Stix Takes a Stab at Motion-Controlled PC Games

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 plus makes cute little indoor tents for kids. The Stix 200 remote, which began selling for $49.99 at Target, Costco and other retailers that 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 […]

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