# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=380 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 381 --- ## [Nostalgia, Chapter Deux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-chapter-deux/605207)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-chapter-deux/605207 "2011-12-06T01:01:33Z")
Awhile back, I posted about a Defender Cabinet I’d successfully restored from the dead…well that awakened a desire to remember more of my misspent youth, and the Defender Cab was too nice to chop up. A spare PC, State G… --- ## [Fuck the BCS.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-bcs/605101)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-bcs/605101 "2011-12-05T23:43:17Z")
Let’s look at this. Michigan State plays Wisconsin in the premier B1G championship game. MSU won the first match-up against Wisconsin. So it’s a rematch. Michigan State and U of Michigan end the regular season with iden… --- ## [Lyrics quiz 2: Where was that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-2-where-was-that/604934)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-2-where-was-that/604934 "2011-12-05T23:42:16Z")
Inspired by Mean Mr. Mustard’s thread. As therein, spoiler your answers. Where did I see you driving with the girl I love? Where did Patty Valentine enter from? Where won’t there be snow this Christmastime? Where will … --- ## [Anyone played Xenoblade Chronicles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-played-xenoblade-chronicles/603296)
**Author:** [@Scathach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scathach)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-played-xenoblade-chronicles/603296 "2011-12-05T21:04:24Z")
The reviews have been pretty good, and I’ve liked other JRPG’s like Final Fantasy. But I got pretty burned out on them after a few, too much grinding. Last one that I thought was interesting was Devil Survivor on the NDS… --- ## [NFL Playoff Fun Thread 2011 (Playoff teams only)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoff-fun-thread-2011-playoff-teams-only/605161)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoff-fun-thread-2011-playoff-teams-only/605161 "2011-12-05T20:57:53Z")
This is a thread for celebration, smack talk, predictions, and sighs of relief for the fans of lesser playoff teams. Only fans of teams going to the playoffs, officially. Haven’t clinched? Sorry. :stuck\_out\_tongue: 49er… --- ## [SDMB College Football Top Ten Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799)
**Author:** [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799 "2011-12-05T18:36:49Z")
Here’s your chance to voice your opinion and show your college football smarts by ranking the 10 best Bowl Division (1-A) teams. Collectively the SDMB must be smarter than any other pundits out there. Or at least as dumb… --- ## [NFL Week 13](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/604734)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/604734 "2011-12-05T17:32:57Z")
Thursday PHI @ SEA Sunday early TEN @ BUF KC @ CHI ATL @ HOU OAK @ MIA DEN @ MIN IND @ NE (sure it will be as epic as always - actually, wouldn’t it be awesome if this was the one game the colts won?) CIN @ PIT … --- ## [Steam games question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-games-question/603422)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-games-question/603422 "2011-12-05T07:57:59Z")
My computer has a virus and thus far I’ve been unable to get rid of the damn thing. I’m almost at the point where I’m going to blow the thing away and reload the OS (my gaming OS is Windows 7) from scratch. Going to be a… --- ## [Let's just bypass the BCS: Who plays for the MNC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-just-bypass-the-bcs-who-plays-for-the-mnc/603570)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-just-bypass-the-bcs-who-plays-for-the-mnc/603570 "2011-12-05T06:39:17Z")
Given the top 8 teams in the traditional polls: AP Top 25 RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 LSU (60) 11-0 1500 2 Alabama 10-1 1440 3 Arkansas 10-1 1376 4 Stanford 10-1 1224 5 Oklahoma State 10-1 1206 6 Virginia Tech 10-1 1133 … --- ## [The SDMB Dwarf Fortress Ongoing Game #2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-dwarf-fortress-ongoing-game-2/574479)
**Author:** [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-dwarf-fortress-ongoing-game-2/574479 "2011-12-05T04:20:18Z")
This is a sequel to the saga of Joinglazed, as detailed in this thread: As with the previous thread, keep this one free of chatter. Out of character discussion goes here: --- ## [Tiger Seals the Deal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-seals-the-deal/605074)
**Author:** [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-seals-the-deal/605074 "2011-12-04T23:24:43Z")
He shouldn’t have let Zack back in, and I’ll never understand his strategy on 16, where he kept hitting irons off the tee so he couldn’t reach the green, but he played the last two holes like the Tiger of old. Everybody… --- ## [Oak's College Pick'em '11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807 "2011-12-04T16:29:31Z")
As promised, I’ve started a College Pick’em league. Invitations should have gone out to everyone that played last year, and everyone else is welcome to participate. There is no limit of the number of players. There sh… --- ## [NHL: November 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2011/601553)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2011/601553 "2011-12-04T15:49:30Z")
Here’s the November thread to discuss the NHL. Phil Kessel Kari Lehtonon, and Nikolai Khabibulin as the top 3 players for October? Yeah, I saw that coming. I’m also finding the Sean Avery news to be quite interesting. … --- ## [Let's Play Drunken Kaizo Mario!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-drunken-kaizo-mario/604879)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-drunken-kaizo-mario/604879 "2011-12-04T11:02:55Z")
Let’s Play Drunken Kaizo Mario! The rules are simple: I play through Kaizo Mario with commentary. Every time I create a new savestate (not counting timing-related ones), I take a swig of whatever it is I’m drinking at t… --- ## [Is Coach K at Duke the LAST of the Uber-Coaches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coach-k-at-duke-the-last-of-the-uber-coaches/604978)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coach-k-at-duke-the-last-of-the-uber-coaches/604978 "2011-12-04T08:17:00Z")
Joe Paterno’s ouster at Penn State brought this to mind. Not long ago, there were a LOT of college football and basketball coaches who were icons, who were almost synonymous with their universities- arguably BIGGER than… --- ## [Week 14 FBS: Other games of note](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-14-fbs-other-games-of-note/604402)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-14-fbs-other-games-of-note/604402 "2011-12-04T07:40:49Z")
Not counting games involving undefeated and one-loss teams, these appear noteworthy enough to have a poll for: Week 14 Scoreboard Thursday December 1, 2011 (22) West Virginia (8-3, Road: 3-1) 8:00 … --- ## [Week 14 FBS: Who stays at one loss or undefeated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-14-fbs-who-stays-at-one-loss-or-undefeated/604223)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-14-fbs-who-stays-at-one-loss-or-undefeated/604223 "2011-12-04T06:48:40Z")
From these are the games involving undefeated and one-loss teams being played in the coming weekend. The poll to follow will be multiple choice and public. Vote for the team(s) you don’t expect to lose another game th… --- ## [Song lyrics in other words: 2011 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-in-other-words-2011-edition/604813)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-in-other-words-2011-edition/604813 "2011-12-03T21:25:45Z")
It’s been a few years since we’ve done one of these threads, and the lyrics quiz threads got me to reminiscing about how much fun it was, so I figured i’d start a new one. Simply put, it works like this; Take a recogni… --- ## [Duke gets clobbered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-gets-clobbered/604543)
**Author:** [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-gets-clobbered/604543 "2011-12-03T08:02:47Z")
Nice work, Ohio State! I so dearly loathe the Blue Devils. I only wish that I hadn’t been too busy working to actually pay much attention to the game. --- ## [Is Neuheisel going to get to coach the 6-7 Bruins in a bowl game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-neuheisel-going-to-get-to-coach-the-6-7-bruins-in-a-bowl-game/604918)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-neuheisel-going-to-get-to-coach-the-6-7-bruins-in-a-bowl-game/604918 "2011-12-03T06:28:54Z")
As a Colorado Buffaloes fan, Rick Neuheisel deserves everything bad that he has brought upon himself. So, now he’s a lame-duck coach at UCLA, who somehow has made it to the Pac-?? championship game at 6-6. The NCAA has … --- ## [The Feud: Cartoon characters by Rebo \[game over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-cartoon-characters-by-rebo-game-over/604370)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-cartoon-characters-by-rebo-game-over/604370 "2011-12-03T02:59:42Z")
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 … --- ## [Jimmy V Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-v-week/604634)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-v-week/604634 "2011-12-03T00:34:05Z")
ESPN gets a lot of (deserved) criticism for some things, but one thing they hit out of the park was sponsoring Jimmy V Week. Whatever you felt about him as a coach or a person, this is simply a courageous, inspiring spe… --- ## [I Am Not Making this Up: Obsidian's new RPG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-making-this-up-obsidians-new-rpg/604728)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-making-this-up-obsidians-new-rpg/604728 "2011-12-02T22:57:29Z")
I swear. This is actual news. Just take a look here. --- ## [Why do baseball pitchers get a break due to errors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-baseball-pitchers-get-a-break-due-to-errors/604733)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-baseball-pitchers-get-a-break-due-to-errors/604733 "2011-12-02T20:54:29Z")
In all sports people make errors but in baseball the pitchers stats are adjusted for that fact. They have the ERA , not just a runs allowed average. Is this just tradition? In FB a QB can have passes dropped but … --- ## [How to read these Chess tournament results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-read-these-chess-tournament-results/604738)
**Author:** [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-read-these-chess-tournament-results/604738 "2011-12-02T20:25:04Z")
Below is a snippet of results from a USCF Chess Tournament with names ans ID numbers removed - can someone please clarify/correct my understanding below - Columns 1 and 2 are the players’ “Before” and “After” USCF ratin… --- ## [Wow. Gary Speed dead, aged 42](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-gary-speed-dead-aged-42/604234)
**Author:** [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-gary-speed-dead-aged-42/604234 "2011-12-02T19:05:04Z")
I know there are a few football (round ball edition) fans on here. Gary Speed, manager of the Wales international team, was found dead at his home this morning. Reported to be suicide. This is awful news. Speed was a… --- ## [Steam (and other) black friday sales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-and-other-black-friday-sales/603879)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-and-other-black-friday-sales/603879 "2011-12-02T05:06:01Z")
Just getting the thread started a bit early to give people a heads up if they somehow don’t know that you can get great games at crazy cheap prices on black friday. The black friday sale isn’t as good as the Christmas sa… --- ## [Oblivion : Late to the Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oblivion-late-to-the-party/603647)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oblivion-late-to-the-party/603647 "2011-12-01T15:06:57Z")
Impulse/GameStop was selling Oblivion (Game of the Year Edition) last weekend for $10. The last Elder Scrolls game I’d played as Daggerfall, and I’d liked it despite the bugs, so I picked it up. I spent some time yester… --- ## [CoD Black Ops—Single player modding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cod-black-ops-single-player-modding/604350)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2011, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cod-black-ops-single-player-modding/604350 "2011-12-01T11:56:53Z")
Okay, this is close to the right place to posting this question (and my best bet to not getting shouted down), so I’ll ask… I’ve been out of the FPS mod creating scene since about, oh, 1998. So I’m not up to speed on a t… --- ## [RIP Arthur Beetson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur-beetson/604668)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur-beetson/604668 "2011-12-01T05:37:43Z")
Probably not something that will blip the radar for most of the board. But Arthur Beetson passed away from a heart attack this morning. ‘Big Artie’ was a legend of Rugby League. To draw an analogy back to a US sport, A… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=379) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=381)