Angry Birds Space - A Review
Angry Birds Space is something special – out of this world, in fact. It was the first game whose launch was announced from the International Space Station by astronaut Don Pettit. This was no mere publicity stunt – Pettit’s intention was to demonstrate the physics of motion in a zero-gravity environment, using elastic bands to propel model birds around the cabin of the ISS. The Angry Birds franchise started out as a clever game download in Finland, involving the collection of different eggs, opposed by an army of pigs. The game built a huge following in that mobile-friendly nation due to its ease of use and compulsive action. Accordingly, its popularity was far more influenced by word of mouth and user feedback, rather than any marketing campaign. The game is no longer confined to the known world – a giant claw has kidnapped the birds’ eggs, and the Angry Birds pursue it into a wormhole, emerging into a galaxy dominated by goldfish-bowl-helmeted space pigs – and, adapting to the st...