# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=347 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 348 --- ## [Books about football](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-football/625099)
**Author:** [@Mithril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithril)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-football/625099 "2012-06-24T02:13:57Z")
I am currently reading The Blind Side, about Michael Oher’s high school years. It is teaching me a lot about left tackle, the West Coast offense, and Lawrence Taylor (what a jerk!). Does anybody know of any other highl… --- ## [Doom 3 experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doom-3-experience/625460)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doom-3-experience/625460 "2012-06-24T00:41:21Z")
OK, I love Doom 3. Its very scary…BUT… I have an Envision monitor and a lot of the areas are too dark for me to see. Is it my standard PC monitor? I have turned the brightness up to 100 but it has not helped.Do any of y… --- ## [Google Maps on the NES](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397 "2012-06-23T19:56:37Z")
A new service from Google, especially for fans of Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest. Here is the introductory video. Go to Google Maps and click on “Start Your Quest” on the lower left, or choose the “Quest” option (next to Sa… --- ## [Mario Marathon 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mario-marathon-5/625930)
**Author:** [@Rubixcube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubixcube)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mario-marathon-5/625930 "2012-06-23T14:17:12Z")
Just thought I’d spread the word about the event. Today at 11 A.M. EST the 5th Mario Marathon event begins. It’s a charity event where a group of people live stream the Mario series. Each level is given a set value and w… --- ## [Dodger jersey at Angel game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodger-jersey-at-angel-game/625923)
**Author:** [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodger-jersey-at-angel-game/625923 "2012-06-23T11:56:44Z")
I am going to the Dodgers vs Angels game this Saturday in Anaheim and I am wondering how appropriate will it be if I decide to wear a Dodger jersey to the game. How many Dodger fans will there be in Anaheim this weekend? … --- ## [Diablo3 - Go hardcore or go home!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo3-go-hardcore-or-go-home/622296)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo3-go-hardcore-or-go-home/622296 "2012-06-23T02:39:55Z")
Greetings, Cecil’s Minions, In light of the recent glut of Diablo3 threads, perhaps this is not worthy of its own thread, but I’ll leave that for the mods to decide. Anyway, I have seen a few threads of people posting … --- ## [Cricket- Danish Kaneria Found Guilty Of Spot Fixing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-danish-kaneria-found-guilty-of-spot-fixing/625932)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-danish-kaneria-found-guilty-of-spot-fixing/625932 "2012-06-23T01:29:55Z")
Story here. I hope he gets a long time away from playing cricket. --- ## [A HoF to accomodate steroid users](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hof-to-accomodate-steroid-users/625962)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hof-to-accomodate-steroid-users/625962 "2012-06-22T23:14:47Z")
Given the degree of philosophical disagreement over steroid use, I have some alternatives to the tradition induction/announcement/enshrinement methods long in use How about we create a ballot that separates what the pla… --- ## [Worlds of Ultima games - free at GoG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-of-ultima-games-free-at-gog/625630)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-of-ultima-games-free-at-gog/625630 "2012-06-22T19:34:21Z")
Good 'Ol Games - gog.com - is holding their summer sale starting today (6/19). Every day they’re discounting a couple of games based on reader votes. Link But! The Real News is that they’re giving away two Ultima games,… --- ## [Roger Clemens Verdict is In: Not Guilty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-clemens-verdict-is-in-not-guilty/625566)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-clemens-verdict-is-in-not-guilty/625566 "2012-06-22T19:19:20Z")
Roger Clemens found not guilty on all counts: I must say, I am surprised. I thought they had a lot of damning evidence and testimony. --- ## [Dope of the Dead RPG: Setup Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-of-the-dead-rpg-setup-thread/624881)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-of-the-dead-rpg-setup-thread/624881 "2012-06-22T18:13:28Z")
Hi guys! As you may have noticed, it’s summer! Summer is a time of chaos. Between work and friends, I can not make my regularly scheduled Dungeons and Dopers session on Skype. But I still have free time. It’s just broken… --- ## [Civilization V Update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-v-update/625410)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-v-update/625410 "2012-06-22T02:01:20Z")
Over the weekend there was a patch released for Civ V. Yet again a total fuck up. The turns are taking far longer. It is next to impossible to use an arrow key to move between cities. Trying to queue building projects i… --- ## [Help me spool a fishing reel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-spool-a-fishing-reel/624825)
**Author:** [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-spool-a-fishing-reel/624825 "2012-06-21T18:34:19Z")
I’m just getting into fishing, and the nice man at the store politely pointed gullible old me into dropping $250 on a sweet ass rod and reel setup. I’m a total amateur, but it seemed like a good investment. Anyway, I th… --- ## [How Would You Implement Fog of War On a Tabletop Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-implement-fog-of-war-on-a-tabletop-game/625636)
**Author:** [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-implement-fog-of-war-on-a-tabletop-game/625636 "2012-06-21T18:33:01Z")
What it says on the title. Of course, there’s Battleship, but the setup phase happens once at the beginning of each skirmish and after that it’s just down to trying to blow each other up. Would it be at all possible to… --- ## [Cricket: what is a "test match"? a "friendly"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-what-is-a-test-match-a-friendly/623435)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-what-is-a-test-match-a-friendly/623435 "2012-06-21T18:15:46Z")
I’ve seen both these terms used in cricket discussions. What do they mean? Plus, what’s “leg before wicket”? (my knowledge of cricket is pretty much limited to extensive researches into P.G. Wodehouse, supplemented by… --- ## [what does pine tar do for pitchers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pine-tar-do-for-pitchers/625752)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pine-tar-do-for-pitchers/625752 "2012-06-21T15:38:06Z")
I was at the Nats’ game last night when Tampa Bay’s relief pitcher was ejected for having pine tar in his glove. What advantage is pine tar supposed to convey to pitchers? I assume the pitcher puts it on the ball, but… --- ## [Pole Vaulting records](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-vaulting-records/625813)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-vaulting-records/625813 "2012-06-21T09:55:41Z")
Has the study referenced in this comment ever actually been published? A quick google search didn’t turn it up, but I might have been looking for the wrong thing. --- ## [Does FO:NV share the same lockup bugs as FO3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fo-nv-share-the-same-lockup-bugs-as-fo3/625814)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fo-nv-share-the-same-lockup-bugs-as-fo3/625814 "2012-06-21T09:39:41Z")
Started playing Fallout 3 the other day. Tired of the freeze/lock up bugs that force me to hard close the program from task manager. Tried the core throttling “fix” in the .ini but it didn’t work for me. Does New Vega… --- ## [Info on history RPGs for the classroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-history-rpgs-for-the-classroom/625472)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-history-rpgs-for-the-classroom/625472 "2012-06-21T00:47:48Z")
I don’t have many fond memories of primary school. But one thing stood out: I always had great history teachers. One private school I attended had games as an integral part of our history classes, which I would later re… --- ## [What football (soccer) video game should I get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-football-soccer-video-game-should-i-get/625703)
**Author:** [@silverfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silverfish)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-football-soccer-video-game-should-i-get/625703 "2012-06-20T23:41:24Z")
I am a casual football watcher. I have been getting into football more recently, and I’ve been watching much of EURO 2012, for example. Anyway, I’m interested in getting a football video game, but I’m not sure what to ge… --- ## [Bleacher Report Articles: Speeding up the process](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleacher-report-articles-speeding-up-the-process/625504)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleacher-report-articles-speeding-up-the-process/625504 "2012-06-20T17:21:27Z")
Over the past few weeks I have enjoyed the majority of the articles at B/R Bleacher Report College Football with one exception: waiting for pages to load seems to become a major hassle. But I figured a way around that is… --- ## [Playing Civ II game for 10 years!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-civ-ii-game-for-10-years/625124)
**Author:** [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-civ-ii-game-for-10-years/625124 "2012-06-20T13:58:15Z")
Read this today and thought that I’d share it. Apparently, this guy posted on Redditthat he has been playing the same Civilization II game for 10 years, not full-time but as a time killer. He is at almost 4000 AD and ha… --- ## [Portal mods reveiw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-mods-reveiw/625594)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-mods-reveiw/625594 "2012-06-20T13:42:24Z")
A while back I did this for various Half Life 2 mods. I thought some people might be interested in this. Note: Score is based on how often I cheated and or looked up the solution. I tell you truthfully that I’m not a ver… --- ## [David Stern v. Jim Rome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-stern-v-jim-rome/625082)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-stern-v-jim-rome/625082 "2012-06-20T11:35:10Z")
NBA commissioner Stern was a guest on Rome’s radio show today, and Rome asked him if the draft lottery was fixed. Now, this is a question that many people have asked since the lottery because of the circumstances (the Ne… --- ## [Any nuclear war/ww3 based strategy games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-nuclear-war-ww3-based-strategy-games/445220)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-nuclear-war-ww3-based-strategy-games/445220 "2012-06-20T07:09:56Z")
I know there are nuclear war elements in Civilisation II but that is only a small feature of the game. Are there other strategy games that focus on nuclear war? --- ## [Amatuer Chess Slice n' Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amatuer-chess-slice-n-dice/625635)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amatuer-chess-slice-n-dice/625635 "2012-06-19T21:51:05Z")
I’ve chosen a game I won because I think I learn bad habits when I win. If I lose, I tend to analyze for poor moves, but when I win, I tend to think I did something right, when I may have just gotten away with poor moves… --- ## [Famous chess games for human chess game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-chess-games-for-human-chess-game/625397)
**Author:** [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-chess-games-for-human-chess-game/625397 "2012-06-19T20:57:59Z")
A friend of mine is putting on a human chess match as a performance. He’s recruiting stage combat types (we live in a good location for that) to choreograph the fights ahead of time, and so he has to have a particular c… --- ## [Trying to remember an online game some Dopers were playing a year ago.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-an-online-game-some-dopers-were-playing-a-year-ago/617311)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-an-online-game-some-dopers-were-playing-a-year-ago/617311 "2012-06-19T16:02:36Z")
Browser-based RPG and the levels end with the player going down a hole. Any ideas of the name and where I can find it? --- ## [Is the scoring system in boxing broke as hell or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-scoring-system-in-boxing-broke-as-hell-or-what/624716)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-scoring-system-in-boxing-broke-as-hell-or-what/624716 "2012-06-19T13:43:10Z")
By all accounts, except for 2 of the 3 ring side judges, Pac easily beat Bradley last night. And when he fought Marquez most people thought he clearly lost but the ringside judges didn’t see it that way. Is there any… --- ## [US Open thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/625122)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/625122 "2012-06-19T11:09:57Z")
I’m kind of psyched about that 14 year old kid-Andy Zhang-who managed to get in by being an alternate when another player withdrew. Amazing Golf Factoid of the Year: there currently isn’t a single male player 35 or youn… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=346) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=348)