# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=547 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 548 --- ## [The Feud: Themeless, yet again... (game closed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-themeless-yet-again-game-closed/500859)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-themeless-yet-again-game-closed/500859 "2009-07-21T21:00:46Z")
RULES! 1. DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS 2. Object of the game: Try to think of the most popular answer, to get the most people matching you. Google is allowed, if you desire. Only answers that ar… --- ## [So, casual games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-casual-games/502983)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-casual-games/502983 "2009-07-21T18:24:47Z")
I’ve read a bit over the last couple years about casual games, and I’ve been trying to find good ones. The ones I remember are: Monster’s Den Desktop TD Pro Popcap games like – I went to their site and couldn’t find t… --- ## [What the hell is a slot tournament?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-a-slot-tournament/503672)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-a-slot-tournament/503672 "2009-07-21T12:47:29Z")
Since the recession hit, the casinos have ramped up their advertising by a factor of four, it seems. Every commercial break has at least on casino ad. Many of them mention “slot tournaments.” How can you have a tourna… --- ## [Sports players you remember being really good... that weren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-players-you-remember-being-really-good-that-werent/502947)
**Author:** [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-players-you-remember-being-really-good-that-werent/502947 "2009-07-21T05:31:14Z")
Has this happened to anyone else? Maybe you went to a ball game and saw a player hit three home runs or saw a running back rush for 150 yards and 2 TDs. You go home marveling at the talent and the spectacle and remember … --- ## [The Feud: Where in the Food is that? by MadTheSwine \[game closed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-where-in-the-food-is-that-by-madtheswine-game-closed/503078)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-where-in-the-food-is-that-by-madtheswine-game-closed/503078 "2009-07-21T02:47:32Z")
\*\*1. DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS\*\* \*\*2. Object of the game: Try to think of the most popular answer,\*\* to get the most people matching you. Google is allowed, if you desire. Only answers that a… --- ## [Stock Market Genius](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-market-genius/500383)
**Author:** [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-market-genius/500383 "2009-07-21T01:45:07Z")
Start off with $100,000 of virtual money and after one month of trading stocks, be the Doper with the most highly valued portfolio (last place will mocked and ridiculed). How to play: Sign up for a free account with In… --- ## [The song does not remain the same: different songs with the same title \[game\].](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567)
**Author:** [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567 "2009-07-21T01:22:14Z")
It’s funny; there’s got to be thousands and thousands of songs that share the same title, but OTTOMH I could only come up with two matches immediately, without trying to scan through the world history of pop music from m… --- ## [D&D: Help me plan my first campaign setting/adventure!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-help-me-plan-my-first-campaign-setting-adventure/503311)
**Author:** [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-help-me-plan-my-first-campaign-setting-adventure/503311 "2009-07-20T23:15:40Z")
I’ve been getting interested in DMing, after lo, these many years, and since one of my friends knows some people who are interested in getting a gaming group together, I thought I might do a little preliminary planning. … --- ## [Nintendo DS friend codes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-ds-friend-codes/503554)
**Author:** [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-ds-friend-codes/503554 "2009-07-20T22:45:54Z")
I recently got a Nintendo DS and these are some of my DS games that have online capability. Animal Crossing Wild World: Name: Nick Town: Sparta Friend code: 352401584943 Mario Kart DS: 287976954397 Anyone want to s… --- ## [Friends for Animal Crossing City Folk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-for-animal-crossing-city-folk/503540)
**Author:** [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-for-animal-crossing-city-folk/503540 "2009-07-20T21:00:11Z")
I started ACCF yesterday, made lots of progress, and am now curious about visiting other towns. However, I don’t really trust getting codes from strangers since I’m so new. Do we have any dopers interested in exchanging… --- ## [Who \*is\* J.R.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-j-r/503326)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-j-r/503326 "2009-07-20T20:46:58Z")
I need some people with the initials J.R. who are slightly more up to date than Joan Rivers and Julia Roberts. Help! --- ## [USA vs. Honduras Gold Cup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-vs-honduras-gold-cup/502495)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-vs-honduras-gold-cup/502495 "2009-07-20T15:23:45Z")
Did anyone watch this last night? I realize it’s our B team, but God were they awful. When one of your best players is Kyle Beckerman, you’ve got a problem. Beckerman is a decent to good MLS player, but not an interna… --- ## [Any suggestions for this WoW Frost Mage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-suggestions-for-this-wow-frost-mage/503583)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-suggestions-for-this-wow-frost-mage/503583 "2009-07-20T05:04:12Z")
As far as gear/talents etc? --- ## [I'm making my own tower defense game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-my-own-tower-defense-game/503502)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-my-own-tower-defense-game/503502 "2009-07-20T01:33:21Z")
Hopefully. I’ve got the idea for a great TD game, called ZOO ESCAPE. My dad says that if I come up with the specs, he’ll write the program. I’ll be babbling to you about all the myriad details of my genius plan tomorro… --- ## [So, is Pujols on track for a 3rd MVP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-pujols-on-track-for-a-3rd-mvp/503511)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-pujols-on-track-for-a-3rd-mvp/503511 "2009-07-20T01:28:04Z")
Pujols is leading MLB in HR, RBI, Slugging, and OnBasePlusSlugging, while hitting .364. I am pointedly biased, but isn’t this the track to another MVP? If this continues, does this cement him for the DropDeadHallofFame c… --- ## [Saturday afternoon baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-afternoon-baseball/503454)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-afternoon-baseball/503454 "2009-07-19T11:30:52Z")
Who owns the national TV rights to the 1:00 EST games on Saturdays? Is it Fox? Someone else? The bigger question is, why don’t they broadcast them? I have the MLB package and the games are not available, but they aren’t … --- ## [Your Baseball Team's All-Time "If Only" Team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-baseball-teams-all-time-if-only-team/503266)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-baseball-teams-all-time-if-only-team/503266 "2009-07-19T07:48:17Z")
This was brought to mind by the “all-franchise team” thread currently active: I was thinking that I could probably put together a better team of players who the Astros had given away than of players who actually played f… --- ## [WoW freakout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-freakout/503383)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-freakout/503383 "2009-07-19T04:07:05Z")
http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=video&file=wow\_freak\_out\_aftermath.flv --- ## [Looking for trading/space trading game recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-trading-space-trading-game-recommendations/502912)
**Author:** [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-trading-space-trading-game-recommendations/502912 "2009-07-18T18:17:21Z")
So a friend got me into Skyrates recently, and I’ve been having a ball with it… but having been designed for casual play, it isn’t particularly conducive to sustained attention. As such, I was wondering if there were any… --- ## [Does anyone plays Anacreon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218 "2009-07-18T13:31:57Z")
URL here - http://neurohack.com/anacreon/ This game is a typical 4X game, but without so much micromanagement on the world basis but more of setting overall strategical theme and moving fleets about and setting up suppl… --- ## [insanely twisted shadow planet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insanely-twisted-shadow-planet/503303)
**Author:** [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insanely-twisted-shadow-planet/503303 "2009-07-18T01:45:05Z")
I’ve never been blown away by a trailer like i was by this. I don’t even enjoy that type of game but i positively cannot wait for it to come out after watching that video. --- ## [Eve On-Line banking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-on-line-banking/496179)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-on-line-banking/496179 "2009-07-17T20:51:18Z")
Here is an article in the Eve Tribune written by our very own FinnAgain! Banking and You: the Tribune talks to EBANK I am reading this article as I am starting to be interested in the EBank. I am pretty good at making… --- ## [Get your own line of dialogue into a chapter of Tales of Monkey Island.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-own-line-of-dialogue-into-a-chapter-of-tales-of-monkey-island/503289)
**Author:** [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-own-line-of-dialogue-into-a-chapter-of-tales-of-monkey-island/503289 "2009-07-17T20:11:57Z")
Telltale games is organizing a contest where you can get your own line of dialogue into a future chapter of Tales of Monkey Island. My entry: He trademarked my moniker! --- ## [Recommend me a DS game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-ds-game/503297)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2009, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-ds-game/503297 "2009-07-17T12:05:15Z")
I’ve got a week of travel coming up, and I need something to fill the downtime. I’m looking for a good DS game to keep me occupied. Ideally it would a puzzle game, though I might consider an RPG. Here’s a list of the … --- ## [Sprinters' Bodies vs. Distance Runners' Bodies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprinters-bodies-vs-distance-runners-bodies/502597)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprinters-bodies-vs-distance-runners-bodies/502597 "2009-07-17T09:42:40Z")
When I go to the gym, the only exercises that I do involve weight lifting ~squats, presses, dips, curls, etc. I do absolutely no cardio at all. My doctors and health metrics tell me that I’m very fit, luckily, so the l… --- ## [State of Origin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-origin/503096)
**Author:** [@mrpayday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrpayday)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-origin/503096 "2009-07-16T21:57:58Z")
Does the concept of State of Origin rugby league exist anywhere else in the world? It is a Australian rugby league 3 game series played between Queensland and New South Wales where eligibility is determined by where you… --- ## [Evony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evony/501789)
**Author:** [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evony/501789 "2009-07-16T20:39:52Z")
Anyone else playing Evony? I just started a few days ago. It’s a bit like Travian, with a persistent world, city building, and such. It’s free, but you can pay money to get game tokens which you can use to power up. I… --- ## [2009 MLB All Star Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-mlb-all-star-game/503013)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-mlb-all-star-game/503013 "2009-07-16T20:21:34Z")
I was just looking at the complete NL and AL rosters (thanks, ESPN, for making it as hard as possible to find this basic information)… Uh… where’s A-Rod? Where’s Miguel Cabrera? Pena was a last-minute replacement assi… --- ## [Fallout 3 starting tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-3-starting-tips/501564)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-3-starting-tips/501564 "2009-07-16T08:58:27Z")
Seeing that there is a Fallout 3 vs. Oblivion thread below, I may as well jump in one with my own. I have just gotten the game and is getting my ass handed to me. I just reached Megaton, only has a 10mm pistol and where… --- ## [How do I get Fallout 3: Broken Steel for the PC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-fallout-3-broken-steel-for-the-pc/502913)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-fallout-3-broken-steel-for-the-pc/502913 "2009-07-16T03:12:09Z")
Perhaps you can save me some time. I’m new to the concept of DLC ‘downloadable Content’, as I understand it it’s a patch I have to pay for. Ok, I’ll pay the $10, but I just can’t seem to find it. I have Steam and coul… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=546) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=548)