# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=71 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 72 --- ## [I want to replay Bioshock; how to make it less scary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-replay-bioshock-how-to-make-it-less-scary/549814)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-replay-bioshock-how-to-make-it-less-scary/549814 "2021-05-06T12:31:45Z")
I ask half in jest, of course. I just loved this game, but I can be a bit of a scaredy-cat when it comes to things jumping out behind you. And they do that a lot in this game. I remember being in the garden, and explorin… --- ## [I'm Stuck In The Twilight Zone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-stuck-in-the-twilight-zone/941335)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-stuck-in-the-twilight-zone/941335 "2021-05-04T00:31:32Z")
1988 saw the release of the interactive fiction game The Twilight Zone- Crossroads Of The Imagination. I remember being very frustrated with the game. A few years ago, I returned to it. I made great progress. Then, I hit… --- ## [Sudoku Puzzles, The Same or Different?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudoku-puzzles-the-same-or-different/941241)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudoku-puzzles-the-same-or-different/941241 "2021-05-03T23:22:57Z")
An interesting task might be to determine how many different legitimate, i.e., having one unique solution, sudoku puzzles are possible. For the sake of brevity, let us limit our discussion to ordinary sudoku puzzles con… --- ## [AI Dungeon - the infinite storytelling generator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-dungeon-the-infinite-storytelling-generator/845080)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-dungeon-the-infinite-storytelling-generator/845080 "2021-05-03T13:39:43Z")
AI Dungeon is a game which generates an adventure based on your inputs. It is… surprisingly good. It will react to your commands and will remember some of what you’ve input in previous commands. In my first adventure, i… --- ## [MLB: April 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2021/939156)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 392\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2021/939156 "2021-05-03T13:24:11Z")
It’s Opening Day! The notoriously fickle April weather means it’s going to be quite a chilly one in some cities but the limited fans in attendance are still going to have a great time. The wealthy Dodgers and Yankees ar… --- ## [What is Apple Arcade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-apple-arcade/941172)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-apple-arcade/941172 "2021-05-03T00:35:05Z")
I bought a new MacBook Air a couple weeks ago and apparently I’m eligible for 3 months free of Apple Arcade. Is it worth it? I’m totally in the Apple universe, iPhones iPad MacBook --- ## [Recommend a multiplayer PC game like Call of Duty 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-multiplayer-pc-game-like-call-of-duty-2/941136)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-multiplayer-pc-game-like-call-of-duty-2/941136 "2021-05-01T23:49:20Z")
This is a callout to the PC gamers. So I used to love to play Call of Duty 2 multiplayer. I played on a 64 player capture the flag server called All Around Gamming. I haven’t played in years, but I did try once after … --- ## [Sports competition ideas that were so unpopular they were dropped almost immediately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competition-ideas-that-were-so-unpopular-they-were-dropped-almost-immediately/940425)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competition-ideas-that-were-so-unpopular-they-were-dropped-almost-immediately/940425 "2021-05-01T19:31:01Z")
Inspired by this week’s example, the European Superleague: Off the top of my head, the NFL enacted a rule where referees could ask home crowds to assist by quieting down so the opposing teams offense could hear each o… --- ## [Driving me nuts: list of cliche terms for a baseball player's career](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-nuts-list-of-cliche-terms-for-a-baseball-players-career/692852)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-nuts-list-of-cliche-terms-for-a-baseball-players-career/692852 "2021-05-01T14:38:53Z")
My Google-fu is Google-fucked this morning. I’m trying to find the old list of standard/cliche terms for a baseball player’s career. It starts I think with rookie, then maybe phenom, has a few I’m forgetting, then vetera… --- ## [Question about Spanish soccer league player buy-out clauses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-spanish-soccer-league-player-buy-out-clauses/937216)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-spanish-soccer-league-player-buy-out-clauses/937216 "2021-04-30T22:23:53Z")
AIUI, Spain is relatively unique in that its buy-out clauses don’t allow a team to refuse to sell a player if the buyer meets the price tag of the buyout clause. If someone ponies up the cash, the team must release the p… --- ## [Dog wins HS track meet race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-wins-hs-track-meet-race/940737)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-wins-hs-track-meet-race/940737 "2021-04-30T19:41:49Z")
this dog can run very fast --- ## [Tiger woods in very serious car crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-in-very-serious-car-crash/933579)
**Author:** [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-in-very-serious-car-crash/933579 "2021-04-28T10:20:51Z")
tiger woods was the only person in a single car roll over crash in california. they had to use the jaws to get him out of the vehicle, and he was rushed to the hospital. this happened about an hour ago. --- ## [Steam and modifications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-and-modifications/940577)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-and-modifications/940577 "2021-04-27T04:22:09Z")
Hi again. I’m the guy who’s 5 years behind the curve on pretty much anything Internet-related (you wouldn’t believe how long it took me to find out about Instagram). And recently made this fairly interesting journal, tho… --- ## [How Are The Cheerleader-Musicians At Major League Soccer Chosen/Appointed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-cheerleader-musicians-at-major-league-soccer-chosen-appointed/940725)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-cheerleader-musicians-at-major-league-soccer-chosen-appointed/940725 "2021-04-26T03:57:58Z")
You know, the guys who play the trombones and the drums and such while the crowd cheers. Are these people employees of the team? Sub-contracted professional musicians? Fans who auditioned (and if so, do they get paid)? A… --- ## [A very strange inning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-strange-inning/940654)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-strange-inning/940654 "2021-04-25T18:10:02Z")
In the game between Tampa Bay and Toronto tonight, the Jays scored 4 runs and struck out four times in the first inning. According to the announcers, this has happened once before in the history of MLB–in 1902. The fir… --- ## [Hitman 3: Is anyone playing it? Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitman-3-is-anyone-playing-it-opinions/931124)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitman-3-is-anyone-playing-it-opinions/931124 "2021-04-24T06:28:30Z")
I have been playing the Hitman series since it came out (2000(ish)?). As a game it has long walked the line between great idea, done pretty well, yet flawed. Since its reboot in 2016 IO Interactive polished the game an… --- ## [Factorio's concept with Empyrion's graphics: Satisfactory the game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factorios-concept-with-empyrions-graphics-satisfactory-the-game/924325)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factorios-concept-with-empyrions-graphics-satisfactory-the-game/924325 "2021-04-23T21:53:49Z")
I picked up this early access game a couple of days ago on sale at Humble for $23.99 (USD), a 20% discount. My best description is a first-person Factorio concept with Empyrion or No Man’s Sky graphics/movement. It’s a … --- ## [Baseball: does anyone track baserunning stats (not SBs)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-does-anyone-track-baserunning-stats-not-sbs/940549)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-does-anyone-track-baserunning-stats-not-sbs/940549 "2021-04-22T16:57:07Z")
I know stolen bases and caught stealings have always been tracked. But what about how often a runner on first makes it to third on a single or scores on a double? Or a runner on second scores on a single? And on the flip… --- ## [Of all Latin American countries, why is Brazil so dominant in PBR bull riding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-all-latin-american-countries-why-is-brazil-so-dominant-in-pbr-bull-riding/940360)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-all-latin-american-countries-why-is-brazil-so-dominant-in-pbr-bull-riding/940360 "2021-04-20T21:37:31Z")
I’m not a big follower of the sport, but this year and as it turns out for decades, Brazilian riders are all but side by side with Americans in terms of championships and rankings. Good on them, and I am guessing part of… --- ## [Free console game and free weekend notification thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-console-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/940355)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-console-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/940355 "2021-04-20T04:56:40Z")
There is a free PC game notification thread but I did not see one for consoles so…here it is. NOTE: I am ONLY including games here that are genuinely free. Not the ones you get for “free” as long as you pay a monthly s… --- ## [Oohhh no, Ferry Halim's Orisinal games are gone!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohhh-no-ferry-halims-orisinal-games-are-gone/940333)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohhh-no-ferry-halims-orisinal-games-are-gone/940333 "2021-04-20T04:16:33Z")
Yes, I know, I’m prob the last person on the planet to realize Flash is gone (feel free to mock me) but damnit for a non-gamer those were not only fun games but a thing of beauty. Le sigh… --- ## [OK when should write off your favorite sports teams season a loss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-when-should-write-off-your-favorite-sports-teams-season-a-loss/940238)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-when-should-write-off-your-favorite-sports-teams-season-a-loss/940238 "2021-04-19T09:45:51Z")
In the MLB thread, there’s a discussion on the Yankee’s whos sucking so far this year and some are writing them off for the season and others are saying "it’s only 13 games in they’ll come back " Now I know some spor… --- ## [2020 Japan Olympic Games: do we really need to have them THIS summer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-japan-olympic-games-do-we-really-need-to-have-them-this-summer/940061)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-japan-olympic-games-do-we-really-need-to-have-them-this-summer/940061 "2021-04-17T13:05:26Z")
Is it possible rather than make them a complete joke by having them this summer with few fans and multiple athletes not being allowed to compete we: Have them in 2022? or Ask Los Angeles to push theirs back to 2032 (1… --- ## [Iis this ebay listing for the sims 2 complete (aka ultimate collection) legit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iis-this-ebay-listing-for-the-sims-2-complete-aka-ultimate-collection-legit/939840)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iis-this-ebay-listing-for-the-sims-2-complete-aka-ultimate-collection-legit/939840 "2021-04-17T10:40:29Z")
I ve only played 1,3 and 4 … and found this on e-bay and was wondering if it was legit its some sort of “instant download” thing https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sims-2-Ultimate-Collection-PC-Instant-download-/284238772722 s… --- ## [Baseball - "No Betting" signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-no-betting-signs/940112)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-no-betting-signs/940112 "2021-04-16T19:39:38Z")
When I look at photos or videos of old Major League baseball games, there is often a sign prominently displayed on a fence or scoreboard stating NO BETTING. Was this aimed at the fans, the players, or both? What penaltie… --- ## [At what lower competition level would the top teams in various sports be able to win 99.9% of their games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-lower-competition-level-would-the-top-teams-in-various-sports-be-able-to-win-99-9-of-their-games/939606)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-lower-competition-level-would-the-top-teams-in-various-sports-be-able-to-win-99-9-of-their-games/939606 "2021-04-16T13:33:00Z")
To clarify, what I’m asking is at how much lower would. the level of competition have to be for the top teams have to face. in order to be able to win 99.9% or more of their games? Choose whatever team sport you prefer. … --- ## [Great chess puzzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-chess-puzzle/940000)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-chess-puzzle/940000 "2021-04-15T08:41:30Z")
Apologies if this has already been discussed on the Dope. I haven’t seen it, so here goes. This chess puzzle has been around since 1987, so I’m sure @glee and others have seen it. I just saw it today for the first tim… --- ## [Chess Players: When & How Did You Learn To Play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-players-when-how-did-you-learn-to-play/939394)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-players-when-how-did-you-learn-to-play/939394 "2021-04-13T21:23:56Z")
I learned in the basement of the orphanage where I lived. I finished a math test early, so the teacher sent me downstairs to pound erasers, and I got to know the friendly janitor, who was obsessed with chess. Joking asi… --- ## [Masters 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masters-2021/939617)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masters-2021/939617 "2021-04-12T17:12:16Z")
We’re back to a Spring Masters and all is right with the world. I’m going way out on a limb (not really) and going to pick Jordan Spieth to win. Thankfully Tiger won’t be sucking up all the oxygen this tournament Let’s … --- ## [Holy crap World of Warcraft got easy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-world-of-warcraft-got-easy/937567)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-world-of-warcraft-got-easy/937567 "2021-04-12T14:15:14Z")
After a long time away my sister and I decided to ty World of Warcraft again. In a week of rather casual effort she has levelled a character to level 33, which is more than halfway up the current character level limit o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=72)