Have you heard of Angry Birds? I never did until I got an iPod Touch
The premise of the game is very simple. You control a crew of pretty mad birds. They are pissed at the evil green pigs who have stolen their eggs. Your weapon? A slingshot. When I first started playing, I thought, “This is dumb….the entire game you are just slinging birds at pigs?” Well, it turns out, yes that’s all you do, but it really is so much more than that. There are 5 different birds (although some have said 6, I haven’t gotten that far), that all have different “abilities”, and there are obstacles between the birds and the pigs that get harder and harder throughout the game. It turns out there really is strategy involved in slinging birds at pigs. It’s kind of hard to explain, but you can watch this video, which shows some gameplay:
I haven’t been addicted to a game like this since Super Mario Bros. 3 on Nintendo. I’ve tried to limit my gameplay time to a half hour a day. It is so easy to lose time while playing it! I had a minute to write this post because I ran out of batteries playing the game and needed a recharge…oh, wait…it’s charged. Gotta go sling some birds!
