# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=649 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 650 --- ## [Family Feud #7,011,345 \[Closed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-7-011-345-closed/445902)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-7-011-345-closed/445902 "2008-04-23T00:51:19Z")
Ok, time for another one! A. Read all the rules B. Post your answers before reading the thread C. Post your answers like this: Answer Answer Do not repeat the questions, do not add extraneous fluff amongst your ans… --- ## [Is the infield fly rule flawed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-infield-fly-rule-flawed/446353)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-infield-fly-rule-flawed/446353 "2008-04-22T22:53:32Z")
Is there a reason that the batter is automatically called out when ‘infield fly’ is called? Wouldn’t it be more fair if the batter and other runners advanced one base if the ball is dropped? After all, the rule was cre… --- ## [The Final Jeopardy Game! No Feuds Allowed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-jeopardy-game-no-feuds-allowed/445977)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-jeopardy-game-no-feuds-allowed/445977 "2008-04-22T22:11:43Z")
Seeing all the Feud games running around, I decided to create a different kind, one with the work front loaded instead of back loaded. Hope you have fun with this! RULES: READ THESE RULES BEFORE DOING ANYTHING! D… --- ## [NFL offseason discussion (up to but not including draft)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-discussion-up-to-but-not-including-draft/438702)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 747\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-discussion-up-to-but-not-including-draft/438702 "2008-04-22T19:38:57Z")
Here is for discussion of the moves your team makes, the moves you wish they’d make, and the one’s you wish you could undo. Like, say, the Falcons releasing Crumpler. WTF was that about? Speaking of the Falcons, as a Gi… --- ## [World History trivia quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 762\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759 "2008-04-22T17:22:34Z")
Just like the US History one, only with different-looking currency. Who designed the iconic Porsche 911? Who was Prime Minister of India during “the Emergency”? Who was the first European to sail around the Cape of Goo… --- ## [Wanted: Exceptions for every rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-exceptions-for-every-rule/446246)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-exceptions-for-every-rule/446246 "2008-04-22T11:09:50Z")
Look before you leap – He who hesitates is lost --- ## [Posting the rules in game threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-the-rules-in-game-threads/446000)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-the-rules-in-game-threads/446000 "2008-04-22T05:57:34Z")
Y’know, some of those game thread continuations/sequels you guys post look kinda fun. :slight\_smile: I just wish I knew how to play. Would it kill you guys to post the rules in sequel threads so us latecomers can join … --- ## [Who Madness: The Elite Eight - "It's Hard"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-madness-the-elite-eight-its-hard/446037)
**Author:** [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-madness-the-elite-eight-its-hard/446037 "2008-04-22T04:25:19Z")
It’s hard. It’s very, very, very very hard…to choose among the great songs that have made it to round four of Who Madness. But choose you must, one champion from each of the brackets. I’ll keep this one open until I get … --- ## [Hockey Haters' thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-haters-thread/444939)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-haters-thread/444939 "2008-04-22T02:06:38Z")
I can’t think of a sport more boring than hockey (unless you count tennis or figure skating or the like). It is a FRINGE sport. Too much space is wasted in the sports pages on hockey, especially now with the playoffs s… --- ## [Video game trivia? You bet you sweet ass it is!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-trivia-you-bet-you-sweet-ass-it-is/441450)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-trivia-you-bet-you-sweet-ass-it-is/441450 "2008-04-22T01:49:38Z")
Can I say ass? Well too bad, I’m saying it anyway! Standard trivia format, here, You’re on the honor system to only answer if you know it, no looking things up. You answer one, you can post one…or just post one even … --- ## [Sitcom Madness 08: The First Round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-madness-08-the-first-round/445942)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-madness-08-the-first-round/445942 "2008-04-22T01:21:05Z")
Okay, this Madness thing all started when I ran a Sitcom Madness two years ago. In the original Sitcom Madness, I divided the shows up by decade: Bracket 1 was 50s & 60s, Bracket 2 was 60s & 70s, etc. The big winner wa… --- ## [Wii Friend Codes - a link to the past](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-friend-codes-a-link-to-the-past/445228)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-friend-codes-a-link-to-the-past/445228 "2008-04-21T23:29:47Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=458917&highlight=friend+code Rather than resurrect that old thread (or others like it), I thought I’d start a new Wii friend code thread. I just got Super Smash Bro… --- ## [Madness Madness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madness-madness/446203)
**Author:** [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madness-madness/446203 "2008-04-21T22:58:31Z")
Round 1 (of 1) Baggy Trousers vs Our House Schizophrenia vs. Paranoia The Madness of George III vs. In the Mouth of Madness :smiley: --- ## [AC/DC Madness!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-madness/445969)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-madness/445969 "2008-04-21T22:30:32Z")
My wife says I’m crazy, starting a new “Madness” thread so soon after ending my Zeppelin Madness. Whatever. Some notes - I know this seems heavily weighted toward Bon Scott-era songs. I don’t know what to say about t… --- ## [I finished Psychonauts!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-psychonauts/443764)
**Author:** [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-psychonauts/443764 "2008-04-21T21:54:30Z")
%$#@#! curving fences; I finally got them down after a week by changing the camera angle so I could jump better. If it weren’t for the walkthroughs I never would have made it. A nice ending, though now I wish there wer… --- ## [Tell me about submarine sims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-submarine-sims/446197)
**Author:** [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-submarine-sims/446197 "2008-04-21T18:26:44Z")
And more importantly, sub strategy: I picked up Dangerous Waters this afternoon and I’m planning on installing it tomorrow, the plan being to pick up \*Silent Hunter III \*or Silent Hunter IV for the classic experience if … --- ## [Tell me about the Silent Hill game series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-silent-hill-game-series/445606)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-silent-hill-game-series/445606 "2008-04-21T16:05:15Z")
This thread got me interested. Which one is the best game with which to start out? Which ones are the best? --- ## [Could you find your home, starting from orbit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-find-your-home-starting-from-orbit/445706)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-find-your-home-starting-from-orbit/445706 "2008-04-21T12:28:52Z")
You’re out cow-tipping one night and an alien abducts you. After implanting things in your neck, drilling holes in your teeth and lots of anal probing, the alien tells you to drive yourself straight home. Then he goes … --- ## [Expanding Mangetout's Landing From Orbit Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expanding-mangetouts-landing-from-orbit-game/445965)
**Author:** [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expanding-mangetouts-landing-from-orbit-game/445965 "2008-04-21T12:03:23Z")
Well, contrary to all our expectations, our friend the alien has come back. It seems that it wants to collect a number of photographs from tourist traps here on Earth. And since you made it home the other night, on you… --- ## [Urine on my pants - a game Part II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-my-pants-a-game-part-ii/445593)
**Author:** [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-my-pants-a-game-part-ii/445593 "2008-04-21T02:48:26Z")
For those unfamilar with part one, look HERE So this game is very similar to the first, except this time it’s not me. I am playing the part of a coworker who I just witnessed getting urine on his pants. But, to makes th… --- ## [Mafia "required" reading (warning--spoilers for old games)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-required-reading-warning-spoilers-for-old-games/445818)
**Author:** [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-required-reading-warning-spoilers-for-old-games/445818 "2008-04-21T02:05:52Z")
So I’ve been playing my first game and it seems like there are a lot of references to past games. I understand this, and I’ve made these refrences myself, but most newer people have only read a few, if any of the old thr… --- ## [I offer you a bout of Mao.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570 "2008-04-20T14:22:22Z")
Mao is a simple game. You each get an amount of cards. Each turn, you may play a card, as long as it is in accordance with the rules. Hi, Opal! There are other rules besides those. But i’m not going to tell you them. … --- ## [Statistical Analysis, Baseball, and Unbridled Hostility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistical-analysis-baseball-and-unbridled-hostility/444886)
**Author:** [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistical-analysis-baseball-and-unbridled-hostility/444886 "2008-04-20T02:36:16Z")
This morning, as I often do before launching into an inevitably fun-filled day of clinical protocols, biostatistics, and study reports, I paid a visit to the online blog Fire Joe Morgan (hereafter FJM). I’m an enormous f… --- ## [Who Madness: Round Three - "Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-madness-round-three-meaty-beaty-big-bouncy/445821)
**Author:** [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-madness-round-three-meaty-beaty-big-bouncy/445821 "2008-04-20T01:26:45Z")
Welcome to Sweet Sixteen time in Who Madness! Choose one from each of the following eight matches. This round will end Saturday noon (PDT). Let’s go! Pete Townshend bracket I Can’t Explain vs. Who Are You I’m … --- ## [The Orlando Magic stopped me on my way to work....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orlando-magic-stopped-me-on-my-way-to-work/445883)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orlando-magic-stopped-me-on-my-way-to-work/445883 "2008-04-19T19:15:21Z")
…in one of the trippier driving-to-work incidents of my career. I was driving into downtown Orlando, minding my own business, jamming to the song from Big Blue on SNES\* F-Zero\*, when in the distance I saw a bunch of guy… --- ## [Is the Chicago Turbine a good paper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-chicago-turbine-a-good-paper/445920)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-chicago-turbine-a-good-paper/445920 "2008-04-19T13:09:08Z")
Seeing the thread title OK who works for Turbine? I couldn’t help but wonder if the OP had anagrammed the Chicago Tribune! Seeing that that is highly unlikely (after looking into the thread’s contents) I wondered if we … --- ## [Stop thinking about the game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-thinking-about-the-game/445874)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-thinking-about-the-game/445874 "2008-04-19T01:20:05Z")
There’s a game, and the object of this game is not to think about the game. The moment you have thought about the game, you have lost. The only way to win is not to remember that you’re in the game. By reading this thr… --- ## [Warcraft 3 Pro Gamer MYM\]Moon to carry Olympic Torch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warcraft-3-pro-gamer-mym-moon-to-carry-olympic-torch/445572)
**Author:** [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warcraft-3-pro-gamer-mym-moon-to-carry-olympic-torch/445572 "2008-04-19T00:39:56Z")
. . . but first he has to Unroot from his chair. \[/Warcraft humor\] Link. Will he be able to keep up with the “other” athletes? With Boots of Speed, damn right he will! --- ## [Led Zeppelin Madness - the Final Battle!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin-madness-the-final-battle/445585)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin-madness-the-final-battle/445585 "2008-04-18T20:17:48Z")
Pick one for the championship! When the Levee Breaks vs. Kashmir This round will last until Friday 3PM Pacific time. Have fun! Joe --- ## [Napoleonic boardgame (war and peace) rules suggestions (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleonic-boardgame-war-and-peace-rules-suggestions-long/445637)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleonic-boardgame-war-and-peace-rules-suggestions-long/445637 "2008-04-18T17:54:06Z")
For those who don’t know the game but do know Napoleonic warfare, I’m asking if there were many instances in the Napoleonic Wars where whole LARGE armies were bagged by making them retreat toward a city that is a supply … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=648) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=650)