# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=584 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 585 --- ## [I'm trying to find an old amiga arcade game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-find-an-old-amiga-arcade-game/481879)
**Author:** [@in\_hiding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/in_hiding)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-find-an-old-amiga-arcade-game/481879 "2009-01-20T17:26:25Z")
As the title says - I just watched a video on youtube that featured some old games, and though it wasn’t shown there, I suddenly remembered a game I used to play with a friend. I googled, but I can’t find it, because I h… --- ## [NFL Conference Championship Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games/481412)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games/481412 "2009-01-20T17:14:19Z")
Well, I figured since this weeks games determine the who goes to the Super Bowl it’s worth starting the thread a couple days in advance to soak up the hype and make some predictions. Philadelphia at Arizona (Eagles by 2… --- ## [In Risk (the board game), who has the stronger position: offense or defense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-risk-the-board-game-who-has-the-stronger-position-offense-or-defense/481896)
**Author:** [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-risk-the-board-game-who-has-the-stronger-position-offense-or-defense/481896 "2009-01-20T14:36:10Z")
I’m looking for a statistical answer here, I suppose- who’s got the greater statistical chance of winning a long, protracted battle? Assuming no house rules or variants, of course; offense has three dice, defense has tw… --- ## [Puzzle Games for Palm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-games-for-palm/482128)
**Author:** [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-games-for-palm/482128 "2009-01-20T14:17:16Z")
I am having a bit of a dilemma. I have a Palm Tungsten E2, and I have ONE good puzzle game for it - Mazera. I love the puzzle games that are essentially escape games, with a bunch of puzzles in it like this game is. I… --- ## [Quake Live (free Q3Arena, in your browser) - who's playing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-live-free-q3arena-in-your-browser-whos-playing/481899)
**Author:** [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-live-free-q3arena-in-your-browser-whos-playing/481899 "2009-01-20T14:09:39Z")
Quake3Arena was the last of the iD Software games that I played the heck out of. I haven’t played much deathmatch since, in fact. I was happy to learn that iD is bringing it back, in a free-to-play ad-supported model. T… --- ## [Outlaw Feud: Lord of the Rings by 5 time champ \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlaw-feud-lord-of-the-rings-by-5-time-champ-game-over/481611)
**Author:** [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlaw-feud-lord-of-the-rings-by-5-time-champ-game-over/481611 "2009-01-20T04:46:11Z")
It is not a Feud about outlaws in The Lord of the Rings- it is a Feud about LotR not being hosted by Rebo. So it is an Outlaw Feud. DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS Object of the game: Try to think… --- ## [Heroes and Villains will be attacking on Macs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-and-villains-will-be-attacking-on-macs/470479)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-and-villains-will-be-attacking-on-macs/470479 "2009-01-20T03:01:52Z")
As mentioned in the long CoH thread, where interested parties might not see it, City of Heroes & City of Villains will go cross-platform shortly after the latest Issue goes live. Anyone interested in being a beta tester … --- ## [6th Annual SDMB Early Super Bowl Pick Contest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/479075)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/479075 "2009-01-20T01:38:21Z")
All right – the postseason field is set, so it’s that time of year again – time to see who can make the most accurate Super Bowl prediction more than a month ahead of time. In year 1, it was Trillionaire who beat the pa… --- ## [Poker talk!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-talk/481354)
**Author:** [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-talk/481354 "2009-01-19T12:56:58Z")
I was dealt a pocket pair of 9s 9h. I raise it a little to weed out the dead wood. 1 opponent remains, and he raises it up. I re-raise. $400 in the pot. I’m called out. Flop comes down and I get nothing, maybe a possible… --- ## [NFL Overtime Rule - Simple Fix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-overtime-rule-simple-fix/480964)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-overtime-rule-simple-fix/480964 "2009-01-19T08:04:07Z")
Last Wednesday morning, Mike and Mike (of the ESPN 1050 New York morning radio show) were discussing the problems with the NFL’s overtime rule. For those unfamiliar with the rule: the team that scores first in the overt… --- ## [The Daily Feud: Crimes by Windwalker \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-crimes-by-windwalker-game-over/481248)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-crimes-by-windwalker-game-over/481248 "2009-01-18T18:31:54Z")
DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS Object of the game: Try to think of the most popular answer, to get the most people matching you. Google or other research is allowed, if you desire. Only answers tha… --- ## [(yet another) Please Recommend Some Games Thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-please-recommend-some-games-thread/480683)
**Author:** [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-please-recommend-some-games-thread/480683 "2009-01-18T17:18:24Z")
I bought a PS3 over the holidays. Specifically I bought it for Buzz TV and Little Big Planet. Those are both fun, but… My all time favourite video games are Myst and it’s sequels. I also liked several of the Zork gam… --- ## [Aquaria: Yay or Nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aquaria-yay-or-nay/481826)
**Author:** [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2009, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aquaria-yay-or-nay/481826 "2009-01-18T11:01:19Z")
I saw this game advertised on Steam, tried out the demo, and am now considering buying it. Has anyone played it? I have a few questions about the game: How big is the game compared to the demo? Is it big enough to ma… --- ## [Gruden GONE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruden-gone/481673)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruden-gone/481673 "2009-01-18T06:27:57Z")
They kicked him to the curb!!!:eek: Please fix the spelling in the thread title? --- ## [Hollywood Classic Survivor Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-classic-survivor-game/481716)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-classic-survivor-game/481716 "2009-01-18T05:01:32Z")
The rules are simple. There’s a classic movie. You guess if any of the cast members are still alive. For purposes of the game, we’re only including cast members who had an “above the line” credit in the original cast lis… --- ## [Legal Question - Could small market teams force revenue sharing and salary cap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-could-small-market-teams-force-revenue-sharing-and-salary-cap/481535)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-could-small-market-teams-force-revenue-sharing-and-salary-cap/481535 "2009-01-18T04:14:49Z")
Would it be possible for a number of baseball teams to join together and force revenue sharing and a salary cap by controlling broadcast rights? I don’t know what the law is, but I assume that it is permitted to broadca… --- ## [Anyone going to Spring Training?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-spring-training/481427)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-spring-training/481427 "2009-01-17T03:11:43Z")
Outside of the last two or three games that come to Dodger Stadium right before the season starts, I’ve never had the opportunity to go to any Spring Training games, as much as I’ve wanted to. I’ve always got the feeling… --- ## [Do you want players from your MLB team to play in the World Baseball Classic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-players-from-your-mlb-team-to-play-in-the-world-baseball-classic/478404)
**Author:** [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-players-from-your-mlb-team-to-play-in-the-world-baseball-classic/478404 "2009-01-17T03:04:11Z")
It’s a moot point for me, as my team is the Seattle Mariners and they’ll stink pretty no matter what next year. Their star player, Ichiro, will play for Japan. --- ## [Mafia: Evil Dead - DAY/NIGHT FIVE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-evil-dead-day-night-five/480855)
**Author:** [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Replies:** 277\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-evil-dead-day-night-five/480855 "2009-01-17T02:38:31Z")
INT THE LIVING ROOM - NIGHT \*The camera closes on a couch. A lone figure sits on the couch, hunched over… something. If we could only see the face of this solitary figure, much would be revealed, but alas, we see only a… --- ## [Leeds Rhinos or Salford Reds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leeds-rhinos-or-salford-reds/481666)
**Author:** [@MonaLizaT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonaLizaT)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leeds-rhinos-or-salford-reds/481666 "2009-01-16T22:05:24Z")
Going to an exhibition rugby league match tomorrow. I don’t watch much rugby league and usually cheer for the New Zealand All Blacks. Which team should I root for tomorrow? --- ## [J-E-T-S! Flaming! Lesbian! Catfight!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-e-t-s-flaming-lesbian-catfight/481421)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-e-t-s-flaming-lesbian-catfight/481421 "2009-01-16T18:38:10Z")
The daughter of the owner of the NY Jets had her hair set on fire in a catfight with her lesbian girlfriend. Um…wow. Interesting. It’s a shame this couldn’t have happened before a Jets-Pats game just to see what the P… --- ## [NFL: Timeout vs. Delay of Game Penalty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-timeout-vs-delay-of-game-penalty/481182)
**Author:** [@Petek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petek)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-timeout-vs-delay-of-game-penalty/481182 "2009-01-16T15:58:11Z")
After watching lots of NFL games over the past two weeks, I’ve noticed that quarterbacks almost always call a timeout (if any remain) instead of taking a 5-yard delay of game penalty. Is this the best strategy? I can see… --- ## [The Sims 2 - How is this game not just life, but worse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sims-2-how-is-this-game-not-just-life-but-worse/480713)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sims-2-how-is-this-game-not-just-life-but-worse/480713 "2009-01-16T05:28:40Z")
I’ve installed this game for the second time and I’m wondering why. You see my damn person gets smelly, needs the toilet, needs to eat, has no job, a shitty house, people keep coming round and demanding attention. Pla… --- ## [New Computer/ Sound System And Guess What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer-sound-system-and-guess-what/481400)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer-sound-system-and-guess-what/481400 "2009-01-16T03:38:44Z")
I bought them as a result of recommendations made by Y’all, Dude!:slight\_smile: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3956792&cm\_mmc=Email--WebletMain--WEBLET03SHIP-\_-03ship&SRCCODE=… --- ## [Explain this NBA joke from Bill Simmons please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-nba-joke-from-bill-simmons-please/481308)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-nba-joke-from-bill-simmons-please/481308 "2009-01-16T02:34:22Z")
I’m not much of a basketball fan, so this should be simple. It’s from his current mailbag: Q: If Jerome James swapped numbers with Quentin Richardson, how long would it take for his No. 23 to become the best-selling NB… --- ## [Big changes at Scrabulous/Lexulous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-changes-at-scrabulous-lexulous/475515)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-changes-at-scrabulous-lexulous/475515 "2009-01-16T00:49:14Z")
They’ve completely changed the board at Lexulous – I guess more fallout from the lawsuit from the Scrabble folks. Bonus squares are completely differently arranged, and go to 4x for letters and 3x for words. You no longe… --- ## [The Baseball HOF Class of 2009 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-baseball-hof-class-of-2009-thread/475272)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-baseball-hof-class-of-2009-thread/475272 "2009-01-15T23:29:44Z")
The 2009 candidates for the Baseball Hall of Fame were announced today. The final selections will be announced on January 12, 2009. Rickey Henderson is considered a near mortal lock to get in. Is there anybody else wh… --- ## [Kindom of Loathing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindom-of-loathing/481258)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindom-of-loathing/481258 "2009-01-15T18:55:54Z")
What is the clan for the boards? I’m to the point where I don’t want to play KOL any longer, and I want to join the clan to give them all my loot. It will just be lost after month of no playing so I’d like the clan to ha… --- ## [Most valuable "first-game" win in sports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-valuable-first-game-win-in-sports/481100)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-valuable-first-game-win-in-sports/481100 "2009-01-15T13:55:22Z")
Geoff Ogilvy just won the first event of the PGA season, a tourney composed of the winners of last year’s events. His earnings for the week, $1.1 mill, guarantee him his card for next year, as well as a two-year exempti… --- ## [The Daily Feud: Technology Marches On by ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-technology-marches-on-by-chockfullofheadygoodness-game-over/480936)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-technology-marches-on-by-chockfullofheadygoodness-game-over/480936 "2009-01-15T12:38:19Z")
Questions about different “gizmos” through time. DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS Object of the game: Try to think of the most popular answer, to get the most people matching you. Google is allowed,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=583) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=585)