# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=565 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 566 --- ## [What's With Ryan Dempster (Cubs Pitcher) and his Weird Pitching Motion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-ryan-dempster-cubs-pitcher-and-his-weird-pitching-motion/493026)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-ryan-dempster-cubs-pitcher-and-his-weird-pitching-motion/493026 "2009-04-14T17:32:25Z")
I couldn’t find a clip of Ryan Dempster pitching, but here’s a youtube clip of a kid pretending to pitch like him, and he’s pretty spot-on. Notice how he shuffles his glove as he enters the wind-up? That’s what Dempster … --- ## [Baseball-Reference.com assistance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-reference-com-assistance/493077)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-reference-com-assistance/493077 "2009-04-14T16:46:45Z")
Over in this threadyesterday, I had the desire to look up the '27 Yankees, and their place amongst the better offense teams in history. I’ve loved the resource that is baseball-reference.com, but don’t have a subscripti… --- ## [I'm playing Neverwinter Nights for the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-playing-neverwinter-nights-for-the-first-time/492979)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2009, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-playing-neverwinter-nights-for-the-first-time/492979 "2009-04-14T11:10:19Z")
I’m not a big gamer and last played a computerized D&D product with the SSI gold box games on my Commodore 64. But I had a credit at Best Buy and the NWN 3-Pack (original game plus a couple expansions plus some extra mo… --- ## [Hardest Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardest-game/492990)
**Author:** [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2009, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardest-game/492990 "2009-04-14T11:02:21Z")
So here’sthe game of choice to kill time at work today. It’s called “The Hardest Game” and it lives up to its title. --- ## [NBA: April 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-april-2009/492740)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-april-2009/492740 "2009-04-14T07:54:48Z")
Well, the 8 teams who will make the Western Conference playoffs have been set. The last few games will decide the order and this will get interesting. The Spurs are probably going to fade down the stretch and, with the … --- ## ["Scrabble crossed with Tetris"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-crossed-with-tetris/492185)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2009, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-crossed-with-tetris/492185 "2009-04-14T07:43:44Z")
Sometime-Doper audient found a new word game: Deepleap. The idea is that you take the letters that pop up and make words out of them before they disappear. You make points based on the length (and, apparently, “quality,… --- ## [Morrowind: mods recommended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morrowind-mods-recommended/493023)
**Author:** [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morrowind-mods-recommended/493023 "2009-04-14T05:39:48Z")
Ok, I have the game of the Year edition of The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind. It comes with some expansion or other, in a honkin huge box. I’ve actually had it for quite a while, just never got around to playing it. I kno… --- ## [Pokemon Revisited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-revisited/492687)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-revisited/492687 "2009-04-14T02:09:45Z")
Almost a year ago, I posted this thread, in which I solicited advice for my son, who was eager to begin his Pokemon journey. I thought an update would be interesting. We ended up getting a DS Lite and Pokemon Diamond f… --- ## [The Master's Golf Tournament](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-masters-golf-tournament/492865)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-masters-golf-tournament/492865 "2009-04-13T23:00:11Z")
Is there any tournament in all of sports that is more full of itself than the Masters? No, there is no tournament in all of sports that is as full of itself as the Masters. It’s just a golf game. Get over it, Masters! --- ## [Rough week for MLB's Angels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rough-week-for-mlbs-angels/492520)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rough-week-for-mlbs-angels/492520 "2009-04-13T18:17:14Z")
A fan was killed at the Angels’ stadium after the Opening Day game: Link A pitcher who’d appeared in the same game (?) was killed in a car crash that night too: Link That’s just mind-bogglingly tragic. --- ## [Good PC games from the past 3-4 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-pc-games-from-the-past-3-4-years/492805)
**Author:** [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-pc-games-from-the-past-3-4-years/492805 "2009-04-13T17:02:28Z")
I am in search of some PC games with great graphics. A recent upgrade to my computer is allowing me to finally play many of the great games that have come out in the past few years. If it isn’t very graphics intensive,… --- ## [Is golf a sport?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-golf-a-sport/491960)
**Author:** [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-golf-a-sport/491960 "2009-04-13T15:51:13Z")
Seems this argument has been popping up a lot lately, so I put it to the good folks on Dope. Is golf a sport or a game? My stance is that for something to be considered a sport, excelling in it must require more than t… --- ## [Dogwoods, Amen at the Corner, and Green Jackets: It's Masters Time!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196 "2009-04-13T15:20:30Z")
This is the week, the week those of us who are golfers have no intention of missing. The best golfers in the world, playing on the prettiest and most well-known course, for the ability to wear a green jacket. Ritual? … --- ## [CoX Issue 14: Architect is out. Thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cox-issue-14-architect-is-out-thoughts/492666)
**Author:** [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cox-issue-14-architect-is-out-thoughts/492666 "2009-04-13T12:11:00Z")
So the new patch for City of Heroes is out with the new mission editor. I’m loving it. It’s easy, pretty thorough and gives you a lot of options. The only things I didn’t like about it was that you couldn’t pick exactly… --- ## [RIP Dave Arneson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dave-arneson/492502)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dave-arneson/492502 "2009-04-13T06:03:56Z")
Dave Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons has passed away. Here is a message from Gary Gygax (in better times) Brian --- ## [Celebrities on your Top 5 List -- With Conditions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-your-top-5-list-with-conditions/492249)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-your-top-5-list-with-conditions/492249 "2009-04-13T03:19:43Z")
Alright, I think we all know about how this little caveat to monogamy works… you get to choose 5 famous people that your significant other would be willing to let you sleep with if the occasion ever arose. But there’s a … --- ## [Recommend me some Wii games!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-wii-games/492452)
**Author:** [@Scathach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scathach)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-wii-games/492452 "2009-04-13T01:41:15Z")
So I finally broke down and bought myself a Wii. However, because I’d been telling myself for ages that I wasn’t going to get one, I’ve been determinedly ignoring all Wii related advertising and such in order not to get … --- ## [Getting Nintendo DSi to connect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-nintendo-dsi-to-connect/492773)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-nintendo-dsi-to-connect/492773 "2009-04-12T23:55:42Z")
Moon Unit just blew all her savings on a DSI yesterday and of course is loving it. But - as far as we can tell, it won’t work on our home WPA wireless (and frankly we wouldn’t want it - I don’t want her having internet … --- ## [Converting files to MIDI for drum tutor game thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-files-to-midi-for-drum-tutor-game-thing/492781)
**Author:** [@Cat\_In\_A\_Top\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_In_A_Top_Hat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-files-to-midi-for-drum-tutor-game-thing/492781 "2009-04-12T15:12:06Z")
Good evening, all. For those of you who do custom Rock Band mods and/or know about computers, file conversions, and drum machines, I request your assistance. The skinny is as follows: I am attempting to teach myself t… --- ## [Kauffman Stadium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kauffman-stadium/492682)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kauffman-stadium/492682 "2009-04-11T20:37:54Z")
So, I’m watching the Yankees play the Royals this afternoon and they just had the ceremonies for the renovated Kauffman Stadium. They did a really nice job on the place. I was there in '91 and I thought it was a cool sta… --- ## [Best games to play on a laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-games-to-play-on-a-laptop/492697)
**Author:** [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-games-to-play-on-a-laptop/492697 "2009-04-11T06:18:15Z")
I’m looking for suggestions for games that I can play on a decent but not powerful laptop, and by laptop I mean, like, in my lap. No mouse, no stable playing surface or anything, no graphics, essentially. Sim games wor… --- ## [Is the "survival horror" genre extinct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-survival-horror-genre-extinct/492110)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-survival-horror-genre-extinct/492110 "2009-04-11T04:06:28Z")
Last night I was at a party and someone (who lived at the house) said he had Resident Evil 5. I haven’t played many games lately, PC or console, but I’d seen screenshots from RE5 and they looked cool, and being a lifelon… --- ## [The Feud: Three Letter Feud by notfrommensa \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-three-letter-feud-by-notfrommensa-game-over/492496)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-three-letter-feud-by-notfrommensa-game-over/492496 "2009-04-11T02:27:48Z")
Three Letter Feud by notfrommensa \*\*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,… --- ## [It wasn't the biggest shock since Foinavon...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-wasnt-the-biggest-shock-since-foinavon/492635)
**Author:** [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-wasnt-the-biggest-shock-since-foinavon/492635 "2009-04-10T17:16:36Z")
… it was the biggest shock ever. Not exactly topical, but Mon Mome the 100-1 winner of the Grand National on Saturday was being hailed as the “biggest shock since Foinavon in 1967”. Wrong, this was a much bigger shock th… --- ## [New Halo 3 Maps and Game Night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-halo-3-maps-and-game-night/492661)
**Author:** [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-halo-3-maps-and-game-night/492661 "2009-04-10T17:14:27Z")
Hey, if you weren’t aware, three new maps were released for Halo 3. They’re $10 and I’m a fan of two out of the three of them. Sandbox is VERY Forgeable. In any case, let’s get a Doper game going some time soon. Is t… --- ## [WH 40k- "Blessed is the mind, too small for doubt"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-40k-blessed-is-the-mind-too-small-for-doubt/492469)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-40k-blessed-is-the-mind-too-small-for-doubt/492469 "2009-04-10T15:03:47Z")
Anybody on the dope play Warhammer 40k? I played a few years ago, had a Space Wolf and Dark Eldar army, got bored and shelved them. They’ve since gone up to 5th edition rules and have been re-doing armies. A new Imperial… --- ## [Opening Day Is Almost Here, It's Baseball Trivia Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-is-almost-here-its-baseball-trivia-time/491567)
**Author:** [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-is-almost-here-its-baseball-trivia-time/491567 "2009-04-10T13:53:45Z")
I think it’s been a while since the last one of these, but with April 5 drawing closer, now seems like a good time. Add your own questions, and no Googling! Name three major leaguers who were nicknamed after colleges … --- ## [Sports during the great depression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-during-the-great-depression/492019)
**Author:** [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-during-the-great-depression/492019 "2009-04-10T13:17:47Z")
To what extent did college, professional, and Olympic sports competition decline during the Great Depression? --- ## [Chrono Trigger for DS question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrono-trigger-for-ds-question/492276)
**Author:** [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrono-trigger-for-ds-question/492276 "2009-04-09T23:07:32Z")
My husband’s been obsessively playing Chrono Trigger since I bought it for him for Christmas. But he’s really stuck, so he asked me to ask what he calls “the font of all wisdom” for help. Here’s his situation: Oh wait,… --- ## [The Feud: Spring's Coming! by WormTheRed \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-springs-coming-by-wormthered-game-over/492097)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-springs-coming-by-wormthered-game-over/492097 "2009-04-09T16:29:46Z")
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