I found it mildly interesting, not interesting enough to upvote, but a bit - it had a tip on an interesting piece of software too (Tracker Video analysis). Obviously other people found it a bit more interesting, there's nothing wrong with that.
The title is a bit cheating though, since I thought it was about actual birds, not a game.
I do not come to Hacker News, however, to waste time. I come to Hacker News for intellectual debate and a deeper form of thinking. Both of these, among others, foster personal growth and learning. That is the value I pull from Hacker News. I'm sure PG would understand where I'm coming from here. So let's keep "anything interesting" to digg. They're doing great so far.
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It's a partly deconstruction of one of the most succesful mobile games and probably the most succesful iPad game. If you are a Hacker the probability is high you are thinking about iPad games at the moment.
Odd articles like this one together form a coherent picture and might help develop new ideas.
Better this than say programmer barbie...
I click on about 1 link in 10 or 20 as it is. It doesn't mean the rest is bad. It just doesn't necessarily interest me. Nothing wrong with that.
Also the fact that something this simple has a fairly simplistic model is of interest and relevance to many entrepreneurs, hence the rank. It's a lesson in not overcomplicating things.