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Now you can stick it to your computer!
Take a stab at motion-controlled PC games
Take a stab at motion-controlled PC games
NEW YORK AP - Looking at its size, shape, white wrist
strap and B-button on the bottom, it's easy to compare
the Stix with the Wiimote, the wireless controller for the
popular Nintendo gaming console. Except the Stix is
for your PC.
The Stix comes from Playhut Inc., a toy company that
also makes cute little indoor tents for kids. The Stix
200 remote, which began selling for $49.99 at Target,
Costco and other retailers this week, promises to
"redefine the PC and online gaming experience" with
the motion-sensing controller.
strap and B-button on the bottom, it's easy to compare
the Stix with the Wiimote, the wireless controller for the
popular Nintendo gaming console. Except the Stix is
for your PC.
The Stix comes from Playhut Inc., a toy company that
also makes cute little indoor tents for kids. The Stix
200 remote, which began selling for $49.99 at Target,
Costco and other retailers this week, promises to
"redefine the PC and online gaming experience" with
the motion-sensing controller.
A stab at some of the 2D casual games available on Sphere, the game portal of Playhut
subsidiary GoLive2, offers a bit of novelty and fun, though nothing as exciting as scoring that
first strike in Wii bowling.
For those who feel constrained by 2D games and want to do more than shake their Stix left
and right, the company plans to release the Stix 400 for $59.99 in October (though it's already
on sale on Amazon.com for a higher price.) The Stix 400 is compatible with 3D games and
sounds more promising.
"Wowbotz Bomb Battle," a "Pong"-like game but with shields and bombs, is as simple as the
1970s arcade classic, with players moving their Stix up and down in front of the monitor to hit
a bomb back and forth with their opponent.
"Kuttiez Wishing Well" lets your little witch character move left and right as well as up and
down as you fall down a seemingly endless well. The object is to light up Jack-o-lanterns as
you fall while avoiding flying ghosts.
Stix can work with any Web-based game, so long as either the player or the folks at GoLive2
map out the controls to translate them from the keyboard to the Stix remote. But it doesn't
always work the other way around: To play "Bomb Battle," for example, you'll need Stix.
subsidiary GoLive2, offers a bit of novelty and fun, though nothing as exciting as scoring that
first strike in Wii bowling.
For those who feel constrained by 2D games and want to do more than shake their Stix left
and right, the company plans to release the Stix 400 for $59.99 in October (though it's already
on sale on Amazon.com for a higher price.) The Stix 400 is compatible with 3D games and
sounds more promising.
"Wowbotz Bomb Battle," a "Pong"-like game but with shields and bombs, is as simple as the
1970s arcade classic, with players moving their Stix up and down in front of the monitor to hit
a bomb back and forth with their opponent.
"Kuttiez Wishing Well" lets your little witch character move left and right as well as up and
down as you fall down a seemingly endless well. The object is to light up Jack-o-lanterns as
you fall while avoiding flying ghosts.
Stix can work with any Web-based game, so long as either the player or the folks at GoLive2
map out the controls to translate them from the keyboard to the Stix remote. But it doesn't
always work the other way around: To play "Bomb Battle," for example, you'll need Stix.
Wal-Mart will be the first to have the new cover art for
Madden ’09 -- of Brett in his Jets uniform. It's available
in all Wal-Mart stores that have a photo service center!
Madden ’09 -- of Brett in his Jets uniform. It's available
in all Wal-Mart stores that have a photo service center!
The Wii it isn't, but for the price of a tank of gas for an SUV it might
give your wrists a welcome break from playing keyboard-and-
mouse computer games.
Of course, if you already have a Wii you can always sync your
Wiimote to your PC through Bluetooth and be done with it.
give your wrists a welcome break from playing keyboard-and-
mouse computer games.
Of course, if you already have a Wii you can always sync your
Wiimote to your PC through Bluetooth and be done with it.