# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=563 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 564 --- ## [How can I learn to play better chess?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-learn-to-play-better-chess/493540)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-learn-to-play-better-chess/493540 "2009-04-25T18:29:30Z")
I can’t play a good game of chess. Sure, I can beat beginners. But, I can’t seem to advance any further than that. I’ve tried reading some books, but I haven’t found one that really explains why I should make a particula… --- ## [Battleship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship/494308)
**Author:** [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship/494308 "2009-04-25T10:25:06Z")
Anyone up for a game on the weekend of 2nd May? I have a variant of Battleship I want to try out, but will need people to sit down and post every five minutes over the period of an hour or two, tops. I am looking for 4 p… --- ## [UK Channel 4 Pub Quiz Online Challenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-channel-4-pub-quiz-online-challenge/494291)
**Author:** [@telebox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/telebox)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-channel-4-pub-quiz-online-challenge/494291 "2009-04-25T03:39:34Z")
Hope this is within the rules of SD … http://www.more4pubquiz.com You don’t need to register to play, only if you want to get any high score on their leader board. --- ## [Great but overlooked sports feats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-but-overlooked-sports-feats/494262)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-but-overlooked-sports-feats/494262 "2009-04-25T03:29:34Z")
The records are well known, but there are some amazing sports feats that are completely forgotten. Maybe they took place long ago. Maybe they didn’t get the proper recognition at the time. Let’s start with this: Ned … --- ## [Mafia: Not-so-simple-Simpletown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-not-so-simple-simpletown/488592)
**Author:** [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Replies:** 1149\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-not-so-simple-simpletown/488592 "2009-04-24T23:41:53Z")
Welcome Simpletons! Sign up here to join. Signups end Friday 13 March 2009 at Noon. There is a specific number of players required for this game to operate, but I’m not telling you how many. I will randomly choose extr… --- ## [A question about the rules of baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-rules-of-baseball/493643)
**Author:** [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-rules-of-baseball/493643 "2009-04-24T22:50:20Z")
Suppose you’ve got runners on second and third, and two outs. The batter hits to the outfield; ball drops without being caught. The runners from second and third make it safely to home, scoring two runs. The batter ro… --- ## [Anyone else playing Battlefield Heroes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-battlefield-heroes/494225)
**Author:** [@Survey1215](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survey1215)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-battlefield-heroes/494225 "2009-04-24T15:34:49Z")
Was anyone else here chosen as a beta tester for Battlefield Heroes? I got one of the beta keys and really like the game, which is the first multi-player online game I’ve played. Its still got some quirks to it (sniper… --- ## [No Zombie love? (Left 4 Dead)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-zombie-love-left-4-dead/471155)
**Author:** [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Replies:** 600\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-zombie-love-left-4-dead/471155 "2009-04-24T15:22:18Z")
As we all know, Valve makes perfect games. Now, Valve has decided to make a perfect game using the perfect gamemode (co-operative multiplayer,) using the perfect genre (fuckin’ zombies) and it all comes out in about a w… --- ## [Bioshock 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bioshock-2/489947)
**Author:** [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bioshock-2/489947 "2009-04-24T15:13:01Z")
Any comments, excitement? I, for one, am freaking at the graphics and story line as it goes so far! --- ## [How to save/back up Sims 2 games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-save-back-up-sims-2-games/494216)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-save-back-up-sims-2-games/494216 "2009-04-24T14:57:45Z")
A friend recently made herself and her cat characters in her Sims 2 game. She doesn’t want to lose the game & the characters so she wanted me to find out how to back up/save her game & her characters. I think I found the… --- ## [When will a man run a sub-2 hour marathon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-a-man-run-a-sub-2-hour-marathon/493800)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-a-man-run-a-sub-2-hour-marathon/493800 "2009-04-24T14:32:30Z")
I examined the progressive world record times, and, extrapolating a line of best fit for all times starting from Robert de Castella’s 1981 mark of 2:08.18 (which ended a 13 year drought), I estimate that someone will bre… --- ## [Bioshock a good intro to PC gameing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bioshock-a-good-intro-to-pc-gameing/493899)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bioshock-a-good-intro-to-pc-gameing/493899 "2009-04-24T14:02:12Z")
I’ve had Bioshock for about a year now, and I finally get to play it now that I have an updated graphics card. Long story short, I’ve only owned Nintendo Systems my whole life and I barely dabbled in PC gaming. I’ve he… --- ## [Zelda: TTP – Is this game hard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-ttp-is-this-game-hard/493737)
**Author:** [@ChadVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChadVader)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-ttp-is-this-game-hard/493737 "2009-04-24T08:55:29Z")
Ok, so I just started playing this game for the first time. And wow, this shit is driving me crazy. I swear to god I’m getting stuck in this game every five minutes. I got stuck with the damn cat. I kept trying to captu… --- ## [How deep is the Wii's lineup of games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-is-the-wiis-lineup-of-games/493560)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-is-the-wiis-lineup-of-games/493560 "2009-04-24T03:59:35Z")
In this thread, a discussion about the merits of the three consoles once again leads to people saying the Wii “doesn’t have a deep lineup of games” and that the games it does have “aren’t for real gamers.” While no one … --- ## [Spell the Name "Lindsay".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838 "2009-04-23T23:55:57Z")
\*\*In a way that no post above has. \*\* I will start. Lindsay. --- ## [A Funereal Feud by Springtime for Spacers \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funereal-feud-by-springtime-for-spacers-game-over/493557)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funereal-feud-by-springtime-for-spacers-game-over/493557 "2009-04-23T21:37:57Z")
\*\*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… --- ## [PC games I can play on my new laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-games-i-can-play-on-my-new-laptop/493990)
**Author:** [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-games-i-can-play-on-my-new-laptop/493990 "2009-04-23T18:23:18Z")
Hi all, I just purchsed a new Samsung R510 and am wondering what games could I play?These days it seems that for every new game you need to majorly overhaul computer (or at least that what some of the threads make it ap… --- ## [Team of the 00's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-of-the-00s/494027)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-of-the-00s/494027 "2009-04-23T16:49:42Z")
With the 00s almost over, who would you nominate for the team of the decade. It seems there’s few dominant teams this decade over last decade. In the 90s, the Yankees, Bulls, and Cornhuskers were clearly the class of the… --- ## [Is Marvin Gay Gay? Is Stephen King King of the horror genre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531 "2009-04-23T12:49:06Z")
Does Ann Rule Rule the true crime genre? --- ## [Look What \*I\* Found!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/494045)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/494045 "2009-04-23T04:11:43Z")
On page 16 in the magazine Game Informer, about half-way down the left-hand side of the page, see the following quote in reference to The Beatles Rock Band for PS3: "Dhani Harrison, son of the late George Harrison, re… --- ## [Deck Chairs Re-Arranged on Football Titanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-chairs-re-arranged-on-football-titanic/493845)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-chairs-re-arranged-on-football-titanic/493845 "2009-04-22T17:40:07Z")
Other NFL teams: Oh, no, we have to play the Lions next week? But…but the logo on their helmet’s got TEETH now! --- ## [Note to Sims 2 "Coach" characters - don't hassle vampires!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-sims-2-coach-characters-dont-hassle-vampires/493910)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-sims-2-coach-characters-dont-hassle-vampires/493910 "2009-04-22T16:54:42Z")
One of the most ANNOYING characters introduced in the Sims 2 “University” expansion pack was the “coach”, generally a grumpy Elder sim in athletic gear who would arrive, uninvited, on your lot, and proceed to yell at, be… --- ## [Woohoo! New Gemcraft Is Out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-new-gemcraft-is-out/493728)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-new-gemcraft-is-out/493728 "2009-04-22T15:21:33Z")
I know several Dopers were waiting as impatiently as I was for this one. Kiss a couple of days good bye – we have GemCraft Chapter 0! --- ## [ATTN: Burning Dog Legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-burning-dog-legion/493521)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-burning-dog-legion/493521 "2009-04-21T23:41:54Z")
What times are y’all usually playing? Thanks Quasi --- ## [Your favorite \[sports\] feats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-sports-feats/493069)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-sports-feats/493069 "2009-04-21T22:06:38Z")
I was ruminating last night about Asdrubal Cabrera’s unassisted triple play last year. I like any triple play (I think the Tribe has had one in each of the last 3 seasons) but unassisted is just wow. I think inside the … --- ## [Great Scott! New Fallout announced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scott-new-fallout-announced/493776)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scott-new-fallout-announced/493776 "2009-04-21T21:24:28Z")
Given the mammoth Fallout 3 thread thought they’re be some interest in this announcement, a new Fallout game penned for 2010. Called Fallout: New Vegas. Not developed by Bethesda, but shipped out to Obsidian, who made … --- ## [You Know You're a WoW Addict When...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-wow-addict-when/493867)
**Author:** [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-wow-addict-when/493867 "2009-04-21T18:15:25Z")
…when you wear diapers while playing. …you read and post about WoW when the server’s down. …when you addict your children to WoW. more? --- ## [Anyone playing Demigod?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-demigod/493601)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-demigod/493601 "2009-04-20T23:21:37Z")
I stumbled across Demigod tonight - so far I’m finding it utterly fascinating. I guess the basic premise is this - it’s RTS. But! You control only the hero unit and perhaps some of his/her summoned minions. Yeah, yea… --- ## [NBA Rules Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-rules-question/491907)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-rules-question/491907 "2009-04-20T23:14:12Z")
A player is standing behind the 3-point line. For some reason, instead of shooting the ball directly at the hoop, he decides to bounce the ball off the floor into the basket. However, the ball bounces within the 3-poin… --- ## [NFL 2009 Schedule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2009-schedule/493063)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2009-schedule/493063 "2009-04-20T21:21:43Z")
It’s schedule day! Later this afternoon the schedule will be released and we’ll all get to find out which dates of Dallas’ 12 primetime games fall on. Schedule day is a minor holiday to me since I get so starved for anyt… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=562) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=564)