diff --git a/src/com/blarg/gdx/math/IntersectionTester.java b/src/com/blarg/gdx/math/IntersectionTester.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff41c24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/blarg/gdx/math/IntersectionTester.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package com.blarg.gdx.math;
+
+import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Plane;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Vector3;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.math.collision.BoundingBox;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.math.collision.Sphere;
+
+// providing support for the odd gaps in testing methods in libgdx's own Intersector class ...
+// (plus a few extras here and there!)
+
+public class IntersectionTester {
+	static final Vector3 tmp1 = new Vector3();
+	static final Vector3 tmp2 = new Vector3();
+
+	public static float getSquaredDistanceFromPointToBox(Vector3 point, BoundingBox box) {
+		float distanceSq = 0.0f;
+		float v;
+
+		v = point.x;
+		if (v < box.min.x)
+			distanceSq += (box.min.x - v) * (box.min.x - v);
+		if (v > box.max.x)
+			distanceSq += (v - box.max.x) * (v - box.max.x);
+
+		v = point.y;
+		if (v < box.min.y)
+			distanceSq += (box.min.y - v) * (box.min.y - v);
+		if (v > box.max.y)
+			distanceSq += (v - box.max.y) * (v - box.max.y);
+
+		v = point.z;
+		if (v < box.min.z)
+			distanceSq += (box.min.z - v) * (box.min.z - v);
+		if (v > box.max.z)
+			distanceSq += (v - box.max.z) * (v - box.max.z);
+
+		return distanceSq;
+	}
+
+	public static float getDistanceFromPointToBox(Vector3 point, BoundingBox box) {
+		return (float)Math.sqrt(getSquaredDistanceFromPointToBox(point, box));
+	}
+
+	public static boolean overlaps(BoundingBox a, BoundingBox b) {
+		if (a.max.x < b.min.x || a.min.x > b.max.x)
+			return false;
+		else if (a.max.y < b.min.y || a.min.y > b.max.y)
+			return false;
+		else if (a.max.z < b.min.z || a.min.z > b.max.z)
+			return false;
+		else
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	public static boolean overlaps(BoundingBox box, Sphere sphere) {
+		float distanceSq = getSquaredDistanceFromPointToBox(sphere.center, box);
+
+		if (distanceSq <= (sphere.radius * sphere.radius))
+			return true;
+		else
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	public static boolean contains(Sphere sphere, Vector3 point) {
+		if (Math.abs(point.dst(sphere.center)) < sphere.radius)
+			return true;
+		else
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	public static boolean intersects(Sphere sphere, Plane plane) {
+		float distance = sphere.center.dot(plane.normal) - plane.d;
+		if (Math.abs(distance) <= sphere.radius)
+			return true;
+		else
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	public static boolean intersects(BoundingBox box, Plane plane) {
+		tmp1.set(box.max).add(box.min).scl(0.5f);   // (box.max + box.min) / 2.0f
+		tmp2.set(box.max).sub(tmp1);
+
+		float radius = (tmp2.x * Math.abs(plane.normal.x))
+				+ (tmp2.y * Math.abs(plane.normal.y))
+				+ (tmp2.z * Math.abs(plane.normal.z));
+
+		float distance = plane.normal.dot(tmp1) - plane.d;
+
+		if (Math.abs(distance) <= radius)
+			return true;
+		else
+			return false;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/com/blarg/gdx/math/MathHelpers.java b/src/com/blarg/gdx/math/MathHelpers.java
index b094d15..0a639fe 100644
--- a/src/com/blarg/gdx/math/MathHelpers.java
+++ b/src/com/blarg/gdx/math/MathHelpers.java
@@ -89,6 +89,24 @@ public final class MathHelpers {
 		return (diff <= largest * epsilon);
 	}
 
+	public static int sign(int value) {
+		if (value < 0)
+			return -1;
+		else if (value > 0)
+			return 1;
+		else
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	public static float sign(float value) {
+		if (value < 0.0f)
+			return -1.0f;
+		else if (value > 0.0f)
+			return 1.0f;
+		else
+			return 0.0f;
+	}
+
 	public static float rolloverClamp(float value, float min, float max) {
 		float temp = value;
 		float range = Math.abs(max - min);