# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=518 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 519 --- ## [Bejeweled Twist + FF = Gryomancer. Just out on Steam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bejeweled-twist-ff-gryomancer-just-out-on-steam/518797)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bejeweled-twist-ff-gryomancer-just-out-on-steam/518797 "2009-12-11T21:58:11Z")
So the marriage of Final Fantasy and Bejeweled Twist is out on Steam (and perhaps else-where too). Anyone got it? Is it worth the USD 15 price-tag? --- ## [Okay, we give in! We're buying a Wii for Christmas. What do we buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-we-give-in-were-buying-a-wii-for-christmas-what-do-we-buy/520205)
**Author:** [@Marconi\_Schmeese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_Schmeese)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-we-give-in-were-buying-a-wii-for-christmas-what-do-we-buy/520205 "2009-12-11T21:55:37Z")
Okay, so my husband and I (35 and 37 respectively) are childless by choice, but kids at heart. :smiley: With the new price reduction on the Wii we are finally going to make the plunge. So, please tell me everything we… --- ## [What's the best console singing game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-console-singing-game/520917)
**Author:** [@Skott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skott)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-console-singing-game/520917 "2009-12-11T21:35:13Z")
I don’t know what would be the best criteria for determining this. I figure the more people singing, the more songs available, the more parts that can be sung (duets or harmonies for example), and the less disc-swapping … --- ## [Does Wii boxing have any relevance to real boxing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wii-boxing-have-any-relevance-to-real-boxing/520436)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wii-boxing-have-any-relevance-to-real-boxing/520436 "2009-12-11T21:28:42Z")
Are the Wii boxing games any good for someone who actually practices boxing? --- ## [Steam/Fallout3/Winlive Dlc disks/ Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-fallout3-winlive-dlc-disks-help/520839)
**Author:** [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-fallout3-winlive-dlc-disks-help/520839 "2009-12-11T21:10:09Z")
I have several games downloaded on Steam, one of which is Fallout 3. I do not have the disk, it was downloaded. My son’s early Christmas present is the Game of the Year Edition of Fallout 3. I have installed it, and i… --- ## [Time to bring back rucking in rugby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-back-rucking-in-rugby/520441)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-back-rucking-in-rugby/520441 "2009-12-11T20:19:39Z")
Perhaps a little controversial, but I think it’s time to bring back rucking, for the good of the game: a) The removal of rucking didn’t even make sense. What were the IRB trying to achieve? Were they trying to make th… --- ## [PC RPG recommendations for a console gamer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-rpg-recommendations-for-a-console-gamer/520738)
**Author:** [@Neverender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverender)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-rpg-recommendations-for-a-console-gamer/520738 "2009-12-11T19:03:13Z")
Over the xmas break from Uni I’ll be heading home to the mothers and leaving my xbox 360 at my house and only be taking my laptop back with me. I want to get some games to play on the laptop when I get bored. I enjoyed … --- ## [Adult gamers - have you noticed your reaction time slip with age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-gamers-have-you-noticed-your-reaction-time-slip-with-age/520652)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-gamers-have-you-noticed-your-reaction-time-slip-with-age/520652 "2009-12-11T15:08:02Z")
I have been gaming competitively since I was very young. Like 10 years old. I am still young (24) but I’ve already noticed a slight decline in my reaction speed from when I was a teen. And in fast-paced FPS or PvP games,… --- ## [Odd NFL rule and response from a Ref](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-nfl-rule-and-response-from-a-ref/520759)
**Author:** [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-nfl-rule-and-response-from-a-ref/520759 "2009-12-11T07:03:23Z")
Another thread reminded me of a question I’ve had for some time. I generally get a new rule book every 4-5 years and make notations on rule changes in between getting new copies. I read through the rule book on occasion … --- ## [What was this "interstellar stock trading" game I used to play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-interstellar-stock-trading-game-i-used-to-play/520794)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-interstellar-stock-trading-game-i-used-to-play/520794 "2009-12-11T06:28:03Z")
When I was a kid I had this computer game which went as follows. At the beginning of the game, a random star field was generated. (Basically, asterisks were stars, dots were empty space.) On a turn you could start a trad… --- ## [Doper opinions on freeciv?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-opinions-on-freeciv/520595)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-opinions-on-freeciv/520595 "2009-12-10T23:25:43Z")
My copy of Civ IV/Beyond the Sword is buried deep within a storge unit right now, but I have the itch to play. I see there’s this thing called “freeciv” based on CivII but with elements taken from CivIII. Is it any goo… --- ## [New York Football Giants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-football-giants/520203)
**Author:** [@tattman40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tattman40)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-football-giants/520203 "2009-12-10T22:37:31Z")
Why do announcers still say this? The NY baseball Giants were gone years ago. Are people still getting confused? --- ## [Sports Journalists Don't Do Their Job Regarding God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-journalists-dont-do-their-job-regarding-god/520199)
**Author:** [@The\_Cleveland\_Steamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Cleveland_Steamer)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-journalists-dont-do-their-job-regarding-god/520199 "2009-12-10T22:17:03Z")
You never see a sports journalist question a player that claims God was with him. How about this follow-up: You just claimed that God deserves all the praise and that he was with you, what evidence do you have to suppo… --- ## [Where are the logic puzzles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-logic-puzzles/519024)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-logic-puzzles/519024 "2009-12-10T21:37:27Z")
Last year or therabouts, I got into the logic puzzle books you find along with the crosswords and word searches at the supermarket. However, in the last 6 months, I haven’t seen any logic puzzles for sale. Can you still … --- ## [Would this football trick play be legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-football-trick-play-be-legal/520568)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-football-trick-play-be-legal/520568 "2009-12-10T17:55:12Z")
Understanding pro and college rules may be different. 4th down and punting. On a punt the kicking team send two players down to cover the return as usual. The punter does a dropkick making it a field goal attempt. Bu… --- ## [Ask the World of Warcraft Guild/Raid Leader](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-world-of-warcraft-guild-raid-leader/519732)
**Author:** [@The\_Truculent\_Gentleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Truculent_Gentleman)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-world-of-warcraft-guild-raid-leader/519732 "2009-12-10T17:15:38Z")
Greetings Dopers, I am the guild leader and raid leader for a moderately successful raiding guild. We are #3119 in the world, #1187 in the US, #7 on our server, and #3 on our faction (horde). I formed the guild at the … --- ## [Sports you used to follow, but don't (much) anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-you-used-to-follow-but-dont-much-anymore/520399)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-you-used-to-follow-but-dont-much-anymore/520399 "2009-12-10T05:28:19Z")
NBA (never really followed college hoops). I just find the tactics nowadays to be very basic, the creativity level to be way down, and in general I find the current iteration of the sport to be rather boring. I have al… --- ## [The Tetris God \[vid\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tetris-god-vid/520445)
**Author:** [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tetris-god-vid/520445 "2009-12-09T23:36:23Z")
I must have played too much Tetris because I can’t stop watching this video and laughing. The Tetris God \[video\] The video is definitely SFW (G-rated). Everything on the page is SFW (PG-rated) as well, but exercise ca… --- ## [Continue the conversation with a song title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continue-the-conversation-with-a-song-title/505291)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 1535\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continue-the-conversation-with-a-song-title/505291 "2009-12-09T22:37:42Z")
Never Knew Love Like This Before --- ## [Rant: I Hate Fantasy Sports. Because of the People.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-i-hate-fantasy-sports-because-of-the-people/519626)
**Author:** [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-i-hate-fantasy-sports-because-of-the-people/519626 "2009-12-09T20:52:32Z")
I’m in a fantasy basketball league and the commissioner is not really the sharpest tool in the shed. He set up the league’s scoring so that it’s almost all counting stats like points and rebounds, and with unlimited dail… --- ## [Paladins are overpowered.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paladins-are-overpowered/519648)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paladins-are-overpowered/519648 "2009-12-09T16:12:15Z")
Top 3 damage in strand of the ancients. Paladin 1.04 million. Paladin 700 thousand. Me (DK) 400 thousand. /whine --- ## [Sports Trivia!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-trivia/502868)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-trivia/502868 "2009-12-09T14:04:58Z")
You guys know the drill: answer a question, ask another one. No googling! R1: (General) What are the only two days of the year on which none of the 4 major US sports play games? (Hint: not particular dates, but dates de… --- ## [Can a PS3 display at 1080i on an HDTV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-ps3-display-at-1080i-on-an-hdtv/520457)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-ps3-display-at-1080i-on-an-hdtv/520457 "2009-12-09T03:15:11Z")
So my dad has given me his old HDTV after upgrading to a newer one. It’s an old dinosaur of an HDTV, a full-size (non-flatscreen) monster that weighs about 200 pounds. Now I’m contemplating getting a PS3, since I can now… --- ## [netflix streaming on the 360 vs PS3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-streaming-on-the-360-vs-ps3/520213)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-streaming-on-the-360-vs-ps3/520213 "2009-12-08T22:59:41Z")
I have netflix on my 360 and it used to be I could only see movies in my instant queue, however now they have 100 titles each of various genres (new releases, TV, comedy, documentary, action, scifi, etc) that I can look… --- ## [Baseball Winter Meetings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-winter-meetings/520507)
**Author:** [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-winter-meetings/520507 "2009-12-08T21:28:56Z")
I’m mildly surprised there’s no thread about it, but here we go. The first trade of the Winter Meetings involves my Detroit Tigers. They give up Edwin Jackson and Curtis Granderson. Granderson becomes a Yankee (boo, h… --- ## [Looking for some C64 game titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-c64-game-titles/519194)
**Author:** [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-c64-game-titles/519194 "2009-12-08T20:12:47Z")
I was talking with a couple of folk recently about old games. Two games came up in particularthat wl remembered from the in box extras. Both were C64 RPG’s First had a space setting. Most of the screenshots showed a … --- ## [Announcers say the darndest things.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353 "2009-12-08T17:19:43Z")
Today’s football announcer on the weather: approximate “The weather is nicer than you’d expect this time of year, which is a great thing for the Eagles because the last thing McNabb wants is for the cold weather to shr… --- ## [Best Party Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-party-games/519796)
**Author:** [@Incref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incref)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-party-games/519796 "2009-12-08T17:19:07Z")
I’m have a Christmas party where some different groups of friends will be meeting each other for the first time. I’d like some suggestions for drinking/party games to break the ice. It’ll be a big group so preferable gam… --- ## [Young players, future superstars (NFL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-players-future-superstars-nfl/520419)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-players-future-superstars-nfl/520419 "2009-12-08T10:30:02Z")
Who are the young players (maybe 2-5 years in the league?) today who will be superstars in the future? I’m kind of torn on QB’s: Matt Ryan: He’s got the work ethic of Peyton, but the team of Archie. Eli Manning: Got a… --- ## [NFL Week 13 - Fasten Your Tuque and Give 'er, eh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13-fasten-your-tuque-and-give-er-eh/519906)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13-fasten-your-tuque-and-give-er-eh/519906 "2009-12-08T07:29:54Z")
Couple hours til game time, so lets bang out a quickie and get the thread started. So, taking a break from your regularly scheduled Tiger and Notre Dame programming, howsa bout some football Canuck style. Grab a two-four… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=517) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=519)