Angry Birds!

Angry Birds
by Rovio

I have a new addiction, and believe it or not, it's not a Facebook game... It is a game for my cell phone called "Angry Birds" by Rovio.  It's available for the iPhone, Android, and webOS (PalmPre). 

There are three of us at work and we each have one of the above phones, yet, we are all playing the same game (with the same content) on our individual phones.

I just found out that they released a "Halloween" edition of the game for iPhone.

The game is fairly simple to play, but can be very difficult to win, which creates a nice challenge.  The concept of the game is that some Green Pigs have stolen eggs from the Birds, and the Birds are ANGRY and are trying to get back at the Green Pigs by destroying their hiding places, which are constructed out of various materials. 

The user uses a "slingshot" to aim the birds at the structures in an attempt to either colapse the structure onto the pigs, or destroy the pigs themselves. There are various different types of birds, and each bird type has a special ability that can help the attack.  There is a puzzle component in that you have to figure out how to use the birds available to get all of the pigs for that level, and there is an arcade element in that you have to control the aim, power, and special ability of each bird. There are many levels, and each one is unique.

If you haven't tried Angry Birds yet, I suggest you take a look at it.  There is an "Angry Birds Lite" that is free so you can get a taste (or become addicited) before you spend a buck or two to buy it!