# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=516 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 517 --- ## [Recommend an action game that can be played in short increments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-action-game-that-can-be-played-in-short-increments/521313)
**Author:** [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-action-game-that-can-be-played-in-short-increments/521313 "2009-12-21T18:25:53Z")
My dad is going to be spending most of January off work recovering from an illness. I’d like to get him a video game for Christmas but the recovery is going to take a lot out of him so he’s probably not going to want to… --- ## [People are WAY too critical of iTunes games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-way-too-critical-of-itunes-games/521955)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-way-too-critical-of-itunes-games/521955 "2009-12-21T12:34:32Z")
Man, I recently got an iPod touch and have been getting a few games off iTunes and I’m telling you, I really don’t know what the fuck these people expect out of a $1 game but they sure sound as though they think they are… --- ## [Can anyone recommend games to play with my brothers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-games-to-play-with-my-brothers/521799)
**Author:** [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-games-to-play-with-my-brothers/521799 "2009-12-21T06:22:45Z")
I have a lot of time with my brothers for the next couple of weeks and I want to play some games with them. I’m starting to get tired of Super Smash Brothers and one of my brothers is tired of Rock Band, so I’m hoping yo… --- ## [Wii game help please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-game-help-please/519805)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-game-help-please/519805 "2009-12-21T03:26:21Z")
I am trying to find good games to buy for Christmas for the Wii. I just bought the system for my daughters. They are 8 and 10. They have a Xbox at home so are familiar with video games. I have seen them play Wii sports a… --- ## [1970 World Series broadcast in B&W?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970-world-series-broadcast-in-b-w/521978)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970-world-series-broadcast-in-b-w/521978 "2009-12-20T23:53:56Z")
MLB Network is showing the 1970 World Series and it is in black and white? Has the color footage been lost or was it only broadcast in black and white? I know the 1969 Super Bowl was broadcast in color and the World Seri… --- ## [CFL: The Traditional Post-Season Firings/Resignations have Begun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfl-the-traditional-post-season-firings-resignations-have-begun/521985)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfl-the-traditional-post-season-firings-resignations-have-begun/521985 "2009-12-20T23:53:06Z")
Toronto Argos have fired Bert Andrus, the mastermind who led them to a 3-15 season, and who thought there was no point in dressing more than two quarterbacks for a road game. After all, how often do both your QBs get kn… --- ## [NFC or AFC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfc-or-afc/521779)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfc-or-afc/521779 "2009-12-20T20:41:26Z")
I need ya’lls help in a game. AFC or NFC? I will take the 1st response. --- ## [The SDMB 2009 Awesome-est Post of the Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-2009-awesome-est-post-of-the-year/519938)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-2009-awesome-est-post-of-the-year/519938 "2009-12-20T18:20:24Z")
I got a way late start on it this year, and I apologize. I’ve actually moved, and this last year’s thread slipped my mind. But, being I’ve been away from the Dope for a bit, I still wanted to open this up for a competi… --- ## [Bengals receiver Chris Henry fatally injured](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bengals-receiver-chris-henry-fatally-injured/521631)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bengals-receiver-chris-henry-fatally-injured/521631 "2009-12-20T14:18:40Z")
This happened here in Charlotte, where his fiancee lives. Apparently it was some sort of domestic issue. He either jumped or was pushed from the bed of a moving pickup truck that the fiancee was driving. The word on the … --- ## [Gamestop ID checking (very mild)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamestop-id-checking-very-mild/521676)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2009, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamestop-id-checking-very-mild/521676 "2009-12-20T06:44:58Z")
This is fairly weak sauce, as Pittings go, but: What the heck is up with Gamestop’s ID check policy? I just got sworn into the Maryland bar last night, and I figured I’d earned a “you rock” gift. So, I went to Gamestop… --- ## [Wanna see what happened to Tiger? "Next" best thing to actual video . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-see-what-happened-to-tiger-next-best-thing-to-actual-video/521745)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2009, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-see-what-happened-to-tiger-next-best-thing-to-actual-video/521745 "2009-12-20T06:00:54Z")
Courtesy of Hong Kong’s Next Media. In Chinese, but pretty self explanatory from 0:15 onward: ETA: Also more from 0:55 on . . . --- ## [Athlete of the Decade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athlete-of-the-decade/521751)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athlete-of-the-decade/521751 "2009-12-19T21:20:01Z")
So the Associated Press voted Tiger Woods Athlete of the Decade, ahead of Lance Armstrong and Roger Federer. In the Athletes who aren’t jerks thread, Mahaloth mentioned that he thought Federer should have won, and I agre… --- ## [NFL uniforms (throwbacks/alternates)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-uniforms-throwbacks-alternates/521102)
**Author:** [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-uniforms-throwbacks-alternates/521102 "2009-12-19T19:53:24Z")
It’s boring here, so I ranked every NFL team’s uniforms based on their current standard home and away uniforms. I have also been thinking a lot lately about throwback and alternate uniforms, so I’ve included my thoughts … --- ## [Has anyone tried this high jump technique?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-this-high-jump-technique/521673)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-this-high-jump-technique/521673 "2009-12-18T13:21:14Z")
Apply angular momentum to gain elevation, by doing handsprings during the approach to the high jump. Basically taking advantage There have been videos of soccers players doing a handspring on a in-bounds play and they … --- ## [Loy Vaught gives Rumeal Robinson a lift.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loy-vaught-gives-rumeal-robinson-a-lift/521715)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loy-vaught-gives-rumeal-robinson-a-lift/521715 "2009-12-18T04:33:48Z")
In the 1989 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship game Loy Vaught gave Rumeal Robinson a little help with his jump shot by lifting him a little higher after he had already jumped to take the shot. The shot was good but got… --- ## [Why didn't the dynamic pricing system in CS work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-the-dynamic-pricing-system-in-cs-work/521680)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-the-dynamic-pricing-system-in-cs-work/521680 "2009-12-18T02:06:34Z")
I quit playing Counter-Strike before they added it, but I wonder, what was so bad about it? Makes sense to increase the price of the weapons that are bought all the time and lower the prices of the ones no one buys. Wha… --- ## [World editor for Sims 3 released!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-editor-for-sims-3-released/521682)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-editor-for-sims-3-released/521682 "2009-12-17T22:57:50Z")
Didn’t want to bury this in the Sims 3 thread. The Sims 3 Create a World Tool is the same tool that the developers used to create Sunset Valley and Riverview. Yes, it can be used to add more lots to those worlds. This … --- ## [NFL Week 14](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/520808)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/520808 "2009-12-17T22:36:31Z")
No thread started and the game is on, so I figured I’d start one for discussion. I don’t even know why the Steelers kick to Cribbs - every single time he’s ever played them he has ripped them up on special teams. Game … --- ## [Why doesn't Los Angeles have a football team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-los-angeles-have-a-football-team/521438)
**Author:** [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-los-angeles-have-a-football-team/521438 "2009-12-17T21:16:54Z")
Why doesn’t America’s second-most populous metro area have an NFL football team? Quite a distance to San Deigo, San Francisco, or Oakland. --- ## [Woah - Diablo 2 getting a content patch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woah-diablo-2-getting-a-content-patch/516527)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woah-diablo-2-getting-a-content-patch/516527 "2009-12-17T18:19:56Z")
From Diii.net. Surprise, surprise, surprised that Blizzard would still add to a game that is almost 10 years old, and with Blizzard North people almost all gone. I wonder what are they going to include in the game. An e… --- ## [Vinny Cerrato resigns!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinny-cerrato-resigns/521643)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinny-cerrato-resigns/521643 "2009-12-17T17:51:50Z")
The VP of the Washington Redskins has resigned. Since we can’t fire the owner, this might be the best news Redskins fans can hope for. They’ve been so ineffective at the top for so long, this can’t help but be a step f… --- ## [Why is Michael Jordan considered an asshole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-michael-jordan-considered-an-asshole/521535)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-michael-jordan-considered-an-asshole/521535 "2009-12-17T16:42:43Z")
In the thread about jerkish athletes, Michael Jordan’s name came up a few times. I’m just curious, what has he done to earn his assholish reputation? I’m not saying the guy’s not an asshole, but I haven’t heard that much… --- ## [A question on chess analysis theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-chess-analysis-theory/520747)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-chess-analysis-theory/520747 "2009-12-17T15:23:16Z")
I developed a chess variant. Being as it’s my own invention there’s no “book” on the opening moves. Being bored during a sixteen hour shift I was analyzing some of the possible opening moves and this led me to an issue o… --- ## [Novel WWII FPS settings!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novel-wwii-fps-settings/520334)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novel-wwii-fps-settings/520334 "2009-12-17T14:12:29Z")
(I really debated whether this belonged better in CS or not. Ah well, Alea iacta est…) As many of us know, first person shooter games set during WWII are an extremely popular and lucrative lot, practically a genre in an… --- ## [Why isn't there a NASCAR racing game for the Wii?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-there-a-nascar-racing-game-for-the-wii/521506)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-there-a-nascar-racing-game-for-the-wii/521506 "2009-12-17T04:19:03Z")
EA Sports makes a NASCAR video game for PlayStation and XBox. That is, a simulation of actual NASCAR racing on actual NASCAR tracks. They make this for Wii. It’s kind of fun, but it’s a cartoon game. I’d like to try so… --- ## [Halladay to the Phillies per ESPN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halladay-to-the-phillies-per-espn/521277)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halladay-to-the-phillies-per-espn/521277 "2009-12-17T01:54:54Z")
Phillies will send Cliff Lee to the Mariners as part of a three way deal. I’m not sure what the Mariners have to give to be in a deal like this one. Felix Hernandez? I wouldn’t see the point of making a deal like that… --- ## [Will the NFC become dominant in the 2010's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-nfc-become-dominant-in-the-2010s/520122)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-nfc-become-dominant-in-the-2010s/520122 "2009-12-16T15:19:21Z")
The way the NFL works, your enemy is your division first, then your conference, then the other conference. Therefore, when you make a trade, the last team you want to help out is somebody in your own conference. This has… --- ## [Goodby Productivity! (flash game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-productivity-flash-game/519932)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-productivity-flash-game/519932 "2009-12-16T08:11:40Z")
Came across this, and have been burning some serious time trying to see how far I can get. 4896 is my current best. I’m sure some of you will be beating that within minutes, of course. http://www.canabalt.com/ --- ## [PSP-3000 or DSi for my Daughters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psp-3000-or-dsi-for-my-daughters/520631)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psp-3000-or-dsi-for-my-daughters/520631 "2009-12-16T04:26:54Z")
My daughters (7 and 9 years old) each have a DS Lite and when they’re not lost under the couch or carried off to parts unknown by our schnoodle, Daisy, they enjoy them very much. For Christmas this year, they’ve each ask… --- ## [Weird Wild West Mafia/Werewolf/Psychopath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wild-west-mafia-werewolf-psychopath/504801)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 1504\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wild-west-mafia-werewolf-psychopath/504801 "2009-12-16T03:06:31Z")
\*\*Welcome to “Weird Wild West” Mafia, a mafia/werewolf/psychopath set in a unique old west town. This game designed for anyone to play. It is not targeted at veterans or newbies, so if you are interested, jump on in! A… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=515) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=517)