The First Rule of Angry Birds
The first rule of Angry Birds is you do not talk about Angry Birds.
Oh, wait! I must be confused, as it seems ALL my 5-year-old does is talk about Angry Birds. Red birds, black birds, exploding birds, boomerang birds….aahhhhheeeeeeeeee, wheeeeeeeeeeee, why all the weird sounds, people?
In actuality, I really don’t mind the game. It’s not violent (although “I KILLED THE PIG” isn’t my favorite thing to hear while winding down with my children at the end of the day), it’s a bit more interactive than, let’s say, zoning off into the world of The Fresh Beat Band while munching snacks on the couch, and it does help with fine motor skills. (Was that a stretch? Think so!)
Honestly, my major hangup with Angry Birds is that my 5-year-old is better than I am. I mean, he just breezes past the levels while I stare at the screen flustered, eventually succumbing to some website with all the cheats spelled out for me. How can this be? I am a grown woman! With all sorts of Pong/Atari/PacMan/Donkey Kong skills! HOW CAN THIS BE, I SAY?
Maybe it’s because he loves Angry Birds much more than I do. He feels those birds very deeply, so much that he begged me for weeks to buy the Angry Birds collectible plush set. Now, we normally abide by a No Plush rule at our house, but I totally gave in for Valentine’s Day. I’m such a sucker, but my goodness, he loves those plush birds.
As I was passing his room a few days ago, I heard him reenacting the game, sound effects and all. (If you aren’t familiar with Angry Birds, please refrain. This will make no sense whatsoever.)
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Now, is it just me or are his specific bird noises spot on? I think I’ve got a voiceover artist on my hands.
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Now that’s talent! We are an Angry Bird family too. Santa brought the stuffed birds (and pigs!), and my husband found Angry Bird/Star Wars cross over t-shirts for the kids. (And thank god he did, because I can’t stand the ones at Target – so loud.)
My near-5-year-old is the same way! His “Cars” obsession has transferred to Angry Birds. Never thought I’d see the day that Lightning was cast aside. *sigh* I should show him this video so he can perfect his sound effects.
Holtywood, yes! We’ve been knee-deep in Lightning McQueen for almost three years, and Wito has NEVER wanted to play or watch anything else until now. Parallel lives!
my 10yr old, 6yr old, and 4yr old would play it everyday all-day if i’d let them…which i don’t. i have to play too…come on now. one night it had gotten so late and i rushed the kids off the computer playing Angry Birds, off to bed then turned off the computer and my husband said “hey i was going to play”. too bad. now we have our 4month old to want to play soon ;-P
My two year old nephew plays the game on my phone and is very good at getting into the game and restarting the level,but there is one problem. He shoots the birds backwards. I try and teach him that that is the wrong way to shoot them, but he plays the way he pleases. As long as he’s happy! ;)
[...] I recently wrote about Wito’s obsession (and his knack for recreating the sound effects) at my Babble column. Now, I can’t say that the Angry Birds love has surpassed Cars and Cars 2, but hey, [...]