# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=355 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 356 --- ## [Mass Effect 3 (and 2, I guess) should I buy it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-3-and-2-i-guess-should-i-buy-it/619847)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-3-and-2-i-guess-should-i-buy-it/619847 "2012-04-28T01:00:28Z")
Mass Effect 3 is available right now from Amazon for $29.99. I have heard some talk about the ending being a disappointment. Aside from that, what did everyone think of the game? As a lover of Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, … --- ## [SDMB Shadowrun campaign, New World Orders - players only!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shadowrun-campaign-new-world-orders-players-only/613501)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 399\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shadowrun-campaign-new-world-orders-players-only/613501 "2012-04-27T22:35:27Z")
This thread is for players in the Shadowrun campaign, which is titled “New World Orders” The players and characters are: Hoopy Frood - Goethe (alias) ork combat Shadowrunner Mahaloth - Seneth Keluszon, human mage Jul… --- ## [internet address wanted \[for complete football player list\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-address-wanted-for-complete-football-player-list/619954)
**Author:** [@steveo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steveo1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-address-wanted-for-complete-football-player-list/619954 "2012-04-27T17:17:58Z")
This goes out to those sports fans amongst us. I’ve tried to find a website that would have the complete NFL payer register, that is, the names of all the players who have played in the NFL It has to exist somewhere, b… --- ## [Torchlight 2 Pre-Purchase @ Steam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torchlight-2-pre-purchase-steam/620035)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torchlight-2-pre-purchase-steam/620035 "2012-04-27T16:53:37Z")
It’s up with a release that says “Summer 2012”. Pre-purchase and get a free copy of the original Torchlight that can be gifted if one already has it. My free copy has already been gifted to my better half. --- ## [Steamrolling the Catcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steamrolling-the-catcher/619936)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steamrolling-the-catcher/619936 "2012-04-27T04:49:19Z")
In baseball it is legal for the guy running home to plow into the catcher with all his force to try and get him to drop the ball, as long as the catcher is blocking the plate. It is perfectly legal. It is also extremel… --- ## [Was Metta World Peace's elbow to Harden's head accidental or deliberate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-metta-world-peaces-elbow-to-hardens-head-accidental-or-deliberate/619866)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-metta-world-peaces-elbow-to-hardens-head-accidental-or-deliberate/619866 "2012-04-27T02:06:18Z")
Here’s the video. It’s so over the top flagrant you have to wonder if it really was just an accident. Accident or deliberate? Video here --- ## [Baseball questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-questions/620057)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-questions/620057 "2012-04-26T23:48:53Z")
What is a national crosschecker? In Japanese baseball, what is the “distribution draft?” Anyone know the story behind Astros minor leaguer Steve Martin, who was born in Swaziland? Thanks. --- ## [SDMB 2012 NFL Mock Draft!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-nfl-mock-draft/619337)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 299\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-nfl-mock-draft/619337 "2012-04-26T22:33:42Z")
It’s time to begin the SDMB NFL Mock Draft where we are going to let out inner Kiper and Mayocks out. Each Doper who volunteered in the Recruitment Thread has been assigned a few teams for which they will act as the GM i… --- ## [NFL: The Timmy T Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-the-timmy-t-poll/619969)
**Author:** [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-the-timmy-t-poll/619969 "2012-04-26T20:42:27Z")
Bad news, NFL fan — after an investigation found your favorite team in violation of an obscure rule mandating a minimum number of alliteratively-named white guys with douchey hair, Roger Goodell has decreed that one of t… --- ## [Greg Runser, former baseball player question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-runser-former-baseball-player-question/619177)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-runser-former-baseball-player-question/619177 "2012-04-26T18:42:15Z")
Here’s a question I’m not sure anyone is going to be able to answer. It’s about former minor leaguer Greg Runser. Greg Runser was a promising young prospect in the Texas Rangers minor league system. He led the league in… --- ## [The Jonesin' Feud - Random Stuff \[game over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonesin-feud-random-stuff-game-over/619115)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonesin-feud-random-stuff-game-over/619115 "2012-04-26T18:07:33Z")
Object of the game: Give the most popular answer for each category. Rules: No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system. Formatting rules must be followed (see below). Joke answers will not be … --- ## [2012 NFL Pre-Draft Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-pre-draft-discussion/612215)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 967\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-pre-draft-discussion/612215 "2012-04-26T12:18:38Z")
The Super Bowl is over and for most of us the hangover has mostly subsided. I’m sure many of you share this empty and bleak feeling I have staring at the prospect of 6 months without football. It’s time to try and somewh… --- ## [Diablo 3 Open Beta weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-open-beta-weekend/619384)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-open-beta-weekend/619384 "2012-04-25T06:39:14Z")
Diablo 3 will be available for all this weekend in an open beta stress test. So if you wanted to preview the game to decide whether or not to get it, you can try it starting in about a half hour, going through until Mond… --- ## [NBA on Roku](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-on-roku/619818)
**Author:** [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-on-roku/619818 "2012-04-24T16:57:15Z")
Is anybody watching NBA on Roku? I have a questions about it. Thanks. --- ## [Arkansas hires John L Smith as interim coach. Very smart move to!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-hires-john-l-smith-as-interim-coach-very-smart-move-to/619745)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-hires-john-l-smith-as-interim-coach-very-smart-move-to/619745 "2012-04-24T16:26:13Z")
Who is John L Smith you ask? Then in a bizarre twist of fate Smith became Petrino’s assistant at Arkansas for awhile. He left last year for another head coach job. Brilliant hire!!! :smiley: This is the one guy with … --- ## [Question Re: Super Bowl Box Pools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-super-bowl-box-pools/610617)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-super-bowl-box-pools/610617 "2012-04-23T18:34:07Z")
A simple question: We all know that when setting up a box pool, you don’t draw the numbers until the grid is filled in. However, when I brought the chart I made for our office pool into work this morning, one person crie… --- ## [New mobile game addiction..."Swiped" Bejeweled WAY better!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mobile-game-addiction-swiped-bejeweled-way-better/619674)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mobile-game-addiction-swiped-bejeweled-way-better/619674 "2012-04-23T15:07:47Z")
Help! I can’t stop myself! I’m obsessed! This is the game I always wanted Bejeweled to be! --- ## [Philip Humber of the White Sox throws a perfect game!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-humber-of-the-white-sox-throws-a-perfect-game/619544)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-humber-of-the-white-sox-throws-a-perfect-game/619544 "2012-04-23T14:25:50Z")
Congratulations to a pitcher who has bounced around, had Tommy John surgery and threw not only a perfect game but his first career complete game. I guess that sometimes you just get in the “zone”. I hope it doesn’t ruin… --- ## [Why do people react so harshly to negative reviews of games they like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-react-so-harshly-to-negative-reviews-of-games-they-like/619591)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-react-so-harshly-to-negative-reviews-of-games-they-like/619591 "2012-04-23T03:02:48Z")
I recently bought MLB the Show 12 for my PS3 after really enjoying it on my Vita. Well, I find the game almost unplayable due to uncompromising difficulty in virtually every mundane task even when set on the lowest diff… --- ## [What's with all the perfect games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-perfect-games/619573)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-perfect-games/619573 "2012-04-22T18:27:05Z")
A perfect game is one of the rarest achievments in baseball. There have been over 180,000 games in MLB since the National League was founded in 1876, and only 21 of them have been perfect. So doesn’t it seem odd that the… --- ## [Anno 2070 (PC) - worth $25?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anno-2070-pc-worth-25/619418)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anno-2070-pc-worth-25/619418 "2012-04-22T17:24:58Z")
It’s on sale from Gamefly this weekend for $24.99. Opinions? --- ## [Who wins 'Il Classico' Tomorrow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-il-classico-tomorrow/619415)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-il-classico-tomorrow/619415 "2012-04-22T17:20:47Z")
Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, arguably (and perhaps demonstrably) the two best teams in the world, will face each other again tomorrow. What’s interesting about this meeting is that both had poor performances mid-week a… --- ## [Sean Payton must report any contact with people NFL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-payton-must-report-any-contact-with-people-nfl/619388)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-payton-must-report-any-contact-with-people-nfl/619388 "2012-04-22T02:57:02Z")
If this is correct then it could be a problem for Payton to even work as a Game Analyst for tv. Usually they interview coaches for the pre-game show. I guess “he could” strictly work the broadcast booth, and make a poi… --- ## [Moneyball: I KNOW Billy Beane Is a Great GM, But...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moneyball-i-know-billy-beane-is-a-great-gm-but/597547)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moneyball-i-know-billy-beane-is-a-great-gm-but/597547 "2012-04-21T14:22:20Z")
Even though I’m not a serious, hardcore sabremetrician, I do respect and admire the great job Billy Beane did for many years. I have to say that up front because, inevitably, threads like this devolve into insult fests, … --- ## [Greatest sports team you've ever seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-team-youve-ever-seen/618808)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-team-youve-ever-seen/618808 "2012-04-20T22:12:47Z")
My nomination would be the 1980’s Gretzky-era Edmonton Oilers. If a team with such talent existed in either a big media center and/or in a sport with a higher profile, they’d still be talking about them today, but in th… --- ## [Slang for hit to third baseman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-for-hit-to-third-baseman/619284)
**Author:** [@Skott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skott)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-for-hit-to-third-baseman/619284 "2012-04-20T21:02:38Z")
Is there a slang term in baseball for the batter getting out by hitting the ball directly to the third baseman? --- ## [Basketball Coach Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-coach-question/619335)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-coach-question/619335 "2012-04-20T19:09:24Z")
I know there are Division I College Women’s Basketball teams coached by men, but are there any Division I College Men’s Basketball teams that are coached by women? And if the answer is no, why is that the case? --- ## [2012 NCAA March Madness (Men's) thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-ncaa-march-madness-mens-thread/615503)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-ncaa-march-madness-mens-thread/615503 "2012-04-20T15:14:54Z")
Here’s the bracket. Let’s get this discussion started with my obviously biased and possibly delusional prediction: Florida State wins the tournament after beating Duke in the Championship game. Final score: FSU 78 Du… --- ## [Who was this guy at Pax dressed as?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-guy-at-pax-dressed-as/618520)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-guy-at-pax-dressed-as/618520 "2012-04-20T10:50:01Z")
Pax East was this weekend. Unlike accounts of Anime Boston, there were only a small percentage of people in costumes. We figured out what games most of the people playing dress up were inspired by…but not one guy. He wa… --- ## [American Soccer Coverage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-soccer-coverage/619306)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-soccer-coverage/619306 "2012-04-20T08:25:22Z")
Living in America, it’s a terrible, terrible pain to find good football. It’s pretty easy to watch the World Cup, but anything short of that is impossible to find. Is there any channel or website available in America tha… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=354) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=356)