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Penny Arcade - Comic - Birds In Your Area
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Penny Arcade - Comic - Birds In Your Area
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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Also, while all the bird names in the strip are made up, they really don't need to be. There is no actual shortage of rude bird names. Like the following mug illustrates.
Will there be green and red arrows involved with these stats?
-Tycho Brahe
While you just know some kid would cheat by playing Ostrich noises on their computer or something, a Pokemon Go style game that uses the phone's mic with birdsong to populate the area around you to capture and battle would be an awesome way to get kids into nature.
Birds already have stats! Weight, wingspan, unladen airspeed!
Don't forget sass.
Usually I just ID birds by picking colors and size, but I have had success using the camera and mic as well.
Sadly no, it uses your phone location to narrow down the set of birds to search through. But like a lot of data, given enough bird samples, you could narrow down a users location pretty far.
"Just like sonar on a submarine, Mr. Wayne."
"Some birbs just want to watch the world burn."
But what about Attack Power, or Magic Resistance?!? Or Spirit, whatever that does.
While the name they came up with are funny, i was surprised they didn't pick the opportunity to use "Tit".
Of course, maybe theses birds just don't live in their area and Tycho did'nt want to betray ornithological exactitude.
I think it's quite possible that Mike did that screen entirely on his own. That happens some time when they have a script that says something vague about the art and then Mike creates it.
Well there is always this, if you crave a bird game:
Long winded explanation:
As far as I remember you draw a deck of cards which determine some of your goals (collect these kind of birds, with these attributes etc). Birds have three types of habitat (wood, meadow, sea) having more of the same kind entitle you to a certain amount of resources and actions you can use during a given turn. Then you can have bird cards which give you ongoing effects, additional resources, or one-time effects when played - very often - and that’s important even on another players turn.
There is also a digital version which is often on sale. So, back to the bird talk
Edit: I think it’s important to have board games which aren’t that heavy mechanics wise - if the play material is good and the mechanics fun it checks out for me. In my life I have time constraints (finding time to come together, explaining the game / reading up rules) and not everyone has the mindset to play a 6h session of twilight struggle. Easier games expand the pool of people I can play with and give a good excuse to come together and engage in a fun activity.
And my grumpy self really dislikes games that have you tear up stuff so you only can play once.
Khoo's strategy was an exception of course.
I mostly just like looking at the birds.
Alas, unless the game can tell me how high a bluejay's Critical Rate is, I don't think it'll stratch my very specific itch.
Hey I just wanted to say thanks for this. I told my SIL about it, she put it on her phone, and when she and my brother took my nephews for their mandatory fun sunday morning walk, she was able to identify and explain so many birds and now the boys think she's a bird genius.
I am pretty sure the makes of the game made sure such occasions could happen
It could if you tried. You just haven't tried hard enough.
I dunno, I kind of like Crested Fuckworth. It's the kind of name I'd have liked to have given one of my cockatiels.