{"id":1208,"date":"2011-10-28T15:48:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T15:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1208"},"modified":"2011-10-28T15:48:07","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T15:48:07","slug":"boy-makes-life-sized-version-of-angry-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/boy-makes-life-sized-version-of-angry-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy makes life-sized version of Angry Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever played the game Angry Birds?<\/p>\n<p>It's a mobile app where you try and blow up various objects while firing animals from a catapult.<\/p>\n<p>The title has become a smash hit and now a 12-year-old from Barford in Warwickshire has built a life-sized version of it.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Beards uses a canon powered by compressed air made by his father to allow it to happen.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I like the game and my brothers and I thought it would [be] good fun to take the idea from Angry Birds and put it into real life,&quot; young Sam stated.<\/p>\n<p>His father Dorian admitted he did not know what his son was talking about when he suggested they play Angry Birds, but admitted all of the kids seem to have a great time.<\/p>\n<p>It makes me wonder what other cool games could be brought to life and I wouldn't mind playing Tetris or Pong in a back yard.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Mark Wilkins<br> &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-800779921-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=800779921\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Beards has made a life-sized version of Angry Birds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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