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Why Is Angry Birds So Addictive?
Angry Birds, one of the most popular mobile games, is pretty simple: you use a slingshot to fling outraged birds at the fortresses of greedy green pigs. So why do we play for hours on end? Scientific American editor Ferris Jabr takes a look from the inside out.
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