Topping the App Store charts with Angry Birds

Angry Birds is easily the best dollar I've spent on an app so far. Both my wife and I are hopelessly addicted to it, and everyone I've let play it has purchased it for themselves (at least those who have iPhones did). I've beaten every level; now I'm trying to get three stars across the board (I'm close), and uncover the rest of the golden egg levels.

It's a case study in casual game design. It's simple, easy to learn, gets steadily harder, and makes you feel like a bad ass when you figure it out. Sure, there's no real depth, and the physics can be a bit wonky, but who cares when you're having so much fun?

Overall, brilliant.

By the by:

"They told me that the game has had four million downloads to date across, both, its paid and lite versions, and they said that they'll keep updating..."

Did anyone else find this sentence distractingly awkward? Remember, commas indicate a slight pause. Try reading that sentence while pausing at every comma, you'll come out sounding like Christopher Walken. There are also a number of run on sentences here. You're a bit too liberal with the the commas. I know a lot of people will think I'm complaining about nothing, but readability standards is one reason I follow real news blogs, and tend to avoid personal ones.

It's a quality app, but do try the demo first. I bought it, but don't find it that exciting.

angry birds can be described in one word, addicting

A great game, funny, fun, but frustrating. Absolutely despise those disgusting snorting grunting giggling piggies, nearly threw the iPad out the window because of them.

I haven't gotten this game since I already bought Crush The Castle (of which Angry Birds is a clone...with many tweaks). Admittedly, it looks like these guys did a much better job than the original CtC (CtC is just a flash port basically).

I can't stop playing this game. I'm obsessed with getting 3-stars on every level. They just released another free set of levels... all for less than a dollar. What more could you ask for?

Greatest game ever created for iOS. The free updates are amazing and what make this game an absolute steal for 99 cents.

Yeah it's not deep, but it's fun. And there is a *ton* of content for a buck. And it's funny. And overall the engine is good (definitely some physics-defying going on sometimes.) The sounds are particularly entertaining. Especially the woodpecker. Heh.

This game is great fun, in a very Lemmings sort of way!

I picked it up for a buck yesterday, along with games on sale for the same price from Gameloft and EA Mobile. Given all the hype, I anticipated a way deeper experience than I got, but it's a good train timewaster.