnic” as a kid? You say “I’m going on a picnic, and I’m bringing…” and name something you’d bring on a picnic starting with the letter A (“apples”). The next person then has to… --- ## [Jets/Giants? Mets/Yankees? Islanders/Rangers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jets-giants-mets-yankees-islanders-rangers/449733)
**Author:** [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jets-giants-mets-yankees-islanders-rangers/449733 "2012-09-06T08:22:19Z")
How do New Yorkers decide which teams they root for? Is it fairly evenly divided by burrow? Do you simply root for the teams that your family raises you to root for? New Yorkers, which teams do you root for? --- ## [New ideas on frequent athletetic injuries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ideas-on-frequent-athletetic-injuries/633803)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ideas-on-frequent-athletetic-injuries/633803 "2012-09-06T04:43:58Z")
Why, when I was a kid, major leaguers didn’t take off from the season for a “strained oblique.” Hell, we didn’t even know what an oblique was. Nor did they take off for “sore calf,” or any of a myriad of little maladie… --- ## [Faster in 100 meter race & 200 meter race. Runner or bicyclist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faster-in-100-meter-race-200-meter-race-runner-or-bicyclist/633564)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faster-in-100-meter-race-200-meter-race-runner-or-bicyclist/633564 "2012-09-06T00:40:50Z")
Assume a standing start. Humans standing up and bicyclist perched on seat with one foot on ground. Any chance for bicyclist to overtake runners in 100 meter race? How about 200 meters? --- ## [The (Southern Hemisphere) Rugby Championship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-southern-hemisphere-rugby-championship/633805)
**Author:** [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-southern-hemisphere-rugby-championship/633805 "2012-09-05T22:54:21Z")
TheRugby Championshipis the new name for the old Tri-Nations (which was certainly in need of a tune-up), now that Argentina has joined the competition. Round 3 is on this weekend with New Zealand hosting Argentina and A… --- ## [Tennis - why do receivers have feet so far apart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-why-do-receivers-have-feet-so-far-apart/633486)
**Author:** [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-why-do-receivers-have-feet-so-far-apart/633486 "2012-09-05T11:26:20Z")
Just watching a bit of the ladies in the US open, it strikes me that on serve the receivers all have their feet wide apart. I would have thought that to be prepared to take a serve wide to the forehand or backhand, the b… --- ## [What do you say to someone as they go off to play golf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-say-to-someone-as-they-go-off-to-play-golf/633441)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-say-to-someone-as-they-go-off-to-play-golf/633441 "2012-09-05T01:17:23Z")
I work at a hotel that is near a golf course. We often have guests who visit specifically to golf, but I work the graveyard shift so I rarely see them on their way to or returning from the course. I had a guy call last… --- ## [Do we have a DDO (D&D Online) guild?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-ddo-d-d-online-guild/633572)
**Author:** [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-ddo-d-d-online-guild/633572 "2012-09-05T00:35:39Z")
I’ve recently gone back to Turbine’s now free-to-play Dungeons and Dragons Online game. They seem to have done a good job in fixing the rough points from their launch several years ago (mostly that pen & paper rules a… --- ## [Fantasy football preseason general discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-preseason-general-discussion/627112)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-preseason-general-discussion/627112 "2012-09-04T22:20:34Z")
Fantasy football season is just around the corner, so let’s use this as a general discussion thread. Recruiting is fine, discussion of specific leagues before their specific threads open is fine, debating the value of pl… --- ## [Diablo 2 Sorc Build Advice Sought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-2-sorc-build-advice-sought/633683)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-2-sorc-build-advice-sought/633683 "2012-09-04T21:30:29Z")
Hi. My friend and I are going back and playing Diablo 2. I am playing a Sorc. We will only be playing through Normal. Unfortunately almost all of the build guides assume that you will be playing in Nightmare and Hell wit… --- ## [What is this kids toy that I keep seeing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-kids-toy-that-i-keep-seeing/633644)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-kids-toy-that-i-keep-seeing/633644 "2012-09-04T20:22:10Z")
Not sure what forum to put this in, but this seems as good as any. I saw several kids yesterday playing with what I presume is a toy. It looks like a laptop, but is a lot smaller. The part that would have a display has … --- ## [Question about the NFL and TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-nfl-and-tv/632714)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-nfl-and-tv/632714 "2012-09-04T20:20:28Z")
Is there a web site that can tell me what games will air in which markets over the course of the season? I know about the506.com but that doesn’t seem to be updated yet and the schedule on the web site for CBS in New Yor… --- ## [Mike & Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-mike/633045)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-mike/633045 "2012-09-04T20:06:03Z")
It has aired 10-1 the last couple of days. Is it live, or on tape? Was it displaced by tennis? --- ## [Really, really basic baseball question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-basic-baseball-question/633654)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-basic-baseball-question/633654 "2012-09-04T17:39:16Z")
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a late convert to baseball and didn’t start following it until the Nats came to DC in 2005. So there are these weird gaps in my knowledge. Can someone please explain in simple terms what c… --- ## [Spec Ops: The Line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spec-ops-the-line/633187)
**Author:** [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spec-ops-the-line/633187 "2012-09-04T15:37:20Z")
After seeing Extra Credits send up this game, I bit the bullet, paid the $50 on Steam, and gave it a play-through. Links to their vids at the end of the post. Anyway, it’s pretty awesome. The gameplay is sluggish, to … --- ## [Mat on sidelines of football games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mat-on-sidelines-of-football-games/633643)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mat-on-sidelines-of-football-games/633643 "2012-09-04T15:32:32Z")
Saturday, I watched a couple of college football games, and I saw something I don’t recall seeing before. On the sideline, there was a mat with ten spots, numbered 1-10 and arranged in two rows of five. It almost looke… --- ## [Play Pac-Man in your browser.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-pac-man-in-your-browser/633386)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-pac-man-in-your-browser/633386 "2012-09-04T14:56:16Z")
Yep. Get the fever. (Might require a non-MSIE browser, like Firefox or Chrome or Safari or Konqueror.) It’s not just Pac-Man, either; the menu has Pac-Man, Ms Pac-Man, Crazy Otto, and Cookie Man. Here is the source cod… --- ## [College Football 2012--Week 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2012-week-1/633319)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2012-week-1/633319 "2012-09-04T02:59:45Z")
Didn’t see a thread, so figured I’d start one. Missed the SC-Vandy game last night, as I was doing my fantasy draft, but Michigan State-Boise State is on now, also Tennessee against…somebody on another channel. Tomorro… --- ## [What video game will you never get tired of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-video-game-will-you-never-get-tired-of/632580)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-video-game-will-you-never-get-tired-of/632580 "2012-09-03T21:27:42Z")
Which game will you most likely come back to occasionally for the rest of your life? I’d like to limit it to one game, otherwise it’s too tempting to just list all your favorite games, which isn’t what I’m looking for h… --- ## [Battlefield 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-3/600591)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 447\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-3/600591 "2012-09-03T19:00:52Z")
Alright sons, let’s get this thread started. The longest of the trailers: Fault line Caspian Border multiplayer gameplay with vehicles Thunder Run, a tank mission. And their pretty badass Live action/gameplaycommerci… --- ## [Anyone know of a free customizable offline fantasy football draft app?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-a-free-customizable-offline-fantasy-football-draft-app/633526)
**Author:** [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-a-free-customizable-offline-fantasy-football-draft-app/633526 "2012-09-03T05:54:08Z")
Yahoo slots are full at the times we wanted? Thanks in advance. --- ## [Galactic Civilizations 2 question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactic-civilizations-2-question/633496)
**Author:** [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactic-civilizations-2-question/633496 "2012-09-02T23:46:15Z")
Recently picked up this killer game. I decided to also cheat - on some of my games - I prefer to start with all technologies to emulate what a real colonization might be like for an established civilization instead of o… --- ## [Suggest some pre-Gretzky era hockey books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pre-gretzky-era-hockey-books/633301)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pre-gretzky-era-hockey-books/633301 "2012-09-02T01:10:07Z")
Pretty simple, since we may or may not have a season, I’m looking to read some books on the NHL or organized hockey from the beginnings up until around the start of the Gretzky era. Here are a few topics I’m interested … --- ## [2 Player Online Game Suggestions - XBox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-player-online-game-suggestions-xbox/631708)
**Author:** [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-player-online-game-suggestions-xbox/631708 "2012-08-22T04:53:39Z")
Here’s the story. I’m away from home a lot, so I bought an Xbox so I can play online with my son. We like doing things together more than against each other (mainly because he is infinitely better than me). Our main game… --- ## [Know Any Reputable Sellers of "Game-Used" Memorabilia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-reputable-sellers-of-game-used-memorabilia/633309)
**Author:** [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-reputable-sellers-of-game-used-memorabilia/633309 "2012-09-01T17:45:25Z")
I’ve noticed,as I’m sure many of you guys have,that they’ve got a lot of “game-used” sports memorabilia on the market these days,and I was thinking about maybe buying some.However,I wanted to do some research before I to… --- ## [NFL Q? Can a college player choose which team he wants to play for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-q-can-a-college-player-choose-which-team-he-wants-to-play-for/632976)
**Author:** [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-q-can-a-college-player-choose-which-team-he-wants-to-play-for/632976 "2012-09-01T17:03:53Z")
I just caught a few minutes of this E:60 program on ESPN highlighting Calvin Johnson. He grew up near Atlanta, GA, and the show said that, despite several college scholarship offers from bigger football schools, he chos… --- ## [MLB: August 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2012/630071)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 427\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2012, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2012/630071 "2012-09-01T09:59:32Z")
Ugh, the Indians are melting down right now. There was talk of them making a move for Carlos Quentin because they desperately need a RHB, but no dice. And their starting pitching has been lousy the last couple of weeks… --- ## [3DS XL - Anyone planning on getting one this weekend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3ds-xl-anyone-planning-on-getting-one-this-weekend/631607)
**Author:** [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2012, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3ds-xl-anyone-planning-on-getting-one-this-weekend/631607 "2012-09-01T08:42:43Z")
So the long-awaited XL version of the 3DS is coming out this Sunday, along with New Super Mario Bros. 2. The XL has a 90% bigger screen, improved battery life, better 3D viewing angle, and retails for $199.99. NSMB2 wi… --- ## [What to look out for in this year's NFL season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-look-out-for-in-this-years-nfl-season/633250)
**Author:** [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-look-out-for-in-this-years-nfl-season/633250 "2012-08-31T21:35:04Z")
I’m a Swedish football fan so even though I read nfl.com regurarly and sometimes si.com/nfl and so on, I’m not exactly in the middle of the NFL buzz here. I love the game as it is, but the season is more entertaining if… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=332) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=334)