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Outrageous, that's what it is. Such a travesty to see something so sacred and so much a part of our cultural heritage exploited in this cynical, grasping manner. Every time this once treasured work of unique artistic majesty is refashioned into another mass market abomination, a part of my soul vomits. I am talking, of course, about the disgraceful appropriation by the creators of Angry Birds of the globally loved and respected franchise Boom Blox. Oh come on, you remember. "Boom Blox is a game that will make you glad you own a Wii," I wrote back in May 2008. "Here's hoping it's only the first of its kind," hahahahahahahahaha.
For those who don't recall, Boom Blox was a physics-based puzzle game. It involved chucking projectiles at towers of bricks in a bid to knock them over. That's right, just like Angry Birds, only less shallow and ugly and stupid.
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