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| Angry Birds to get own theme parks Posted: 16 Dec 2011 02:58 AM PST
"The idea is to create a different concept for gaming by integrating the virtual and physical worlds ... so parents can spend more time with their kids," Finnish playground maker Lappset's managing director Juha Laakkonen told AFP. Lappset and the developer of the game, Rovio, have agreed to build the first Angry Birds-themed play parks in Espoo, near Helsinki, and in the northern Finnish city of Rovaniemi, which are expected to be operational in April 2012. But the goal is to bring the activity parks to other venues worldwide, Laakkonen explained. "We are still in negotiations so we cannot disclose the specific cities, but they will be in America, Asia and Europe," he said. Laakkonen said he was as yet unable to say how the two companies planned to recreate in the real world the mobile phone and tablet experience of catapulting whimsical birds into absurd fortresses built by little green pigs who have stolen the birds' eggs, saying only that "safety issues are important." When Finnish game developer Rovio released Angry Birds in 2009 no one at the company expected the nonsensical game would become the most popular paid application for Apple's iPhone, with more than a half-billion downloads to date on various devices. — AFP/Relaxnews Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Jedi knights top 15,000 in Czech census Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:41 AM PST  The invented faith also has a strong following in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Britain. — Reuters file pic "Many people adhered to the moral values of Jedi knights from the Star Wars saga," the Czech Statistical Office said in a statement, noting that the invented faith also had a strong following in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Britain. It said 15,070 Czechs registered as Jedi knights in the census held in March, against 1,083,899 Roman Catholics and 707,649 people who said they believed in God but did not belong to any church. "Fifteen thousand adherents, which is the size of a small town, is not a negligible social phenomenon," Stanislav Drapal, deputy head of the statistical office, told reporters. In Prague, statisticians registered 3,977 Jedi knights, or 0.31 per cent of the capital's population. The lightsabre-wielding Jedi knights are an order of guardians of peace for the interplanetary Galactic Republic of the cult Star Wars series, known for their enhanced mind powers that allow them to harness "The Force" to control objects and influence others. Their moral code has long struck a chord among fans of the films, some of whom over recent years have decided to live their lives according to the Jedi philosophy, which taps elements of several existing religions. "We included this option (in the census form) despite a fierce debate over whether it's serious or not. But it's not up to statisticians to say what is or is not a religion," said Drapal. Almost five million people left the religion column empty. "If we add the 3.6 million citizens who said they were not religious at all, it looks as if Czech citizens ignored the issue or as if they really had no relationship to faith and religion," added Drapal. — AFP/Relaxnews Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
HELSINKI, Dec 16 — The Angry Birds are set to fly from the virtual into the real world next year as the cartoonish birds from the popular smartphone game get their own theme parks, a playground company said yesterday.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Features To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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