Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2012 October 4

= October 4 =

When did John Krasinski graduate from Brown?
On the wikipedia article, it says he graduated in 2001 as a "playwright with an honors thesis entitled 'Contents Under Pressure".'

And in the nndb - http://www.nndb.com/people/691/000129304/ - page it says he graduated in 2002, which one is it?

And how do we verify? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.192.69.87 (talk) 02:32, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you could do short of contacting Brown. I'm not sure whether they'd release that information, although they may consider it a point of pride. It's entirely possible he completed his requirements for graduation in 2001 but didn't "walk" until 2002. This all that uncommon; say you're ready to graduate in December 2001 but most of your friends are going to in May 2002, so you do a study abroad or something and come back to graduate with your friends. Sheer speculation. I'm just saying the discrepancy doesn't necessarily mean either source is in error. --BDD (talk) 16:19, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Video games for entrepreneur
I would like to find a game(s) which are helpful for a young entrepreneur. Something to improve and test my business and management skills. Yeh, I know, video games are not the best way to do it, but why not to learn something useful during holiday?

I already know about Capitalism, Star Trek: Bridge Commander, Evil genius and Republic: The Revolution.

Thanks! --Ewigekrieg (talk) 13:54, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Aerobiz is far and away one of my favorite 'business simulation' games. And you may want to check Business simulation game, which we have an article on. Livewireo (talk) 14:56, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * A classic from my misspent youth was Gazilionaire which has an online version nowadays. A real "cult classic".  I don't even think it has a Wikipedia article, but I remember many a night at my buddy's house (pre-Internet days) playing Gazilionaire until the wee hours of the morning.  There was also TradeWars 2002, a classic BBS game (again, pre-internet).  IIRC, both of those games were basically arbitrage simulators: find a product, buy low, sell high.  At the other end of history, there are games like Second Life which have robust financial and business aspects that people really get into.  There's even an article titled Economy of Second Life. -- Jayron  32  03:28, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Depending on your platform, any game with "Tycoon" in the title is worth looking at... For the iPhone I play Airline Tycoon, Airplane Tycoon, Cruise Tycoon, Hotel Tycoon, to name but a few...  None of them will be amazingly accurate, but all contain multiple layers that give you a small insight into management practise and what sort of things you have to consider... Airline Tycoon for example you have to on a daily basis search for flight orders; hire and fire staff; balance wage budgets; issue, buy and sell shares on the stock market; indulge in corporate takeovers of other airlines; establish passenger and trade routes; cope with rival sabotage; purchase and repair planes etc etc...  It is graphically fairly cartoony with comic elements to balance out the managment stuff, but gives you a little idea about how much goes into starting, growing and running a business... For a phone app it's quite intensive! It is also available for pc but given that you are going on holiday I assume your pc isn't! In terms of depth of detail the recent Football Manager is ridiculously heavy in terms of how much involvement in the game is required if you want to be successful - it's a little tecky even for me! However the phone version is much too simplified to be of benefit so that is better off on a pc - if you are taking a decent power laptop with you though that might be worth considering... gaz hiley 16:42, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I've enjoyed a wide range of these games -- the Tycoons are definitely a bit silly, but also pose some interesting challenges. You might enjoy the trading games (often they're set historically, but the concepts of taking advantage of scarcity, buying low/selling high, etc., are broadly applicable) -- things like Patrician 1, 2, and 3, Port Royale: Gold, Power and Pirates, Europa 1400: The Guild (mentioned in another question below), and I'm sure there are a bunch of others.  And although they haven't been mentioned yet, if you're looking for games that challenge your ability to manage resources, balance between investing in production and investing in development, etc., I'd argue that the Civilization series of games is good training for that kind of decision-making, and is much more challenging (and interesting) than a lot of business simulations out there. Jwrosenzweig (talk) 02:53, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Drugwars perhaps? Foofish (talk) 13:56, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

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i have recently bought th eabove iten and would like to more about it.thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.23.183.172 (talk) 15:42, 4 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Seems to be a portable black and white TV/AM/FM RADIO/electronic clock combo. Presumably the TV doesn't display digital TV, so you would need an analog-to-digital converter box to watch current TV signals on it, assuming you are in a location which has made the digital transition.  Unfortunately, this makes it considerably less portable. StuRat (talk) 16:11, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Name of a song...
I heard a song in Flight (2012 film) trailer, and one of its song sounded like Mick Jagger sing it. Can anybody name the song sung by him in the trailer of the said movie? I can't seems to catch any lyrics to lookup myself. Thanks in advance. --G(x) (talk) 16:52, 4 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Assuming you mean this trailer, for Flight (2012 film), the music that starts at about 1:08 is the Stones' original rendering of "Gimme Shelter". -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 17:00, 4 October 2012 (UTC)


 * That's exactly what I am looking for. Thank you very much! --G(x) (talk) 17:02, 4 October 2012 (UTC)