Angry Birds
If you have been living in a remote cave, up in the mountains, away from civilization for the past 2 years, you mightsay “Angry what??”
If not, the little critters may have dominated your life in one way or another, you can play Angry Birds on your iPhone, hugging an Angry Bird plush toy, wearing an Angry Birds t-shirt and Angry Birds flip flops, you get the idea. In fact, a whole industry of Angry Birds merchandise has sprung up from nowhere, making a lot of people other than the good folks at Rovio rich. Toy makesr, the big winners, have a great range of Angry Birds themed toys and games to capture the hearts of kids and dollars of parents, like the Mattel’s Angry Birds: Knock On Wood Game, or Angry Birds plush toys.
Finnish game developer Rovio first launched this game on the iOS platform in late 2009, and took it by storm. On the surface, it is a simple game: launch little birds from a slingshot to knock green pigs on the far side of the screen, with the intent to destroy. Any man, woman or child who sees the game for the first time will immediately know how to play the game. As a player advances through the game, new birds are introduced, some with special powers that can be activated by the player. Later I’ll give some tips and tricks to help you go far in this game.
Since the initial launch on the iOS, the game has been ported to other mobile phone platforms and even the PC. Special editions like Angry Birds Season and Angry Birds Rio has also been released.
Many companies have wasted no time in featuring Angry Birds in the advertising programs. I found this video from T-mobile of a real-live Angry Birds game in Barcelona:
There’s no idea how long this Angry Birds phenomenon will last. It has become the default game to be installed on smartphones, for doing demos on tablets, and also to kill some spare time. I, for one, will keep hoping for Rovio to come up with new editions and keep the birds destroying the greedy green pigs.
In my next post, I will write some tips and tricks to playing Angry Birds.
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The angry bird is the game that I favor very much. Every time I play. It makes me tired. I was very happy.