# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=555 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 556 --- ## [Punch-Out!! Wii](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punch-out-wii/496106)
**Author:** [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punch-out-wii/496106 "2009-06-09T11:56:02Z")
One of Nintendo’s most famous games is being brought back for the 21st century. In Punch-Out!! for the Wii, Little Mac is back to fight all the goofy stereotyped fighters you remember as well as some new ones. The classi… --- ## [Scribblenauts (Nintendo DS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts-nintendo-ds/498851)
**Author:** [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts-nintendo-ds/498851 "2009-06-09T00:01:32Z")
With the E3 conference this week, I’ve been reading about all the announcements and game impressions. The upcoming game I find the most interesting is Scribblenauts, and it’s not even close. YouTube trailer The premise… --- ## [Revolving baseball announcers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolving-baseball-announcers/499062)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolving-baseball-announcers/499062 "2009-06-08T23:24:50Z")
When you watch a Yankee game it is impossible to know who is going to be doing the game. Usually Michael Kay is doing the play by play. On any given game the other chair could be David Cone, Ken Singleton, John Flaherty,… --- ## [Quick question about Oblivion GOTY.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-oblivion-goty/497344)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-oblivion-goty/497344 "2009-06-08T21:16:06Z")
I played FO3 first. In some epic FO3 threads I heard a lot of people criticising Oblivion’s NPC levelling system. For this reason I held off from getting it. One day I decided to bite the bullet and get it. I’ve also… --- ## [Why no Corvettes in NASCAR?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-corvettes-in-nascar/499111)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-corvettes-in-nascar/499111 "2009-06-08T20:36:52Z")
Maybe there’s a simple answer for this that I’m missing, but is there something about the size/weight/power ratio or something that disqualifies Corvettes from NASCAR competition? --- ## [Chick Hearn "He blew the cripple!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-hearn-he-blew-the-cripple/498904)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-hearn-he-blew-the-cripple/498904 "2009-06-08T18:43:21Z")
I liked Chick Hearn. I listened to him broadcast the Laker games beginning when West and Baylor were playing. And I continued to listen to him until his untimely death. I thought he was a truly gifted broadcaster. But o… --- ## [Tiger doing it again. Prowling, eagling, making ridiculous shots.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-doing-it-again-prowling-eagling-making-ridiculous-shots/499033)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-doing-it-again-prowling-eagling-making-ridiculous-shots/499033 "2009-06-08T18:39:58Z")
Ok, maybe it was a bit lucky, but the eagle Tiger just made at 11 was typical Tiger. Out of gnarly rough, nothing but the bottom of the cup. Now everyone knows he’s on the move (unless they are deaf). I’d say Tiger ha… --- ## [Anybody want to play 20 questions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 933\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757 "2009-06-08T17:50:34Z")
Freebie clue: I’m thinking of a title of something. Yes or no questions only, no descriptives. Go. --- ## [What Wii news from E3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wii-news-from-e3/498858)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wii-news-from-e3/498858 "2009-06-08T17:27:45Z")
Since I only have Wii, and I don’t want to wade through all the Xbox, PS3, PSP, DS, PC, Mac, etc etc news. Anything exciting? Thanks. --- ## [The Feud: Famous Monograms by twickster \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-famous-monograms-by-twickster-game-over/498734)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-famous-monograms-by-twickster-game-over/498734 "2009-06-08T16:23:46Z")
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… --- ## [Army of Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-two/498989)
**Author:** [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-two/498989 "2009-06-08T15:08:01Z")
I played it at my buddy’s house earlier tonight and was astonished at how horrible it was. The controls are unresponsive, the camera angles are silly, the AI for the enemies was really bad, although the game did have an… --- ## [Is swishing cards around the table really the best way to shuffle them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-swishing-cards-around-the-table-really-the-best-way-to-shuffle-them/498471)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-swishing-cards-around-the-table-really-the-best-way-to-shuffle-them/498471 "2009-06-08T13:49:32Z")
I caught a bit of the National Heads Up Poker Championship on Hulu and the way they shuffled the cards was one I never seen before. It involved dumping all the cards face down on the table and swishing them around for wh… --- ## [The Sturdy Quarterstaff Of Nature's Wrath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sturdy-quarterstaff-of-natures-wrath/499044)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sturdy-quarterstaff-of-natures-wrath/499044 "2009-06-08T03:43:27Z")
I think someone just presented me with this thing, y’all. I was over in Moonbrook, about to head into Deadmines, when I engaged some Defias troops, and this toon just ran up to me, knelt and struck the ground with that … --- ## [Left 4 Dead 2 announced. Release date 11.17.2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-4-dead-2-announced-release-date-11-17-2009/498397)
**Author:** [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-4-dead-2-announced-release-date-11-17-2009/498397 "2009-06-08T02:23:39Z")
L4D came out last November and they’re announcing a sequel already? I guess there’s no official expansions coming to the original L4D. I’m still playing the first L4D, why couldn’t Valve announce Episode 3 instead? Link… --- ## [WSoP "Razz" Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsop-razz-question/498999)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsop-razz-question/498999 "2009-06-08T02:03:50Z")
For those that don’t know, “Razz” is a form of 7-card stud poker where the worst hand wins. In the World Series of Poker, the fact that the worst five cards can make a straight or a flush does not matter. Aces are low … --- ## [My goodness, that was awful! (Costa Rica v US)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-goodness-that-was-awful-costa-rica-v-us/498660)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-goodness-that-was-awful-costa-rica-v-us/498660 "2009-06-07T22:03:16Z")
Well, that was, as they say, a pretty comprehensive dismissal. Except for the gift penalty at the end, we had zero true chances on goal. Ugly, ugly defending, especially on the first two goals by Costa Rica (though kud… --- ## [Best Video (/Computer) Game Sequels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-video-computer-game-sequels/498439)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-video-computer-game-sequels/498439 "2009-06-07T14:14:59Z")
There’s a “crappy sequels” thread running in CS right now, so I thought we should recognize the good sequels in the gaming world. Extra points if you think of a series where the sequel was really good and the original w… --- ## [Approximately when does the next generation of consoles hit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approximately-when-does-the-next-generation-of-consoles-hit/490945)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approximately-when-does-the-next-generation-of-consoles-hit/490945 "2009-06-07T05:12:22Z")
When do the Xbox 3, Playstation 4, and the next Nintendo Console come? Are they in development now? Any info. at all about these systems? --- ## [Add/substitute a word to a thread title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-substitute-a-word-to-a-thread-title/498767)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-substitute-a-word-to-a-thread-title/498767 "2009-06-06T23:34:58Z")
So You Think You Cats Can Dance, Season 5 Help me ID this movie I saw on a bus, with no video --- ## [Games that could make a good movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-could-make-a-good-movie/498677)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-could-make-a-good-movie/498677 "2009-06-06T20:50:24Z")
Now, game movies haven’t turned out too well in the past, but given the right director and writers what do you think could make a good movie. It doesn’t have to be limited to the main plotline, it could be a side-story, … --- ## [Anyone here win any major sporting event in college?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-win-any-major-sporting-event-in-college/498724)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-win-any-major-sporting-event-in-college/498724 "2009-06-06T13:21:55Z")
Inspired by this thread. It’s a lot easier to win a national championship in college than it is to be a professional player in anything, so I want to pose the question. I am leaving it open to pretty much anything. We… --- ## [Any Harpoon Players here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-harpoon-players-here/498705)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-harpoon-players-here/498705 "2009-06-06T02:34:30Z")
I just bought the ‘Commanders Edition’ and would be interested in some multiplayer games. I bought the very first version of this years ago, and even though I loved it, it dove me nuts. It was so buggy it would almost … --- ## [Verb that name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-that-name/498187)
**Author:** [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-that-name/498187 "2009-06-06T02:30:24Z")
Classical and literary names are often used as verbs and adjectives. Jacobean, Shavian, Lincolnesque, etc. More recent references should be coined. For example, Jason Bateman told a talk show host that when he skips di… --- ## [Notpron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notpron/498857)
**Author:** [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notpron/498857 "2009-06-06T02:27:41Z")
So Notpron is a very simple web based game. The goal is to get from one level to the next. It involves clicking links, guessing URLs or figuring out usernames and passwords. Also, there are clues in various parts of the … --- ## [Magic: the Gathering. Is this stuff worth anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-is-this-stuff-worth-anything/498294)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-is-this-stuff-worth-anything/498294 "2009-06-06T00:03:29Z")
So the wifey just found a huge binder in her mother’s house full of M:TG cards. She doesn’t know anything about the game (and neither do I) - basically, she got them from a relative and kept collecting them as though the… --- ## [Help me host a Diplomacy FTF game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-host-a-diplomacy-ftf-game/498603)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-host-a-diplomacy-ftf-game/498603 "2009-06-05T21:15:35Z")
As a birthday gift a few years ago my wife gave me a shopping spree at a local games specialty store. Walked out with a stack of games on the recommendation of the helpful owner guy - most of which I’d never heard of be… --- ## [Paraphrased Lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611)
**Author:** [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611 "2009-06-05T20:41:30Z")
Thought you might find this fun. I think we’ve played this game in CS before. My friends and I entertain ourselves with odd little quizzes every now and then… I started this one off: Supply a heavily paraphrased versi… --- ## [Is anyone here a former professional sports player?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-a-former-professional-sports-player/498666)
**Author:** [@otorophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otorophile)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-a-former-professional-sports-player/498666 "2009-06-05T12:47:41Z")
If so, what sport, in what capacity, and what was your best result? I’m not really expecting John McEnroe or Larry Bird to respond, but their are a lot of sports out there. --- ## [The Replacement Feud: Places that start with C by "The Concensus" \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacement-feud-places-that-start-with-c-by-the-concensus-game-over/498207)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacement-feud-places-that-start-with-c-by-the-concensus-game-over/498207 "2009-06-05T11:59:28Z")
\*\*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… --- ## [Delaware State will lose two football games on one day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-state-will-lose-two-football-games-on-one-day/498476)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2009, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-state-will-lose-two-football-games-on-one-day/498476 "2009-06-05T06:02:25Z")
Very strange story. So, Delaware State made themselves a deal to play at Michigan to collect a paycheck but forgot to reschedule a conference game? Now they have to forfeit the conference game AND go to Michigan to lose… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=554) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=556)