Those Angry Birds your aunt loves are being blasted into space. Rovio today put up a teaser site and a short video trumpeting the next appearance of the Angry Birds in Angry Birds Space. It will be out on March 22. Other than that, we don't know much.
I'm no scientist, but I have several problems with this idea. Number 1: If the birds were in outer space, there would be no gravity, meaning that the game's traditional focus on creating the correct trajectories to demolish pig structures would be meaningless. We know from Newton's first law that a bird flung into space with a slingshot would continue in a perfectly straight line until the end of time itself. -- so no graceful arcs. Also: There's no sound in space, so you wouldn't hear the delightful squawks you know and love.
If the titular avian were to travel to other planets in search of their precious eggs, there are a whole host of other problems. The first is simply differentials in gravity. The larger the mass, the greater the effects of gravity, meaning that birds on bigger planets would hardly be able to be flung at all, and on small planets, they would be flung for miles. Also: How, exactly, do the birds get to space in the first place? Some kind of bird rocket? Their wings wouldn't even work out there! It's a laughable idea. How would they deal with re-entry into our atmosphere upon their return to Earth?
How do the pigs manage to transport wooden planks and ice towers into space to begin with, let alone delicate eggs? Am I to assume there's some kind of surreptitious pig-based space program that's 100s of years more advanced then man's? To keep it hidden all these years would require a world-wide conspiracy that has its evil tentacles in everything we do! The pigs would have to be watching me now, at this very moment, as I type thi......
BUY ANGRY BIRDS SPACE WHEN IT IS RELEASED IT WILL BE THE BEST GAME THAT HAS EVER BEEN RELEASED IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD!!!
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CodyTheGreat7
Ever think you will fling the birds to orbit different astral bodies that have different gravitational tendencies to kind of SLINGSHOT;);) them around planets and such.
orangecrow
You know what game had awesome sequels? <<< PAC-MAN
JWCamp
You are mistaken. There is gravity in space. If not, solar systems would fling themselves apart and the universe would be nothing more than cosmic bumper cars.
Gamelife1
March 22nd is the same date as the rumored announcement of the Galaxy S3. Wondering if they'll do a promo together. It would makes sense with the whole galaxy branding and space.
taconinja2
what if the game takes place in a dome in space,so its the space type background but in a dome to make it feal like the other angry bird games?
agardner791
I guess this is an okay rant but I really doubt the people that play Angry Birds really care about whether or not it makes logical sense for them to be in space. It's a game about birds shooting at pigs. Should I really care that they're in space with no gravity, etc.?
gerbg229
Does anyone else see the text running off the right side of the page???
tomservaux
Considering the premise of Angry Birds is a bunch of birds committing suicide to retrieve eggs stolen by green pigs who hide in forts, I think you're right. Angry Birds in space wouldn't be realistic enough to continue the series...
Blue_Vortex
A better indie game to play about space that my room mate has been working on is Star Sonnata
mariofan24
I'm sick of angry birds!!!!!!!!
YakShakedown
Cut the Rope > Angry Birds
InnerRise
No one plays Angry Birds anymore. I don't. Never really did.
permanent_nirvana
I agree with the last part.
CoIoneI Klink
PIIIIIIIIIIIGS IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!
(lets see if you youngins get that reference)
Trityler
SPAAAAAAAACCCCCEEEE!!!
dropkick06
Awesome Rant...
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