Ten-pin bowling Bowling returned in the sequel "Wii Sports Resort", with the controls adapted for the Wii MotionPlus; the Resort incarnation also includes versions with obstacles and with a 100-pin setup. "High Velocity Bowling", released for PlayStation 3 in December 2007, likewise mimics the arm movement using the motion sensors of the "Six-Axis" controller. Ten-pin bowling is also featured as one of the various minigames in "Grand Theft Auto IV", "", "Tekken Tag Tournament", "Mario Party 8", "Yakuza 3", and "Yakuza 4" that the character can play. Possibly ten-pin bowling's most noted appearance in film is in the Coen Brother's 1998 cult
Ten-pin bowling influence lane conditions and scoring. Establishing a Bowling Ball Specifications Task Force—comprising research engineers and volunteers from ball manufacturing companies—the USBC sought to better understand the motion of bowling balls using scientific research and data analysis. Test equipment included, but was not limited to, a robotic ball-thrower, a Computer Aided Tracking System ("Super C.A.T.S."), 59 reactive resin and particle bowling balls from various manufacturers, and eight lanes in a climate-controlled facility. The driving force behind the study was summed up by USBC Technical Director Neil Stremmel: "USBC is concerned that technology has overtaken player skill [as the primary factor] in