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Asked by notdanielcooper to Cesar, Emily, Jamie, Kate, Philippa on 19 Jun 2011.
Question: Favourite Physics Based Game?
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Jamie Gallagher answered on 15 Jun 2011:
Pool.
Plenty of physics going on there! plus lots of times pool is used for scientific explination. Model of atoms, to show inelastic collisions ect. it also shows reflection and angle of incidence when it bounces.
I do lie becasue I don’t like pool. Not just becasue I am not very good at it either. Physics is very important to lots of games like football water polo. Anthing that involves moving around really.
If that is a rubbish answer then I shall say Cat Physics instead- an app for the iphone!
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Emily Robinson answered on 15 Jun 2011:
No wonder I always lose at pool then! I am much better at table football though, me and my mate play all the other scientists in our department and call ourselves the ‘dream team’!!
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Kate Clancy answered on 15 Jun 2011:
I’m not that good at pool either… or table football for that matter! I bet golf or soccer would be great tools to explore physics — for instance, what exactly does it mean to bend it like Beckham? 😉
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Philippa Demonte answered on 19 Jun 2011:
@notdanielcooper Funny @Jamie should mention pool. The guys in my physics class were really good at it because they knew all about angles and how to put spin on the ball in the right place. Damn them! Lol!
Tennis and cricket are good for that too, but I wish someone would explain the physics of a squash ‘ball’ to me! That seems to exhibit Brownian motion, i.e. it moves completely randomly, hahah!
*Tries to think*….ICESKATING! Good for explaining inertia, thermodynamics, friction…
…and what was that game you used to be able to buy with the tennis ball on the end of a rope?
BUT…the best physics-based game, if you can call it that – rollercoasters!
Gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy and forces – what’s not to love? 😉
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