# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=549 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 550 --- ## [Dawn of War 1/2, and Soulstorm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawn-of-war-1-2-and-soulstorm/502643)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawn-of-war-1-2-and-soulstorm/502643 "2009-07-11T19:20:29Z")
Oi, I pulled out my copy of Dawn of War the other day. Apart from the base game being a bit tedious, it’s pretty good, particularly with Winter Assault. I never got Dark Crusade or Soulstorm, or Dawn of War 2. Basically… --- ## [Wimbledon 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2009/500155)
**Author:** [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Replies:** 310\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2009/500155 "2009-07-11T15:02:51Z")
The one certainty this year will be the massive British interest in Andy Murray’s prospects of victory. As a reminder to citizens of the more successful tennis playing countries among us, this was last achieved by Fred P… --- ## [ESPN buys Setanta EPL rights - to be shown in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-buys-setanta-epl-rights-to-be-shown-in-the-us/502475)
**Author:** [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-buys-setanta-epl-rights-to-be-shown-in-the-us/502475 "2009-07-11T13:38:06Z")
I searched to see if this had been answered or not… Given that ESPN has taken over the Setanta package of Premier League games for the next four years, does anyone know if they are going to show the games live in the US… --- ## [MMA: Does the omoplata ever work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mma-does-the-omoplata-ever-work/502659)
**Author:** [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mma-does-the-omoplata-ever-work/502659 "2009-07-11T08:13:14Z")
In mixed martial arts, shoulder locks are frequently-attempted submissions. It’s rare to get through an entire episode of any UFC show without hearing Joe Rogan exclaim, “Oh, he’s going for an omoplata!” The thing is, … --- ## [How does a D&D pen & paper game actually work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-d-d-pen-paper-game-actually-work/502043)
**Author:** [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-d-d-pen-paper-game-actually-work/502043 "2009-07-11T07:53:44Z")
I’ve been curious about this for as long as I’ve known about D&D, and especially after I started playing D&D based computer games (Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, etc.). I know roughly how it’s supposed to work, as I’ve eve… --- ## [Buying a Wii: Is is worth price shopping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-wii-is-is-worth-price-shopping/502493)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-wii-is-is-worth-price-shopping/502493 "2009-07-11T03:21:41Z")
With my kids visiting for the summer, I’m taking the step of purchasing a Wii. I’ve never been interested in any of the modern game consoles. The Atari 2600 was the only one I ever had. I’ve noticed some remarkably ch… --- ## [Wondering if anyone else plays QQ games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-if-anyone-else-plays-qq-games/502622)
**Author:** [@granzagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/granzagirl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-if-anyone-else-plays-qq-games/502622 "2009-07-11T00:28:11Z")
I downloaded a set of games that came with the AIM client recently, and I must say I’m having a lot of fun playing their games. I mean, anyone can go to Yahoo and just go to a game, but in these games there’s a tightnit … --- ## [Steve McNair is dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcnair-is-dead/501921)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcnair-is-dead/501921 "2009-07-10T18:28:15Z")
Steve McNair, former Titans QB best known for losing the Superbowl to the Rams in 2000 is dead of a gunshot wound to the head. http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=10643962 Damn. --- ## ['Cheating' in single player games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-in-single-player-games/501706)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-in-single-player-games/501706 "2009-07-10T17:24:53Z")
To avoid further hijacking this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11301337&posted=1#post11301337 I just cannot understand folks. This thread has suggestions to: Reload the game after faile… --- ## [Mechwarrior 5: Project Phoenix. The Unseen Return.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechwarrior-5-project-phoenix-the-unseen-return/502435)
**Author:** [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechwarrior-5-project-phoenix-the-unseen-return/502435 "2009-07-10T14:49:18Z")
Oh. Yes. Looks so good. More importantly, looks so right. Sounds so right, too. In game footage, Unreal 3 engine, reused art assets from previous games in the video, but looks like the basic feel is already in there. … --- ## [What PS2 games can't I afford to miss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ps2-games-cant-i-afford-to-miss/480797)
**Author:** [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ps2-games-cant-i-afford-to-miss/480797 "2009-07-10T12:38:56Z")
I’ve recently been on a binge of buying used PS2 games at Gamestop. Around the year 2000, I began exclusively playing PC games and pretty much sat out the entire gamecube/PS2/Xbox generation of console games. I really … --- ## [He Hate Me Some Me FF Keeper League](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-some-me-ff-keeper-league/447318)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-some-me-ff-keeper-league/447318 "2009-07-10T04:12:13Z")
Schedule Signup Begins: First week of June Signup Deadline: Thursday 7/31/08 Offseason Trade Deadline: Tuesday 8/19/08 Keeper Declaration: Tuesday 8/26/08 Live Draft: Monday 9/1/08 (Labor Day) at 10:30pm ET Keeper … --- ## [What does this Chess Notation mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-chess-notation-mean/502460)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-chess-notation-mean/502460 "2009-07-09T20:49:56Z")
In this Chess Problem under the spur: A. 2…Nxb4 (a little more than a third of the way down the page) I find the notation ± 2.16. (Basically, Black has spared the Queen by exchanging a Knight for two pawns.) I thought … --- ## [Type in Code!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/type-in-code/502177)
**Author:** [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/type-in-code/502177 "2009-07-09T19:00:44Z")
Wan’t sure whether to put this in MPSIMS or here. Mods, move it if you want. Anyway: Iaadw C-m ann dfl.p abe hcy.ppf pcidy br,vvvcy-o p.annf abbrfcbiw xgy cy-o j.pyacbnf x.yy.p ydab dakcbi a ornce xann ru oyp.oo cb frg… --- ## [The Feud: Board Games \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122 "2009-07-09T17:40:10Z")
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… --- ## [When can a batsman come in but not be on strike?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-can-a-batsman-come-in-but-not-be-on-strike/502436)
**Author:** [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-can-a-batsman-come-in-but-not-be-on-strike/502436 "2009-07-09T16:13:45Z")
When the over hasn’t ended? A couple of times recently I thought I heard of a new batsman coming in after a run out and the commentators saying he wasn’t on strike because the batsmen had changed ends. Can that happen, o… --- ## [Fallout 3 VS Oblivion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-3-vs-oblivion/501421)
**Author:** [@SmashTheState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmashTheState)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-3-vs-oblivion/501421 "2009-07-09T09:26:05Z")
Okay, so I’ve been playing Fallout 3 more or less non-stop for the last year. I waited a decade for it, and it’s everything I ever wanted. I have some quibbles with it (who the holy hell decided it would be a great ide… --- ## [1970s "Radar Scope" Board Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-radar-scope-board-game/502266)
**Author:** [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-radar-scope-board-game/502266 "2009-07-09T03:11:11Z")
Friends I am trying to remember the name of an early 1970s “board game” that features an upright board with a radar type scope at the top and I think switch board type wire things you plugged into holes to track the oppo… --- ## [Soccer Torrents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-torrents/502317)
**Author:** [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-torrents/502317 "2009-07-08T23:40:44Z")
Ok, I’ve been looking for a site for awhile now as I live in Japan and most soccer games simply aren’t available for me to watch and after being relegated to watching the one or two FIFA Confed Cup games that made it to … --- ## [A truly shitty game.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-shitty-game/502224)
**Author:** [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-shitty-game/502224 "2009-07-08T23:18:35Z")
Pootris :smiley: --- ## [Best Pitching motion in baseball?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pitching-motion-in-baseball/501956)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pitching-motion-in-baseball/501956 "2009-07-08T22:47:33Z")
We had a best hitting motion in baseball thread once before. It came down to Griffey Jr., Ted Williams, or Manny as the winner (if I remember correctly). While watching games and highlights today I was watching some pi… --- ## [Should I leap for a PS3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-leap-for-a-ps3/502253)
**Author:** [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-leap-for-a-ps3/502253 "2009-07-08T21:20:06Z")
How good do the PS2/PS1 games look on the new console? I’ve been seriously considering buying the 60gb version of PS3 so that I only have one console, one controller, one set of wires, et cetera, to deal with, and I’ve … --- ## [It's A Small World - maybe Too Small](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-small-world-maybe-too-small/502296)
**Author:** [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-small-world-maybe-too-small/502296 "2009-07-08T19:12:04Z")
In the other thread in Cafe Society on creepy tunes, someone mentioned “It’s a Small World”. I can see that side of it, the forced, smiling, mindless vapidity that overexposure to that song would inflict - but we can ni… --- ## [Wii Fit: Have You Tried It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-fit-have-you-tried-it/502213)
**Author:** [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-fit-have-you-tried-it/502213 "2009-07-08T17:48:01Z")
I’m intrigued by the fitness potential for the Wii, and am considering buying a Wii. Do you know anything about the Wii Fit? --- ## [Name the professional animals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615)
**Author:** [@Brainiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615 "2009-07-08T17:35:48Z")
Which animals are in phrases with skills or professions? Like … loan shark CIA mole publicity hound grease monkey clothes horse : --- ## [Is now a good time to buy a graphics card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-now-a-good-time-to-buy-a-graphics-card/502330)
**Author:** [@MJinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MJinks)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-now-a-good-time-to-buy-a-graphics-card/502330 "2009-07-08T16:58:07Z")
I’m in the market for a new graphics card, willing to spend around £250. I have my eyes set on a ATI HD4870x2 but want to make sure I’m not missing anything. Is there some new breakthrough on the horizon? A new range th… --- ## [What was the BEST Virtual Boy game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-virtual-boy-game/502025)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-virtual-boy-game/502025 "2009-07-08T11:20:35Z")
For the three of us that will admit to owning a Nintendo Virtual Boy, what title was the best game on the system? I have to go with Galactic Pinball. The music wins it. On top of that, it’s pinball, that turns into hock… --- ## [Michael Curry Fired!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-curry-fired/501493)
**Author:** [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-curry-fired/501493 "2009-07-08T07:00:23Z")
Well, the Pistons firedMichael Curry after one year. Not surprising, really. Is this where Laimbeer comes in? --- ## [$900M Sale of the Chicago Cubs Completed....Kinda, Almost.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/900m-sale-of-the-chicago-cubs-completed-kinda-almost/502138)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/900m-sale-of-the-chicago-cubs-completed-kinda-almost/502138 "2009-07-08T06:46:46Z")
According to the Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times and ESPN the sale of the Chicago Cubs by the Tribune Company to a group headed up by the Ricketts family, founders of Ameritrade, is almost complete. The deal, over 2 years in… --- ## [Knights in the Nightmare or Valkyrie Profile DS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knights-in-the-nightmare-or-valkyrie-profile-ds/502305)
**Author:** [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knights-in-the-nightmare-or-valkyrie-profile-ds/502305 "2009-07-08T05:58:28Z")
So there are two games I’ve got my eye on right now for the DS, Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of some kind of Plume or another, and Knights of the Nightmare. I’m also getting Suikoden, but that’s just goes without saying. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=548) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=550)