Angry Birds
Rovio, the developer of the wildly popular Angry Birds game, announced earlier today that the game has reached half a billion downloads in less than two years. This makes it one of the most popular downloaded games ever. And for good measure, Rovio gives the following stats: "Angry Birds Fans around the world have so far played a total of 200,000 years of Angry Birds, with 300 million minutes of playing time daily.
I have not been blogging for a while due to the fact that I had to undergo a total hip replacement operation. I must admit, that between my laptop, my android tablet and my iPod Touch 4g, the device that kept me sane was the iPod Touch 4g. Thanks to my 6 day combined hospital /rehab stay, I have come up with a top sanity reviving list for when you are laid up. In no particular order, they are; Once you set up channels and customize it, then just lay back and listen. They say music calms the savage beast, or at least the cooped up recuperating patient
Top Ten Game Apps for the Iphone 4 Angry Birds- I have included the free version of angry bird because I think it is one of the best games played on the iPhone. It's a very addictive game so I would recommend giving it a try on the iPhone. You will enjoy not only the free version but I think you will want to purchase the paid version as well.
Foodies is a physics game that doesn’t look much like other physics games, and in a world filled with games that want to be just like Angry Birds or Cut The Rope, that’s a good thing. It’s even got a novel control mechanic that both makes sense and more often than not works well. There’s even a cute protagonist and an amusing story, for those of you that need either one of those things (or both). My main issue at this point is that there is a fine line between creative and cruel, or challenging and frustrating, and Foodies likes to play on that line quite frequently, even in the lower levels. Oh, and it would be nice to be able to turn the insulting kids off as well.
Another holiday, another version of Angry Birds Seasons. You've heard of a wolf in sheep's clothing? Well how about Pig with rabbit ears ? Those lovable little birds are always on the hunt for the eggs that those evil little piggies stole. Like every other version of AngryBirds seasons you have three different sections 13 levels each. The cast of characters are the same beautiful little bluebirds at split into three, you got the yellow speed Demon birdsve. You got the bomb bird and last but not least, you have the red birds both miniature and the real big boys.
App publishers should be looking at their app's statistics in order to gain an understanding of their app's performance: how often is it being downloaded, what are user's doing inside their app, are their any bugs in their app that keep a user from fully enjoying their app.
In a quick ascension to #1, Tiny Wings took the top paid iPhone app spot away from Angry Birds last week. Tiny Wings was released within the last several weeks, and has quickly been gaining momentum since its launch! Why has this game become so popular?
Tiny Wings is a simple, elegant and completely addicting game that feeds on many similar aspects to its comepitor, it even uses birds...
Rovio made us all happy with its release of Angry Birds Seasons last Haloween. Then then gave us something under the virtual Christmas tree with their holiday season version. Well now, they have done it again by dressing up those cute little (and thieving) piggies with red ribbons, and pink undertones.
The game play and plot is still the same; topple the pigs homes and crush them while searching for the precious eggs. The challenges are harder though and while the chances of you making it through each level the first time are probable, do not expect 3 stars right off the bat.
Pocket God, I am T-Pain and Angry Birds have taken the app world by storm, and I guess it was only inevitable that the real world would want their own versions.
Pocket God now has models of their characters available for purchase. You can act out your own scenes of destruction (or benevolence) as you see fit, or just display them in a glass case, the way your grandmother displayed Hummel figurines!
This is a rather belated post about what happened in various cities during Angry Birds Day 11thDec 2010. And so it seems that Scandinavians, in this case, Rovio, the developers of Angry Birds who hail from Finland, are not great party organisers and therefore the world-wide turn-out was reportedly not fantastic. There were, of course, a small group of hardcore fans who did show up at gatherings in New York and Los Angeles dressed up as – what else – Angry Birds.
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