Physics Games and Physics-Based Game Downloads

Then have I got the link for you! Andreas Schiffler, who interviewed me a few months ago, wrote it to ask if I could post something for him:

I am trying to find some gamers who have the time and energy to participate in an online survey that I am conducting for my PhD research about game physics entitled “Game Physics and Video Game Players”. Similarly to the interview with you, its about the ideas people have about game physics and science in general.

Here’s the survey. More details are available on the first page. The survey is 33 questions long.

Tim FitzRandolph, aka Walaber, has released a Beta version of Wiisticks, a wiimote-powered PC game. The game uses two wiimotes–or one wiimote with nunchuck–to control a set of devil sticks. I haven’t checked it out yet, myself, but I will sometime this week. It looks difficult, but that’s to be expected if you’ve ever tried to play with devil sticks in real life. They’re squirrely little bitches.

All you need is the Wii equipment and a Windows PC with Bluetooth (most laptops will have Bluetooth support). Walaber’s using the cWiiMote library to make this happen.

You can download the beta release on Walaber’s Wiisticks page. Post your impressions in comments if you give it a try!

I just finished up moving Fun-Motion to a new server. It had been creeping up on the transfer quota at the old pace; there’s a silly amount of processing power and bandwidth behind it now. I ironed a few problems with some plugins, but if you see something acting strangely, or if the site is slower than before, please drop me a line.

To head this off at the pass, feel free to joke about how something is wrong with the site: the lack of new reviews. I know!

Anyway, I wish everyone the best of luck in 2007. For anyone keeping track, Fun-Motion turns one year old on Wednesday (January 10th).