News - Angry Birds exceeds 50 million downloads in 35 days, wowsers

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[Lord Midas]

I bought it on Android. Just got fed up of all those bloody ad banners. All for the princely sum of 63p.

AB series is literally the perfect sit on the bog game

[sniper2o2o]

I had installed it on my first Android phone and it didn't play well cheap phone, I have recently tried it on my Sensation and can't see the appeal there are a lot of similar games that play far better.

[HalloweenJack]

what sort of similar games? i do like unstoppable gorg (tower defence) fun game

[Scainer]

@Lord Midas - You know that if you turn off your data connections you don't get any ads?

Its actually the other half that plays this game. She needs to find the eggs, or get 3 stars. I just get mad if she leaves little battery.
The gravity makes for a nice variation, but i lose interest.

[Lord Midas]

@Lord Midas - You know that if you turn off your data connections you don't get any ads?

Sweet. I didn't know that. I can do that with my other AB games. I guess just putting it in flight mode will do the trick?

[phili_c51]

have been an angry birds addict since the original. the space effect is a nice twist. i found myself missing the indicated line of travel when i received more levels on the original :-(

[Whiternoise]

Sweet. I didn't know that. I can do that with my other AB games. I guess just putting it in flight mode will do the trick?

Don't even bother with Flight mode, just turn WiFi and mobile internet off. That way you still get texts/calls if you need to.

[J3FFW1SH]

meanwhile this writer is looking at moving into the mobile game development industry

lol +1!!

[Matthammer]

Never played angry birds, though my FB feed has gone through phases of people going on about it. I think if this level of global addiction is anything to go by its probably a good call to avoid it heh

[Lord Midas]

Don't even bother with Flight mode, just turn WiFi and mobile internet off. That way you still get texts/calls if you need to.

Even awesomer, thanks dude.

Never played angry birds, though my FB feed has gone through phases of people going on about it. I think if this level of global addiction is anything to go by its probably a good call to avoid it heh

The phase "your loss" comes to mind. Honestly. Give it a 'free' download and on your next trip to the bog give it a whirl. Just be mindful of the time

[Matthammer]

The phase "your loss" comes to mind. Honestly. Give it a 'free' download and on your next trip to the bog give it a whirl. Just be mindful of the time

The phrase 'your loss' implies that because you (yes i know and 50mil others hehe) like it i must be missing out. I buckled and gave it a look on FB and though i can see it probably has a novelty appeal, thankfully (for the rest of the stuff i need to do) i wasn't really interested.
Unfortunately i let a friend convince me to try something called Battle Pirates and that has sparked my interest.. a few hours worth in truth. Warning that game may be addictive
Likely that will fade for me over the coming weeks though as its just a procrastinator

[jim]

I tried it when I first got Android and really couldn't understand the fuss. To me, it's a poor version of a well-stocked genre - Crush the Castle was a great game for instance.

As for data connections and so on, I wish you could get a proper firewall on Android without having to root it. I like the fact that Android tells you what each app will use, but I hate that you can't deny certain rights. Do I want this solitaire game to connect to the internet? No. Do I want this tasks application to check my GPS location? No. Instead you just have to let it do what it wants or uninstall it... which is what I do.