# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=557 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 558 --- ## [Explain this Sunday Times crossword theme?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-sunday-times-crossword-theme/498108)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-sunday-times-crossword-theme/498108 "2009-05-30T15:33:11Z")
All righty, I’ve been working away at my New York Times Supersized Sunday Crossword Puzzles omnibus, and usually the theme takes a while for me to pick up on, but I do eventually figure it out. One of them, however, has… --- ## [Write a sentence using anagrams that have a different amount of syllables](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292 "2009-05-29T23:27:15Z")
For dinner we are having lion loin. I always keep a dairy diary Jean Louis, rise when your sire is leaving. --- ## [Who wants to play Exalted? (White Wolf RPG)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-exalted-white-wolf-rpg/497408)
**Author:** [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-exalted-white-wolf-rpg/497408 "2009-05-29T22:29:16Z")
Hey all, I’ve been itching to find a play group for a game of Exalted, but one just doesn’t exist around where I am. So I thought I’d turn to my favorite bunch of online geeks and see if anyone here was interested. I’m … --- ## [Find 50 movies from the last 20 years in this painting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542 "2009-05-29T02:37:14Z")
Take a look at this paintingand try to find the titles to 50 movies released in the last 20 years. Keep in mind it’s from Empire magazine so it might be a bit Anglo-centric. Good luck! --- ## [The Feud: Watch the Birdie! by Ellen Cherry \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-watch-the-birdie-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/497455)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-watch-the-birdie-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/497455 "2009-05-28T23:33:40Z")
\*\*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… --- ## [New Game: Twin Songs of Different Mothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896)
**Author:** [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896 "2009-05-28T20:58:04Z")
In Twin Songs of Different Mothers, we’re looking for a song name that has been used by two or more artists. NOT different versions of the same song but entirely different songs that happen to have the same name. With no… --- ## [Please help me find this flash game!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-this-flash-game/496964)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-this-flash-game/496964 "2009-05-28T16:47:47Z")
On the net, there was a game where you played as a planet, eating meteors and other planets as you grow, while avoiding suns. Where is it? Thanks! --- ## [Where can I see video of Gary Sheffield's disputed home run against the Nationals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-see-video-of-gary-sheffields-disputed-home-run-against-the-nationals/497665)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-see-video-of-gary-sheffields-disputed-home-run-against-the-nationals/497665 "2009-05-28T14:49:12Z")
Last night Gary Sheffield of the Mets hit a shot to the wall, where a fan reached down to touch it and it landed on the field. The umpire called it a home run, but reports indicate the fan touched it below the rail. Th… --- ## [Reccomend me a DS game!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-me-a-ds-game/497766)
**Author:** [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-me-a-ds-game/497766 "2009-05-28T05:55:30Z")
So I just got my DS Lite! I now have Elite Beat Agents Rythym Heaven Disgaea DS but… I think I need a change of pace from Music/rythym and SRPGs. I was thinking of Meteos, hearing all the good things about it, but I… --- ## [Commentary: glee v. SiXSwordS chess game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commentary-glee-v-sixswords-chess-game/496544)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commentary-glee-v-sixswords-chess-game/496544 "2009-05-28T04:53:56Z")
I thought I’d start a thread into which assorted commentary about the glee v. SiXSwordS chess training game can be put. Thus, we can kibbitz, as well as snark, and even drag in irrelevancies without distracting the part… --- ## [Give me 10 Wii games I should buy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164 "2009-05-28T04:42:35Z")
We gotta Wii, and I want more games. We already have some party games - Boom Blox, the entire Rabbids series, and I downloaded World of Goo, all very good. Now I need more. In terms of taste, please not I’m not a huge… --- ## [Woo Hoo! It's WCWS time again (NCAA softball)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-its-wcws-time-again-ncaa-softball/497870)
**Author:** [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-its-wcws-time-again-ncaa-softball/497870 "2009-05-28T00:59:28Z")
Who will be the new Crystl Bustos, Jessica Mendoza or Caitlin Lowe? Who will be the new Cat Osterman, Monica Abbott or Jennie Finch? Bracket here; Thursday schedule here;team by team breakdown here. Some videos collecte… --- ## [All the cliches that are fit to print](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676 "2009-05-27T16:37:10Z")
On Sunday a friend and I were tossing the ole pigskin back and forth (actually, a sponge pigskin, but that doesn’t matter right now) and he started rattling off cliches but only substituting the word “cliche” for one of … --- ## [TF2 - help a total noob](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tf2-help-a-total-noob/497347)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tf2-help-a-total-noob/497347 "2009-05-27T14:55:37Z")
Free weekend. Left 4 Dead getting stale. Figured I’d try TF2. I was with it enough to pick a medic, since my team didn’t have one. I joined, and within seconds saw at least three cries of “MEDIC!” I had no clue wher… --- ## [Table-top RPG advice: One wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-top-rpg-advice-one-wish/497699)
**Author:** [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-top-rpg-advice-one-wish/497699 "2009-05-27T14:47:34Z")
No, I’m not using my one wish for plot advice. :roll: So, I’m running a low-powered game in the BPRD / Hellboy universe. I’ve got a scenario idea in which the PC’s are dispatched to an ‘empty’ midwestern town to figure… --- ## [The Feud: Items in a Junk Drawer \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-items-in-a-junk-drawer-game-over/497069)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-items-in-a-junk-drawer-game-over/497069 "2009-05-26T21:26:33Z")
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… --- ## [Geforce GTX 295. Finally I'll be able to play GTA IV! (Or will I?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geforce-gtx-295-finally-ill-be-able-to-play-gta-iv-or-will-i/497241)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geforce-gtx-295-finally-ill-be-able-to-play-gta-iv-or-will-i/497241 "2009-05-26T18:42:34Z")
GTA IV (Grand Theft Auto 4) for the PC is an atrociously ported game (It appears not to have been optimized to run smoothly on even a high-end PC). I am not going to buy a console. But I do want to play this game. I… --- ## [Guitar Hero 3: What is Death Drain...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-hero-3-what-is-death-drain/497541)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-hero-3-what-is-death-drain/497541 "2009-05-26T18:00:25Z")
…and how can I avoid or counteract it? I’m about to finish the Medium level. I have only to battle Lou, and to go back and beat Tom Morello. If that can be done. I’ve battled him ten or twelve times now, and each one ha… --- ## [TF2: meet the spy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tf2-meet-the-spy/496980)
**Author:** [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tf2-meet-the-spy/496980 "2009-05-26T17:35:44Z")
This is the best one yet. I love all of their “meet the blank” videos, but they truly outdid themselves this time. --- ## [English Football - Coca-Cola Leagues - Seasonal Climax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-football-coca-cola-leagues-seasonal-climax/491192)
**Author:** [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-football-coca-cola-leagues-seasonal-climax/491192 "2009-05-25T17:56:42Z")
This thread is for reporting and complaining about your club’s performances in the Championship, League 1, League 2, and below. Please note, this is a Premiership-Free Zone. In other threads, posts concerning clubs in t… --- ## [Puzzle: More Shuffled Movie Titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-more-shuffled-movie-titles/497324)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-more-shuffled-movie-titles/497324 "2009-05-25T01:35:01Z")
This puzzle is a list of movie titles with something in common. The titles have been broken into “doublets”, and the doublets then alphabetized. Example: AMERICAN BEAUTY AM ER IC AN BE AU TY AM AN AU BE ER IC TY P… --- ## [The 93rd Indiianapolis 500](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-93rd-indiianapolis-500/497473)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-93rd-indiianapolis-500/497473 "2009-05-24T20:44:14Z")
Any other race fans? I’ll start out with a big F-you to Marco Andretti. Yes, it wasn’t his fault, but his childish name calling is bad sportsmanship, and is characteristic of his arrogant sense of entitlement. IMHO, he’… --- ## [Anybody here both play darts & pitch baseball?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-both-play-darts-pitch-baseball/497403)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-both-play-darts-pitch-baseball/497403 "2009-05-24T05:47:00Z")
I play the former, but not the latter, as I’m a very special kind of nerd. I’m wondering how transferrable the skillsets are. Specifically, I’m wondering how long is reasonable for a skilled pitcher to take to become a… --- ## [2 Handed Sword Usage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-handed-sword-usage/496629)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-handed-sword-usage/496629 "2009-05-24T04:53:39Z")
Hey Kids I bought one, but I thought maybe I’d ask here first, if it is worth using it. Level 17 Human Warrior Strength 54 Agility 50 That thing just looks too awkward for Wolkie to mess with, and I’m still on the … --- ## [CBS sports GOLF theme music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-sports-golf-theme-music/497436)
**Author:** [@Yzingerr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yzingerr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-sports-golf-theme-music/497436 "2009-05-24T01:49:36Z")
I am trying to find out where to get the CBS Golf theme music (at the opening of the program and almost ad nauseum throughout). I have heard its called “Fanfare” by Yanni. (The Yanni part is definenlty true as it says … --- ## [The Sony PS3 Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sony-ps3-thread/495452)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sony-ps3-thread/495452 "2009-05-23T14:24:16Z")
Much like the “what apps do you have/use on your iPhone” thread; I wanted to have a thread for ps3 ‘stuff.’ How many of you use your ps3 for more than just a game console and a blu-ray dvd player? It contains a lot of o… --- ## [American Idol Top 36 Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733 "2009-05-23T02:23:07Z")
Ok, each year we have our AI pool, but this time around I thought we’d expand it a bit. The SDMB AI Top 32 Pool is open for signups! Come on over here and sign up using the password “cecil” (although I just tested it ou… --- ## [U.S. History Trivia Quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684 "2009-05-22T17:39:50Z")
A continuation of this game. The Rules (stolen from Elindil’s Heir): Ask about any person, place, thing or event since 1492. You must completely rely on your own memory - you can’t consult any book, teh internets, or a… --- ## [Half-Life Ep. 1 problem - help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-life-ep-1-problem-help/497156)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-life-ep-1-problem-help/497156 "2009-05-22T03:15:01Z")
I don’t know where else to post this, as I’m not gamer enough to know the cool forum where I could get help on this for sure. I can’t get through this broken window. I’ve taken screen shots: … --- ## [Princess Bride Mafia on GiraffeBoards APPROVED BY SDMB MANAGEMENT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/princess-bride-mafia-on-giraffeboards-approved-by-sdmb-management/497232)
**Author:** [@paulwhoisaghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulwhoisaghost)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/princess-bride-mafia-on-giraffeboards-approved-by-sdmb-management/497232 "2009-05-21T20:18:34Z")
Signups are ongoing. Have enough to play now, but made an alternate set up in case more people want to play. http://www.giraffeboards.com/showthread.php?t=2571 Hit the link if you want to play :smiley: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=556) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=558)