# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=508 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 509 --- ## [Does Favre re-re-re-retire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-favre-re-re-re-retire/526356)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-favre-re-re-re-retire/526356 "2010-01-25T21:55:02Z")
I really think that at the end of the day, he comes back for the Vikings. It’s the year before a potential lockout season, he’ll get pretty much the entire team back around him, and he managed to make it through yet ano… --- ## [Are non-playing alternates still Pro Bowlers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-non-playing-alternates-still-pro-bowlers/526412)
**Author:** [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-non-playing-alternates-still-pro-bowlers/526412 "2010-01-25T20:10:47Z")
With all the Pro Bowl substitutions, I got to thinking. I know that if you sub for a selected person, you are considered a Pro Bowler that year, so, due to the crazy stuff, David Garrard and Vince Young are Pro Bowlers … --- ## [Do you want the Jets in the Superbowl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-the-jets-in-the-superbowl/526139)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-the-jets-in-the-superbowl/526139 "2010-01-25T16:14:25Z")
As a Steeler fan, any game without the Steelers is of passing interest to me. However, I was looking forward to conference championships and a Superbowl with the best teams in the league. When New Orleans, Minnesota, and… --- ## [How Wii Fit are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-wii-fit-are-you/523212)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-wii-fit-are-you/523212 "2010-01-25T12:23:14Z")
Simple question: Do you use Wii Fit as your primary source of exercise, and if so, how has it been working for you? --- ## [Maple Leaf fans - help me get caught up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maple-leaf-fans-help-me-get-caught-up/526197)
**Author:** [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maple-leaf-fans-help-me-get-caught-up/526197 "2010-01-25T04:20:38Z")
I haven’t watched hockey much the past few seasons, not NHL at least. Now, with the Steelers out of the playoffs and my kids starting to get out of the way I think I can get back to following the Leafs but I hardly recog… --- ## [American Football: What is a "Safety"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-football-what-is-a-safety/526130)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-football-what-is-a-safety/526130 "2010-01-25T03:05:12Z")
I cannot picture this. Can someone explain what is a “safety”, and perhaps give me a scenario when this has a high likelihood of occuring? --- ## [Are sports without rigid positions more likely to have "greatest evers"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sports-without-rigid-positions-more-likely-to-have-greatest-evers/525886)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sports-without-rigid-positions-more-likely-to-have-greatest-evers/525886 "2010-01-24T20:49:52Z")
I was reminiscing on my childhood in the 90s, when there were two currently active players considered by almost everyone to be the best in their sports: Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky. Not only were they considered the… --- ## [New Basketball League: You Aren't Going to Believe This](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-basketball-league-you-arent-going-to-believe-this/525743)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-basketball-league-you-arent-going-to-believe-this/525743 "2010-01-24T05:59:18Z")
Presented without comment. Link. --- ## [An American misunderstands rugby: Help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-misunderstands-rugby-help/525976)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2010, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-misunderstands-rugby-help/525976 "2010-01-24T05:28:23Z")
So I found Ireland vs. S. Africa online, and it seems like an entertaining game, with lots of running around an improvising. So is basketball, so good for them. I understand American football fairly well from the many y… --- ## [Colorless Mafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorless-mafia/519729)
**Author:** [@special\_ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special_ed)\ **Replies:** 1429\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorless-mafia/519729 "2010-01-24T05:12:28Z")
OK, So here’s a basic Mafia game with no color. Sign up here if you’re really feeling the need for a game. 7-20 players are needed. Roles will depend on the number of players, but may include: Vanilla Cop Doctor M… --- ## [Q: Wii Fit, Wii Fit Plus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-wii-fit-wii-fit-plus/526129)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-wii-fit-wii-fit-plus/526129 "2010-01-24T03:57:33Z")
Is it just me, or are the various games that involve being in synch with the character(s) on the screen not really in-synch? For example, there’s a parade game where I swear the character is not marching in synch to the… --- ## [When Pong Was King...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-pong-was-king/526128)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-pong-was-king/526128 "2010-01-23T21:50:19Z")
(a) When did “Pong” come out? (I WAG 1979.) And (b), at that time, did video arcades exist? In other words, was Pong the first of its kind, or just the first non coin-operated video game? --- ## [Do you remember when PC games used to come in HUUUUGE boxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-when-pc-games-used-to-come-in-huuuuge-boxes/524742)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-when-pc-games-used-to-come-in-huuuuge-boxes/524742 "2010-01-23T16:01:56Z")
For some reason I just remembered back to when PC games came in giant, cereal-box-sized packaging. Remember that? Damn, it feels like a long time ago. When I was a kid and I bought Rainbow 6 and Quake 2, they came in the… --- ## [Buffalo Bills inexplicably hire Chan Gailey as head coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-bills-inexplicably-hire-chan-gailey-as-head-coach/525645)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-bills-inexplicably-hire-chan-gailey-as-head-coach/525645 "2010-01-23T03:38:10Z")
The only possible reason I can see for this hire is that Ralph Wilson wants to piss off as many season ticket holders as possible so he can lobby to move the team to LA or something. Reports are coming out that they ha… --- ## [Gran Turismo 5 will have car damage! Apparently that's revolutionary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gran-turismo-5-will-have-car-damage-apparently-thats-revolutionary/526001)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gran-turismo-5-will-have-car-damage-apparently-thats-revolutionary/526001 "2010-01-22T19:55:00Z")
I’m reading the newest Playstation: The Official Magazine and it’s preview on the anticipated Gran Turismo 5 car racing game coming out for the PS3 when the following aside passage caught my eye: At first I chuckled, i… --- ## [Wii Rock Band Guitar question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-rock-band-guitar-question/526012)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-rock-band-guitar-question/526012 "2010-01-22T19:08:27Z")
I am looking to get a second Guitar for my kids (ok, for me as well) to play rock band on the Wii. The Rock Band Compatibility chart makes it appear that numerous guitars will work on the Wii. My question is: will a gu… --- ## [If a receiver catches the ball and is pushed out of bounds...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-receiver-catches-the-ball-and-is-pushed-out-of-bounds/525984)
**Author:** [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-receiver-catches-the-ball-and-is-pushed-out-of-bounds/525984 "2010-01-22T18:34:11Z")
… while still in the air, is it a catch or is it a incomplete? --- ## [What classic piece of literature do you want to get the Dante's Inferno \[game\] treatment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-piece-of-literature-do-you-want-to-get-the-dantes-inferno-game-treatment/525193)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-piece-of-literature-do-you-want-to-get-the-dantes-inferno-game-treatment/525193 "2010-01-22T17:16:50Z")
As Penny Arcade recently revealed, the video game Dante’s Inferno is getting a novelization… of sorts. Only this “novelization” is the actual 700 year old epic poem using branding and art from the video game. This is o… --- ## [Is there a baseball or basketball term equivalent to football's "Hail Mary"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-baseball-or-basketball-term-equivalent-to-footballs-hail-mary/525109)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-baseball-or-basketball-term-equivalent-to-footballs-hail-mary/525109 "2010-01-22T16:29:10Z")
As I understand it, a Hail Mary is a play in football when a team in danger of losing in the final seconds of a game makes a desperate, do-or-die attempt to score. Is there an equivalent term in baseball or basketball? … --- ## [Name this game please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-game-please/525989)
**Author:** [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-game-please/525989 "2010-01-22T15:08:20Z")
PC platform… DOS… You have to build colonies and spaceships and weapons to defend the colonies. You are warned by an alien race not to send probes to Mars. If you do, you get attacked. Your colonies are primarily bu… --- ## [Trials HD on Xbox Live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trials-hd-on-xbox-live/525176)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trials-hd-on-xbox-live/525176 "2010-01-22T02:45:06Z")
I am addicted to this game. And that makes me a horrible person. This is a motorcycle obstacle course game, similar to simple Flash games on the internet and some old console games. You go up and down obstacles. Your… --- ## [Handicapped Pro Golfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapped-pro-golfer/525340)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapped-pro-golfer/525340 "2010-01-22T02:43:51Z")
I remember Casey Martin’s battle to play professional golf. He needed to use a golf cart and pro golf’s rules prohibited it. He finally won the right to play thanks to The Americans with Disabilities Act. I never heard… --- ## [Why doesn't the NFL ease up on the holding calls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-nfl-ease-up-on-the-holding-calls/524690)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-nfl-ease-up-on-the-holding-calls/524690 "2010-01-22T01:15:29Z")
Two things the NFL is concerned about could be solved with one move. They are always worried about protecting the quarterback, since they are sitting ducks for larger defensive players, especially when blind-sided. Ex… --- ## [I love Jigsaw Puzzles!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-jigsaw-puzzles/525424)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-jigsaw-puzzles/525424 "2010-01-22T00:04:20Z")
A rediscovery this year - for the first time in years, we have room on the dining room table to keep a jigsaw puzzle on the go. It’s an old family tradition for me, one that we let lapse for a long time - we get a jigsa… --- ## [Fallout 3 installation problem Windows 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-3-installation-problem-windows-7/525662)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-3-installation-problem-windows-7/525662 "2010-01-21T23:06:10Z")
Has anyone here installed Fallout 3 on a Windows 7 platform? I’m getting about 95% done and then the install blows up. I’ve tried changing the compatibility mode to XP SP3, but it doesn’t seem to help any. This is the… --- ## [Some Civilization questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-civilization-questions/524559)
**Author:** [@blinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkie)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-civilization-questions/524559 "2010-01-21T22:35:02Z")
Is Montezuma always a psychotic bastard? Is playing 8 hours a day normal, or am I developing a problem? What’s the best place to look for game tips? What game should I try next? I love the graphics and strategy of Civ a… --- ## [Australian tennis on ESPN2 on Dish Network](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-tennis-on-espn2-on-dish-network/525152)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-tennis-on-espn2-on-dish-network/525152 "2010-01-21T17:35:45Z")
My Dish Network schedule just gives a episode number and a time e.g. 7024 and 7026 are on Monday. Do we know if these are duplicates? Or two different episodes? Or does 7026 depend upon what happened during 7024? Are t… --- ## [Return of the Movie Game!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 447\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916 "2010-01-21T15:02:59Z")
We haven’t played for a while, I don’t think (with key words like “movie” and “game,” I’m not even going to look). The rules are simple: one person names a movie; the next person names someone in that movie; the next p… --- ## [MMO from the 90s: any idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmo-from-the-90s-any-idea/525815)
**Author:** [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmo-from-the-90s-any-idea/525815 "2010-01-21T07:42:21Z")
So back in the dark ages when Prodigy had an optional Windows port and Sierra Online was a pretty good place to go for games, there was an online turn-based game with reasonably good graphics. As I recall the graphics we… --- ## [Any place online to listen to the holotapes from Fallout 3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-place-online-to-listen-to-the-holotapes-from-fallout-3/525723)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-place-online-to-listen-to-the-holotapes-from-fallout-3/525723 "2010-01-20T20:58:06Z")
That’s just it. Specifically I want to listen to the holotapes your Dad leaves you. But I have been playing with the same character for ages and have about a gazillion notes and holotapes and it is a PITA to find them al… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=507) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=509)