MetaFilter posts tagged with sports and games

Strange Games

feelinglistless — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:40:40 -0800

Strange Games "What do you get if you cross a large rubber ball used for physical therapy with the medieval sport of Jousting? Yoga Ball Jousting."

Too bad the guy was only thirty eight - just two years older, he'd have been worth three times the points...

Artw — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:43:52 -0800

Did you grow up anticipating sports where death would be likely, if not certain? Almost certainly played by convicts, possibly with robot limbs? And which would be even more likely to have chainsaws and flamethrowers not usually found in the sports of today? Those We Left Behind’s look at Future-sports of the past, in videogames, movies and comics is for you!

"They're dead, they're... they're all messed up."

Pope Guilty — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:21:01 -0800

In the grand tradition of Killer comes Humans Vs. Zombies, a campus game that's growing in popularity. From its origins at Goucher, it's spread to a reported two dozen colleges. An interview with the game's moderator is here, and you can watch the 45-minute documentary from one of the games on Google Video

Chess tactics explained in plain English

Rumple — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:53:52 -0800

A Field Guide to Chess Tactics. Chess tactics explained in plain English, with hundreds of examples. A great site for beginning to mid-level players. Includes a large library of positional problems, organized thematically, with the solutions explained and discussed. For example, learn about knight forks, then quiz yourself on the same topic.

Are you ready for some Dominoes!

usedwigs — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:09:02 -0800

Dominoes now on ESPN! What's next? Watching Solitaire?

Good things come to those who quoit.

jrossi4r — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 12:39:40 -0800

The Third Annual World Quoits Championship will be held tomorrow in Amityville, PA. This ancient game, related to the discus, involves pitching rings at a peg in the ground. Once widely played in the UK and US, the game of quoits has declined in popularity over the years, replaced in the US by its derivative--horseshoes (which are easier to throw and more likely to score “ringers”). Today, it’s a regional pastime, played primarily in PA, NJ and NY. Learn everything there is to know about quoits here. They’ll even find you a partner.

EA locks down candidacy for New Evil Empire

ga$money — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:27:13 -0800

EA Plays Hardball Just in case locking up the NFL license wasn't enough...

World Conker Championships

Mwongozi — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 15:20:31 -0800

World Conker Championships

Nobody's allowed to question the masks

owillis — Sun, 07 Mar 2004 17:59:33 -0800

The Official Rules of Calvinball "Any player may declare a new rule at any point in the game. The player may do this audibly or silently depending on what zone the player is in. " It's so clear now. (via linkfilter)

Woo! This Looks like fun!

Fantt — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:04:25 -0800

Whirly Ball looks like a ton of fun. It's Jai Alai meets basketball meets bumper cars. What a great sport for those of us who are athletically challenged!

Paintball

billman — Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:04:55 -0800

William Shatner's SpplatAttack was one of the biggest paintball events in 2002. There were a couple of other mefi threads on it earlier last year [here and here]. In December Shatner released a DVD of the event. Maurice Gibb, who died just the other day, owned a paintball shop and other celebs like Tommy Lee are rumored to be huge paintball fans. Is this the next extreme sport? How many mefi'ers play?

jonmc — Sun, 07 Apr 2002 20:19:12 -0800

I'm here to tell you about the ultimate sporting clash of the titans-Air Hockey! That's right, the ultimate rec-room sport of the '70's is alive and well. There's leagues galore including one in Austin, Texas(home of numerous MeFite's.), and cool Flash animations of some slick moves. Ever since I bought my first table at age 10 at a yard sale, this has been my game. Nice to know it's still out there. There's even places to buy nifty tables if you're in the market. Me and the missus used to love playing at the local arcade on this beauty with the nifty flourescent puck. Now drop the puck and play!