You Brought The Birds You're Evil!

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Posted by Zonk on Wednesday January 18, 2006 @12:56PM from the watch-the-penguins-they-snap dept.

Gamasutra has a highly amusing postmortem of a highly unusual game. Today on Gamasutra: The Making of 'Age of Ornithology'. From the article: "We were sitting around the conference table trying to come up with a unique concept for a real-time strategy game. Otto's (our lead programmer) new Porsche convertible was just outside the conference room window. Suddenly a small flock of birds flew over the parking area and, in unison, relieved themselves on his car. Otto was very angry... he had left the roof down. We laughed and laughed! Otto did not laugh - he kicked over the whiteboard and stormed out (he does this once or twice a week, it is no longer very shocking). Anyway, this got us thinking about birds, and their capacity for strategic attack and destruction. " I love tern-based strategy games.

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Will it run on Linux?... (Score:5, Funny)

by montyzooooma ( 853414 ) writes: on Wednesday January 18, 2006 @01:02PM (#14500669)

...through an EMU-lator.

A travesty (Score:4, Funny)

by aapold ( 753705 ) * writes: on Wednesday January 18, 2006 @01:03PM (#14500675) Homepage Journal

I mean, it has penguins and no linux version?

To save everyone time (Score:4, Informative)

by Spaceman40 ( 565797 ) writes: <(gro.mca) (ta) (sknilb)> on Wednesday January 18, 2006 @01:03PM (#14500683) Homepage Journal

tern -> turn, the game isn't real (just a funny idea), and the article is the first in a series.

- Re:To save everyone time (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by FirienFirien ( 857374 ) writes: on Wednesday January 18, 2006 @01:56PM (#14501410) Homepage
  
  ehh... methinks you might have missed Zonk's punlet on terns [slashdot.org], whose behaviour is usually quite shitty.
  
  - Re:To save everyone time (Score:4, Funny)
    
    by Spaceman40 ( 565797 ) writes: <(gro.mca) (ta) (sknilb)> on Wednesday January 18, 2006 @02:10PM (#14501578) Homepage Journal
    
    You would be correct :) However, given Taco's recent article about submission format, I was trying to beat possible grammar/spelling fascists to the punch.
    
    I was wondering what he was talking about - it's an RTS in the article :-P
    
Do we get titans like in age of mythology? (Score:1, Funny)

by ActionJesus ( 803475 ) writes:

Watch as I summon the Titan TUX, who will bring death and destruction upon my heathen enemies!

His mighty flipper-prints will be testament to the path of destruction.
It's just a string of bird related puns, (Score:1, Informative)

by Errandboy of Doom ( 917941 ) writes:

It's just a string of bird related puns, or in /.ese: "news."
- Re:It's just a string of bird related puns, (Score:2)
  
  by Red Flayer ( 890720 ) writes:
  
  Not just bird-related... Cthulhu Karts racing game? Sweet.
  
  Now I can understand that my racing is futile, and that my struggles to finish first mean nothing in the universe at large as powers beyond my comprehension accidentally crush the entire raceway just prior to completion of the final race.
  
  Besides, I've always wanted to see the Raceway at R'lyeh.
  - Re:It's just a string of bird related puns, (Score:4, Informative)
    
    by Anm ( 18575 ) writes: on Wednesday January 18, 2006 @01:37PM (#14501142)
    
    Cthulhu Karts racing game? Sweet.
    
    The I suggest you look at Cthulhu 500 [boardgamegeek.com]. Fun card based racing game, with all the evil you'd expect out of Cthulhu.
    
    Anm
    
Google for the win (Score:1, Informative)

by ActionJesus ( 803475 ) writes:

Actually, if you google age of ornithology, several things pop up, least of all this: http://www.phobe.com/sfi/ornithology.html [phobe.com]
When are mods coming out for this? (Score:4, Funny)

by AdamWeeden ( 678591 ) writes: on Wednesday January 18, 2006 @01:31PM (#14501052) Homepage

I want the "Asian Flu" biological weapon.

Ah. Birds... (Score:2)

by Pig Hogger ( 10379 ) writes:

As it happens, one day, I was riding a commuter train and was looking at the passing telegraph wires.
Then we passed over a busy street, and only above the street, were about 50 pigeons perched over the street, and nowhere else.
Just as if they planned to specifically target that area...
- Re:Ah. Birds... (Score:1)
  
  by Red Flayer ( 890720 ) writes:
  
  "Just as if they planned to specifically target that Maybe they were keeping warm in the exhaust. Or naturally hanging out over an area where food is more likely to pop up.
  - In busy traffic? (Score:2)
    
    by leonbrooks ( 8043 ) writes:
    
    That would be crows, seagulls or vultures rather than pigeons.
- Re:Ah. Birds... (Score:1)
  
  by the phantom ( 107624 ) writes:
  
  This is entirely off topic, though bird related:
  
  Most of my education has been in archaeology. I have spent a great deal of time out in the field doing archaeological work. In most of the Great Basin (and, probably, other parts of the country), ranchers built fences to keep their cattle in (or out, depending upon the state). Those fences (the ones that are over 50 years old, at least) are now considered to be part of the archaeological record. However, they are generally mostly obliterated by time --
Credit where credit is due (Score:3, Informative)

by mwheeler01 ( 625017 ) writes: <`matthew.l.wheeler' `at' `gmail.com'> on Wednesday January 18, 2006 @02:10PM (#14501577)

The 'tern' pun at the end of the write up should be attributed to the article in which they say "Was there still a market nowadays for a tern-based game?"

Another game (Score:1)

by Profane MuthaFucka ( 574406 ) writes:

Besides the bird game, there's another one called "Otto Goes Apeshit" that's just waiting to be written. Oh boy, Otto is going to love that!
The loney Slashdotter asks... (Score:2)

by Guppy06 ( 410832 ) writes:

Does the game feature scantilly-clad tufted titmouses?
JIC anyone was wondering (Score:2)

by drinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes:

This is all a big joke. It's a pretty funny one, though. Check out http://www.phobe.com/sfi/sigmain.html [phobe.com] so you can see their other "titles" like "secret weapons over neverland" and of course their epic racing title, "need for speed underhill".
- I still want to see... (Score:2)
  
  by leonbrooks ( 8043 ) writes:
  
  ...an accounting program expressed in FPS terms. Like DoomAdmin [unm.edu] only more useful. Auditing in big spiked, armoured boots.

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Will it run on Linux?... (Score:5, Funny)

A travesty (Score:4, Funny)

To save everyone time (Score:4, Informative)

Re:To save everyone time (Score:4, Funny)

Re:To save everyone time (Score:4, Funny)

Do we get titans like in age of mythology? (Score:1, Funny)

It's just a string of bird related puns, (Score:1, Informative)

Re:It's just a string of bird related puns, (Score:2)

Re:It's just a string of bird related puns, (Score:4, Informative)

Google for the win (Score:1, Informative)

When are mods coming out for this? (Score:4, Funny)

Ah. Birds... (Score:2)

Re:Ah. Birds... (Score:1)

In busy traffic? (Score:2)

Re:Ah. Birds... (Score:1)

Credit where credit is due (Score:3, Informative)

Another game (Score:1)

The loney Slashdotter asks... (Score:2)

JIC anyone was wondering (Score:2)

I still want to see... (Score:2)

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