Angry Birds and Parabolic Instinct In Humans 234
Frankie70 writes "Matt Ridley writes about Angry Birds, an iPhone game (later ported to other platforms) which has sold more than 12 million copies. The spectacular trajectory of the game, from obscure Finnish iPhone app to global ubiquity — there are board games, maybe even movies in the works — is probably inexplicable. Ridley wonders if there is an evolutionary aspect to its allure. There is something much more satisfactory about an object tracing a parabolic ballistic trajectory through space towards its target than either following a straight line or propelling itself."
Re:The crazyness (Score:4, Funny)
Maybe people like crazy?
I did like crazy at one point in my life. Now I don't interact with my ex-wife anymore.
Re:Movie...? (Score:5, Funny)
If there is anyone who can turn angry birds into a 90 minute movie starring Meatloaf and a room full of Ukrainian prostitutes, it is Uwe Boll. It will be a spectacular success, if only due to German tax shelter laws concerning the funding of a failed movie.
Re:Not just people (Score:4, Funny)
Anyone else think,"Kids are so cruel they even throw dogs around."?
Re:Not just people (Score:5, Funny)
When I was a kid, I had a dog that could follow a parabolic trajectory.
My dog, too. No matter how many times I threw her up in the air, off a roof, out of a moving car, whatever.... parabolic arc. Apparently, Peanuts the poodle was not immune to gravitation and Newtonian conservation of energy.
She was a good dog. Except for resisting being picked up. I guess she figure out pretty quick you are less likely to end up flying in a perfect conic section path if no one can raise your gravitational potential above local ground state. A physics genius, Peanuts.
Re:Jeez. (Score:5, Funny)
Can't anything just be fun anymore?
Says the dude that broke the zodiac. Thanks a lot, pal...
Re:OK... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not sure what the GP said (apart from the bit you quoted), nor do I know if anyone else said something more insightful than you did. But your post is +4, and I almost moderated it up to +5.
Then I decided to break the feedback loop and not mod you up. Viva variety! You're welcome.