# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=644 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 645 --- ## [Caption this photo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caption-this-photo/448801)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caption-this-photo/448801 "2008-05-12T13:06:04Z")
Here you go --- ## [Pearl Jam May Madness - Round Five Against One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-may-madness-round-five-against-one/448697)
**Author:** [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2008, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-may-madness-round-five-against-one/448697 "2008-05-12T10:28:12Z")
You call yourselves Pearl Jam fans? Good thing I renewed or else this would have ended right here! (Is the lack of votes because everybody’s accounts are expiring?) Eddie Vedder’s “Black” vs Jeff Ament’s “Jeremy” (wow… --- ## [Celebrity Baby Name Madness: Opening Round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-baby-name-madness-opening-round/448748)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-baby-name-madness-opening-round/448748 "2008-05-12T04:34:19Z")
For years, celebrities have been competing to see which of them can give their offspring the silliest name. And now it’s time for us to declare a winner. Due to the high number of worthy competitors, the first round wil… --- ## [Name is familiar, but I can't place the face](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446 "2008-05-12T00:14:21Z")
Guess the role played by two or more actors, starting with: Susan Sarandon and Jessica Harper. --- ## [Re "unwritten rule of baseball" that allows a pitcher to bean a batter who hit a HR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-unwritten-rule-of-baseball-that-allows-a-pitcher-to-bean-a-batter-who-hit-a-hr/448773)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-unwritten-rule-of-baseball-that-allows-a-pitcher-to-bean-a-batter-who-hit-a-hr/448773 "2008-05-11T20:32:58Z")
I’ve never heard of this “unwritten rule”. Is this columnist pulling this “rule” out of his rear end or not? --- ## [The mostly politically correct word association game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 562\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860 "2008-05-11T14:39:39Z")
\[\[This thread is a rather mundane yet usually quite amusing game. The game is basically: one person posts a word and the next person posts a word that comes to mind because of it i.e. me: Banana other guy: Apple If it… --- ## [Tetris Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tetris-master/448855)
**Author:** [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tetris-master/448855 "2008-05-11T06:51:23Z")
Just…watch it. It’s pretty nuts, and at the end, it goes invisible. Crazy speed, don’t think I could play Tetris that much to get to this level. --- ## [The neverending story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-neverending-story/448123)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-neverending-story/448123 "2008-05-10T17:29:07Z")
The idea is to add on something which will make sense (sort of) and I realise it’s been done before but what the hell, let’s go again… I wandered down the country lane, it was raining and cold and I had no coat. Across… --- ## [Worst opening draw in Scrabble ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694 "2008-05-10T17:03:21Z")
I I I O U I I O --- ## [What's your best time in the Mario Kart Wii tournament?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-time-in-the-mario-kart-wii-tournament/447904)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-time-in-the-mario-kart-wii-tournament/447904 "2008-05-10T16:08:46Z")
I’ve been using Waluigi and the Wario Bike and I’ve managed to score a 2:00.287 time so far. It appears that I’m slightly over the center line in the world ranking. But man, 1:32, that’s insane. Insane, but doable with … --- ## [Share your favorite song lyrics/quotes/pick-up lines... in the style of Yoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-song-lyrics-quotes-pick-up-lines-in-the-style-of-yoda/447505)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-song-lyrics-quotes-pick-up-lines-in-the-style-of-yoda/447505 "2008-05-10T13:10:07Z")
Can’t decide if this is Game Room or CS so I’ll leave it to the mods. I think the title is self explanatory I think, but if not you should get the idea from these. “If living without you is, live I cannot.” (from YOD… --- ## [The exotic Feud \[Closed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exotic-feud-closed/448433)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exotic-feud-closed/448433 "2008-05-10T04:45:25Z")
50 entrants or Friday, May 9 by 5:00 pm. Good luck! FYI: Scoring - Any answer duplicated by anyone else is worth 100 points divided by the number of entrants. For example: 50 entrant game = 2 pts per answer. If 4 pe… --- ## [Beer Madness, Sweet 16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-madness-sweet-16/448226)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-madness-sweet-16/448226 "2008-05-10T00:23:04Z")
Sweet 16 round for Beer Madness. Again, choose your preference. Best Sellers: 1 Miller Genuine Draft vs. 11 Yuengling 4 Rolling Rock vs. 5 Michelob Bargain Basement: 1 Schmidt vs. 13 Rainier 9 Killian’s Irish Red v… --- ## [A relegation proposal for American soccer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-relegation-proposal-for-american-soccer/448573)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-relegation-proposal-for-american-soccer/448573 "2008-05-09T19:39:31Z")
When it comes to relegation and American professional soccer, we know two things: 1) that the concept of relegation is integral to the way the game is experienced around the world; and 2) that relegation is unthinkable … --- ## [A maze of .rars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-maze-of-rars/448381)
**Author:** [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-maze-of-rars/448381 "2008-05-09T17:51:50Z")
Right, friends. I’ve devised a small puzzle for you. If you enjoy this one, perhaps I’ll make another one sometime of a bit more significant length. As it is, this one is only a few riddles strung together. The game: ht… --- ## [Pearl Jam April Madness 2008 - Round Four "Elite Eight"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-four-elite-eight/448254)
**Author:** [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-four-elite-eight/448254 "2008-05-09T13:59:03Z")
sorry, couldn’t come up with a creative name for this round name. PJ does have 8 studio albums, if that counts for something…go ahead and make your own suggestions as you vote. This one should go fast, so you have til Th… --- ## [Botticelli--Round 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552)
**Author:** [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552 "2008-05-09T13:52:27Z")
How to play Botticelli. I’m MR. --- ## [Reccomend some Wii Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-some-wii-games/448637)
**Author:** [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-some-wii-games/448637 "2008-05-09T13:42:18Z")
I bought a Wii last year, mostly for kids who visit (we have none of our own). But I want to play with it too. Along with Wii Sports, I bought Mario Party 4 and Mercury Madness. MM is fun but not very challenging, Wii … --- ## [We need 4 more players in the Exotic Feud...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-4-more-players-in-the-exotic-feud/448680)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-4-more-players-in-the-exotic-feud/448680 "2008-05-09T12:42:04Z")
Four to go… --- ## [Half Life 2 mod recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-life-2-mod-recommendations/448467)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-life-2-mod-recommendations/448467 "2008-05-09T08:23:04Z")
This is inspired by the I liked Half Life 2: recommend a new game thread, but premised on my being cheap n broke. I’m looking for a good HL2 single player mod. I know there must be tons out there, and lots of fun ones, … --- ## [Forbidden Thread for Mafia: Simpletown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-thread-for-mafia-simpletown/443094)
**Author:** [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-thread-for-mafia-simpletown/443094 "2008-05-09T07:05:23Z")
Hope you don’t mind me starting this thread, sachertorte. Living players, scram. The only way you’re allowed to read this thread is if you’re dead or by telepathy. Take note of the sachertorte-HazelNutCoffee connection … --- ## [GTA IV Reviews start pouring in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gta-iv-reviews-start-pouring-in/447349)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gta-iv-reviews-start-pouring-in/447349 "2008-05-09T05:32:39Z")
Anyone have links to reviews for GTA IV yet? Gamespot just released theirs, it got a 10. The first 10 I’ve seen there in years. I might just get an xbox for this one, I can also use it as a media center extender so i… --- ## [Share Your Golf Stories!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-golf-stories/448310)
**Author:** [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-golf-stories/448310 "2008-05-09T00:44:16Z")
Well, I’ve touched my clubs twice this year, once in a scramble (we shot 3 under. It was me, an empty spot, and two golf useless people and we missed by one) and once in the golf league (a very frustrating 39). I think… --- ## [Botticelli--Round 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415)
**Author:** [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415 "2008-05-08T22:50:32Z")
How to play Botticelli \*\* I’m BD\*\* --- ## [WoW-flation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-flation/448402)
**Author:** [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-flation/448402 "2008-05-08T22:49:09Z")
(Hmm… MPSIMS… a poll… game related). :slight\_smile: Back when I started my first WoW character , starting with zero money and scraping together those first coppers and then silvers, the idea that at level 40 I would hav… --- ## [Q about original Half-Life: give\_item cheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-original-half-life-give_item-cheat/448565)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-original-half-life-give_item-cheat/448565 "2008-05-08T14:36:43Z")
In the original Half-Life, enabling cheat codes allowed you to give yourself items. The list of items you could give yourself included a couple of things that didn’t seem to be implemented in the final released version o… --- ## [Chess, Political Doctrinaire, & the Red Empire.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-political-doctrinaire-the-red-empire/448487)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-political-doctrinaire-the-red-empire/448487 "2008-05-08T11:42:05Z")
\*\*Chess uses figures named Knight, Bishop, King & Queen. During the Soviet era, these seem rather politically incorrect. Counter-revolutionary, dare I suggest? Were the names changed? Did the pieces go by other names un… --- ## [Seed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064)
**Author:** [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064 "2008-05-08T04:52:06Z")
I was browsing some free online flash games, and I came across one called Seed. Basically, you start with a plant or two, and along the way, they may very well start mutating in different ways. The fun part is that by … --- ## [Hu's on first.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hus-on-first/448022)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hus-on-first/448022 "2008-05-08T04:15:21Z")
Last week I was in Los Angeles and managed to catch my first game at Dodger Stadium. I was delighted to find that their new infielder was Chin-lung Hu. Hu got a couple of singles and a walk. At one point the woman sitti… --- ## [GTA4 Funnies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gta4-funnies/448516)
**Author:** [@Pithy\_Moniker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithy_Moniker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gta4-funnies/448516 "2008-05-08T03:10:43Z")
One particular NPC I encountered had a day that went from bad to worse. He was stopped in traffic and I stole his car. Sometimes I’ll pull onto the sidewalk and stay still for a few minutes to see what the victim will do… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=643) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=645)