Episode 20 - The Birds!!!

[Kathleen]

http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/the-birds

Hard hitting (snerk) analysis from Graham, Paul and Kathleen on why Angry Birds is bad news.

[kodra]

Those statistics for Angry Birds horrified me, so I decided to verify the source, which I'm guessing is: http://www.droidgamers.com/index.php/ga ... lion-times

It claims 300 million minutes per month which puts us at 6944 days / day that we lose as a species.

That significantly less horrifying than the idea that we lose a measurable percentage of our time to upset birds.

[DuelLadyS]

I liked Kathleen's 'die pig!' I won a blue angry bird out of a crane machine when I was out with my mom last week... it was surprisingly hard not to immedately throw it at her. (I did throw it at my sister later that day.)

[Vigafre]

Brosnon was my first James Bond, so yeah.

Also, I nominate Matt for best credits title of all time.

[Mowinckel]

Kathleen looks like "ups, sorry honey, did not mean to throw it that hard" when she hit Graham

[Gap Filler]

Should've known that bird was Matt's. I'll bet it occupies a choice spot in his wall of many games. The only thing more terrifying than those stats is the knowledge that at some point in the future I'll own the game and therefore be contributing to the further demise of the species.

Hope I'm not the only one who feels charitable towards the later Brosnan Bonds, if only for the nostalgia factor. Die Another Day remains a black stain on a venerable franchise but I've got a soft spot for Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is Not Enough. Soft as in that tenderness you feel in the wake of a particularly debilitating skin condition.

[Kathleen]

Those statistics for Angry Birds horrified me, so I decided to verify the source, which I'm guessing is: http://www.droidgamers.com/index.php/ga ... lion-times

It claims 300 million minutes per month which puts us at 6944 days / day that we lose as a species.

That significantly less horrifying than the idea that we lose a measurable percentage of our time to upset birds.

The source was a Venture Beat article with quotes from Rovio's GM Andrew Stalbow, actually.
http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/12/angry ... ureBeat%29

[Duckay]

I never got the hang of Angry Birds, which always makes me feel a little bit incompetent, but... yeah, damn. Angry Birds has become such a huge thing, and I can totally see why. Three minutes of Angry Birds when you're on the go and not doing anything adds up pretty quick.

[Geoff_B]

I love it And I'm with you Graham, I have little to no faith in Blizzard's ability to release quality games in such a short timeframe either

[SPACExJUMPxJOSH]

I've never realy played angry birds, I take it from the adiction side that I should XD if its another super meat boy and I don't leave my pc for a while then I hold the internet responsible! xD

[War Monkey782]

Ooo, ooo! I want it!

[JackSlack]

Grats!

[Yaxley]

Three minutes of Angry Birds when you're on the go and not doing anything adds up pretty quick.

The six hours I spent trying to get all of the stars in the version integrated into Google+ probably also helped.

[DeltaStrata]

Maybe this is just me, but Graham and Kathleen both seemed rather...angry this episode. o_o Well, except at the ende, but there was a stuffed 'animal' so it doesn't count.

[Geoff_B]

With the news that tends to come from the video games industry these days who can blame them?

[rpg1203]

I got 2 red birds out of crane machine and i hadnt even played the real game till later that night when after trying the demo i got hooked..

feel bad graham needs his own birdy, or a piggy

[Flewellyn]

I think my favorite bit was Kathleen yoinking the bird from Paul, and then sitting down and saying "Ha! My bird!" Très amusant!

[Dutch guy]

Is it just me or was that toss at graham impromptu and unexpected by said target?