# Playing video games on the BIG screen **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-video-games-on-the-big-screen/827651 "2019-01-12T17:45:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-video-games-on-the-big-screen/827651/1 "2019-01-12T17:45:58Z")
A news helicopter doing a flyover of the stadium complex in Kansas City caught employees playing Mario Kart on the Crown Vision screen at Royals Stadium. > **[News](https://www.kctv5.com/news/)** I’m not much a video game player but that would be freakin’ _awesome!_ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-video-games-on-the-big-screen/827651/2 "2019-01-12T18:56:17Z")
Good thing they weren’t watching porn on that thing! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-video-games-on-the-big-screen/827651/3 "2019-01-12T19:50:54Z")
When Doom came out, someone was caught playing it on a projector in a police station. IIRC they were using the chainsaw at the time… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-video-games-on-the-big-screen/827651/4 "2019-01-12T20:29:53Z")
…been there, done that 🙂 We once played Goldeneye on the big screen of this [stadium](https://www.westpacstadium.co.nz/). At the time it was the highlight of my career! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-video-games-on-the-big-screen/827651/5 "2019-01-12T20:48:36Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …been there, done that 🙂 We once played Goldeneye on the big screen of this [stadium](https://www.westpacstadium.co.nz/). At the time it was the highlight of my career! Only on the Dope! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-video-games-on-the-big-screen/827651/6 "2019-01-13T20:04:38Z")
The fundraiser explanation rings true. We have AGDQ after all. Why not raffle off some tickets to be able to play games on the big screen? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-video-games-on-the-big-screen/827651/7 "2019-01-13T20:37:50Z")
Yeah, but terrible refresh rate. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-video-games-on-the-big-screen/827651/8 "2019-01-14T21:26:25Z")
The delay on those things must make game playing nearly impossible. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-video-games-on-the-big-screen/827651/9 "2019-01-15T06:55:33Z")
Also are they led or lcd? If not there would be horrible screen burn after a while… ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-video-games-on-the-big-screen/827651/10 "2019-01-15T08:09:48Z")
OMG! Sign me up. I’d totally play Mario Karts on a screen that big. I occasionally play it using our projector, but that can’t hold a candle to screen in that news story.