Research answering a seldomly posed question: What happens if you let real insects control the ghosts in a game of Pac-Man?
This: Animal Controlled Computer Games: Playing Pac-Man against Real Crickets.
My feeling is that game balancing could be improved by selective breeding of the crickets, which I hope Wim van Eck will have time for in a future project.
Similar concept: “BioPong” – A Pong arcade machine where the ball is a cockroach.
http://www.insertcoin.biz/cms/index.php?idcatside=11
But then again, the german colleagues wern’t nearly as creative in motivating the insect to participate in the game, as the video clearly shows:
http://www.insertcoin.biz/cms/media/img/biopong_klein2.mov
At least, they use a simpler and more direct interaction and a cute pixel-costume for the insect. Does that count as “better graphics”?
And while we’re at it, from the same collection of Ppojects: “Clear9000” a Snake arcade machine with a “human Game-Engine”.
http://www.insertcoin.biz/cms/index.php?idcatside=9
http://insertcoin.biz/cms/media/img/clar_web%20Kopie.mov