Swans on Tea

Circle the Cat
I’ve done it, but it isn’t easy

A chess simulation, which shows you the moves that the computer is contemplating.
An easy way to evaluate the game in a given moment is by calculating the total value of all the pieces left on the board. These values vary with position, but in the most basic calculations a pawn is given one [...]

Effing Hail
Click and hold the mouse to create an updraft. Hail becomes larger the longer it is kept in the air. Large hail causes massive damage.

Zapperz has stumbled across the ideal gift for that geek who loves to play prime-number-card stud, or superconducting supercollider hold ‘em, or even CP-symmetry-not-conserved (e.g. deuces wild) games.
Physicist playing cards at the AIP store. “Historic” deck and “modern” deck.
I already have the Periodic Table playing card decks.

White Jigsaw
Solve it, and the next one is bigger

Scrabble keyboard

Acceleration Due to Gravity: Super Mario Brothers
We determined that, generally speaking, the gravity in each Mario game, as game hardware has increased, is getting closer to the true value of gravity on earth of 9.8 m/s2. However, gravity, even on the newest consoles, is still extreme. According to Wikipedia, a typical person can withstand 5 [...]

A Conversation with Len Fisher
Applying game theory to the game Rock, Paper, Scissors, and to other, less important aspects of life.
Chances are you’ve played Rock, Paper, Scissors, but how do you calculate your strategy, if you have one at all?
In Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life, physicist Len Fisher points out that putting [...]

Here’s a wonderful claymation video of a chess match
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No, not Global Thermonuclear War.
Space Invader + Physics = Physics Invader
Physics Invader is a Flash based game applies physics, including gravity and mass to the demise of the 8-bit aliens. As your laser cannon pierces each invader, its tiny little pixelated body falls to the ground, and their little carcasses pile up at [...]

Throw a shoe at dubya
Instructions are in Norwegian, but you can figure it out.
via Uncertain Principles
More stuff: animated gifs of things being thrown at the Prez
Some ingenious, some creepy
Update: another game

15 of the Most Amazing Mazes and Labyrinths
Unlike a labyrinth, which is designed to be contemplative but easy to complete, a maze is intentionally difficult to navigate. Both labyrinths and mazes symbolically reveal two sides of the human spirit: complexity and simplicity; mystery and design; intuition and sensory experience. They are emblematic of the eternal [...]