# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=379 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 380 --- ## [10¢ apps on Android market for next 10 days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-apps-on-android-market-for-next-10-days/605689)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-apps-on-android-market-for-next-10-days/605689 "2011-12-10T05:46:46Z")
I assume it’s going to be 10 different paid apps each day. There’s some good stuff on there right now; I think they’re all regularly $2.99+. I already had Paper Camera and Game Dev Story, and I picked up NFS:Shift and J… --- ## [Best way to get good at chess?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-good-at-chess/604140)
**Author:** [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-good-at-chess/604140 "2011-12-10T04:26:42Z")
I’m completely familiar with the rules of chess; I’ve just never been very good at it. Unfortunately, I don’t have a human opponent interested in playing, so I’m using the magic of the interwebz to play against both onl… --- ## [Tribes Ascend Live competition right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribes-ascend-live-competition-right-now/605693)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribes-ascend-live-competition-right-now/605693 "2011-12-10T02:31:21Z")
http://www.twitch.tv/tribescast you can watch some game play live right now or check out some youtube videos if you are interested, I am in the beta right now and the game is coming along nicely. --- ## [Another 'Where' lyrics quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-where-lyrics-quiz/604965)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-where-lyrics-quiz/604965 "2011-12-09T20:19:45Z")
Not wanting to clutter up Smapti’s quiz, I started a new thread. Don’t need artist or song title, just location: Where was it raining hard when I needed one more fare to make my night? Where are four dead? Where is th… --- ## [College Football Awards and Heisman Presentations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-awards-and-heisman-presentations/605580)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-awards-and-heisman-presentations/605580 "2011-12-09T16:57:25Z")
Watching the College Football Awards show on ESPN tonight, if anyone else is tuning in I figured a discussion thread is in order\*. The Heisman is coming up this weekend, so I’m sure that will get a lot more interest and … --- ## [Hockey - Goalie question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-goalie-question/605356)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-goalie-question/605356 "2011-12-08T21:57:58Z")
I’ve played hockey, but never goalie (not seriously, anyway). As a right handed baseball player, I always use my left hand for my glove, so if I ever played goalie, I’d just use a baseball glove that would go over my le… --- ## [Why does the NFL discourage end zone celebrations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-nfl-discourage-end-zone-celebrations/605102)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-nfl-discourage-end-zone-celebrations/605102 "2011-12-08T21:36:06Z")
I don’t understand this – what’s the big deal about goofing off after scoring a touch down? In the NHL, it’s practically encouraged after scoring a goal. (My personal favorite was the time that Tiger Williams rode arou… --- ## [Onlive for Android](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onlive-for-android/605501)
**Author:** [@Bloodless\_Turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodless_Turnip)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onlive-for-android/605501 "2011-12-08T14:01:57Z")
You can play console games on your smartphone now, if you have the right phone. Unfortunately the app isn’t compatible with mine. :frowning: Link --- ## [In college football, "East" is now as meaningless as "10" and "12"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-college-football-east-is-now-as-meaningless-as-10-and-12/605321)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-college-football-east-is-now-as-meaningless-as-10-and-12/605321 "2011-12-08T05:29:39Z")
It’s been rumored for a couple of months that the Big East was trying to get Boise State, but they’ve now trumped even that by getting San Diego State. SDSU and Boise will join in only football in 2013, with SMU, Central… --- ## [Cotto vs Margarito II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotto-vs-margarito-ii/604034)
**Author:** [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotto-vs-margarito-ii/604034 "2011-12-08T02:36:11Z")
Watching Cotto/Margarito’s first fight, knowing about the loaded gloves controversy that was to happen, it is simply a heart-breaking match (speaking as a huge Cotto fan). Cotto was undefeated to that point and to think… --- ## [All new recommend some online games thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-new-recommend-some-online-games-thread/603303)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-new-recommend-some-online-games-thread/603303 "2011-12-08T00:28:52Z")
I’ve been playing Bookworm on and off for years but I’m looking for other similar or better word puzzle type games. Any recommendations? Any recommendations for other web based games that are fun? I’d prefer links where … --- ## [How hard/costly would it be to make an independent Resident Evil style game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-costly-would-it-be-to-make-an-independent-resident-evil-style-game/604911)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-costly-would-it-be-to-make-an-independent-resident-evil-style-game/604911 "2011-12-07T22:36:56Z")
My favorite PS1 game is probably Resident Evil 2, and I have spent countless hours playing it ever since I was in middle school. Every year, when the weather gets cold, I usually play through it as a tradition. I love ev… --- ## [Explain the popularity of College Sports in the US to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-popularity-of-college-sports-in-the-us-to-me/604923)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-popularity-of-college-sports-in-the-us-to-me/604923 "2011-12-07T21:06:49Z")
One of the things that I find strange about US Sports culture (other then baseball gloves, what you worried you might break a nail? :D) is the following that Collage sports have, especially it seems to me basketball and … --- ## [Why I hate the BCS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-bcs/605217)
**Author:** [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-bcs/605217 "2011-12-07T21:01:33Z")
Trigger alert: RO ahead. I don’t know if there’s another team that’s been more thoroughly or more consistently screwed by the BCS than mine (Kansas State), which is why I loathe the BCS. 1998: finished 3rd in the BCS. … --- ## [Could USC offer a non-bowl exhibition game to one of the BCS also-rans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-usc-offer-a-non-bowl-exhibition-game-to-one-of-the-bcs-also-rans/605223)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-usc-offer-a-non-bowl-exhibition-game-to-one-of-the-bcs-also-rans/605223 "2011-12-07T20:53:43Z")
Anything preventing that? I read a suggestion that Boise St. should decline their crummy bowl invite and schedule a game against USC. Couldn’t that potentially be a much better draw than the Las Vegas bowl? --- ## [New Gaming PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gaming-pc/604591)
**Author:** [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gaming-pc/604591 "2011-12-07T18:13:38Z")
So, I am looking to play Star Wars: The Old Republic when it comes out and my current PC will just not cut it. I would like to finally be able to run a game at the highest or near-highest graphics levels without lag or o… --- ## [A Doper in a Reasonably Priced Car.... (Forza 4)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-doper-in-a-reasonably-priced-car-forza-4/602009)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-doper-in-a-reasonably-priced-car-forza-4/602009 "2011-12-07T15:20:10Z")
Inspired by Top Gear’s “Star in a Reasonably Priced Car” segment, I figured we could have our own little challenge here… and since Forza 4 for the 360 has both the Top Gear test track AND the Suzuki Liana and the Kia Ce… --- ## [WOOHOO! I got an Old Republic beta invite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-got-an-old-republic-beta-invite/598609)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-got-an-old-republic-beta-invite/598609 "2011-12-07T14:49:13Z")
It’s for this weekend, Friday evening through Monday at midnight. Anyone else play the beta yet? What do ya think? Now, if I can get my wife to leave me alone this weekend… --- ## [Fill In The Blanks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/605317)
**Author:** [@luvtinayothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvtinayothers)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/605317 "2011-12-07T05:03:15Z")
James \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ Harold \_\_\_\_\_ Richard \_\_\_\_\_ :wink: --- ## [PS3 wireless controllers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-wireless-controllers/605336)
**Author:** [@Fulleylove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fulleylove)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-wireless-controllers/605336 "2011-12-07T03:52:28Z")
This is PS3 wireless controllers, compatible for All Regional PS3 Consoles. It is Connected via Bluetooth (Wireless) or USB (Wired). Built-in Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery, Charging the Controller by the USB cable (A-… --- ## [RIP, Jim Rathmann. An obit you might really want to read.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-rathmann-an-obit-you-might-really-want-to-read/605235)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-rathmann-an-obit-you-might-really-want-to-read/605235 "2011-12-07T03:00:57Z")
I doubt that very few members of this Board have any idea of who Jim Rathmann is. He won the 1960 Indy 500. Yet, if you read his NY Times obit you can’t help but admire him, be entertained or just say, “that was interes… --- ## [Details on Coaches and Harris Poll published](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/details-on-coaches-and-harris-poll-published/605137)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/details-on-coaches-and-harris-poll-published/605137 "2011-12-07T01:21:27Z")
Article Coaches Poll Detail Harris Poll No one voted Bama worst than #3 Several Coaches and Harris Pollsters voted OkSt worse the #3, including Saban (#4) who put Stanford ahead of them. --- ## [SI Sportsman of the Year announced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/si-sportsman-of-the-year-announced/605202)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/si-sportsman-of-the-year-announced/605202 "2011-12-06T21:23:38Z")
It’s a surprise - Coach K and Pat Summitt. I thought for sure they would give it to Tony LaRussa after the way the Cardinals came out of nowhere to win the World Series (and then he announced his retirement). My top fo… --- ## [Lyrics Quiz - Who Did What??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737 "2011-12-06T19:56:40Z")
No cheating, of course. Artist not necessary. Please place answers in spoiler box. I would say getting 20 out of 30 is pretty dang good. Who wore his war wound like a crown? Who’s in the basement mixing up the medici… --- ## [I have a new computer - help me pick a game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-computer-help-me-pick-a-game/605287)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-computer-help-me-pick-a-game/605287 "2011-12-06T19:11:06Z")
I just got a notebook computer with decent specs. Previously I had a MAC, and a PSP. So I have little experience with the current crop of computer games. Help me pick one game that I could not play before. I am not in… --- ## [DX Human Revs and Steam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dx-human-revs-and-steam/605274)
**Author:** [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dx-human-revs-and-steam/605274 "2011-12-06T18:34:31Z")
Greetings Good people, I bought Deus Ex Human Revoultion as a physical DVD and started the install process, all fine until I had a virus. I’ re-installed Windows XP pro and now Steam seems to want to re-install the who… --- ## [70's Lyrics Quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639 "2011-12-06T16:36:55Z")
Over a year ago, I posted a 70’s lyrics quiz. I thought I’d do another one! This one is a little different. You will get 1 point for the missing word, and 1 point for the band name/artist. There are 50 questions, so … --- ## [Explain the "Rock Band" interface device to me, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-rock-band-interface-device-to-me-please/605122)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-rock-band-interface-device-to-me-please/605122 "2011-12-06T09:30:38Z")
I have a multi-pronged question. A friend of mine who is fond of garage sales, thrift shops, etc. brought me a small-scale plastic replica of a Fender Strat, made for Harmonix; it is apparently for use with a game calle… --- ## [Gaming Taking over the World!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaming-taking-over-the-world/605192)
**Author:** [@Manyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manyard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaming-taking-over-the-world/605192 "2011-12-06T06:01:20Z")
The age of gamers are getting older and older. The technology makes it so addictive. My grandfather who is 75 LOVES gaming…haha! You should see him…he really gets into it. --- ## [College tem vs Pro Team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-tem-vs-pro-team/605148)
**Author:** [@mikenj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikenj)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-tem-vs-pro-team/605148 "2011-12-06T01:07:16Z")
Long time lurker, first time poster… This issue of the best college team being able to beat the worst pro team came up in another thread. The overwhelming opinion was the pro team would not only win but dominate every t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=378) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=380)