[DoctorEldritch]

Originally Posted by GoLLuM13

@DoctorEldritch If I'm not mistaken and if I remember correctly SKYTRiXSHA is part of Rovio Entertainment

But how involved are they in the creative process? I do not know how it worked, maybe each studio is different? Like how Blizzard is open to others using their IP to create films, but does not want to make the films themselves. Games Workshop has its own different thing going with IP and movies, too. I wonder what is Rovio Entertainment's approach to this.

[DoctorEldritch]

Originally Posted by GoLLuM13

Now about Playstation... well it doesn't matter because it's region locked and I don't have a PS5 anyway 👀

That may be, but sometimes you can learn about the games you did not know about this way. For example, just recently I learned about a cute little strategy card game about birds called Wingspan. It's been around on PC for a while now (since 2020) and got a very positive score and some expansions, but flew (see what I did here? 😉) under my radar completely. But then PS announced they would be porting it, and I learned about it this way:

On that note, when your niece would need to study birds for school, this may be useful. And maybe @Saka would be interested in the art here, I remember the bird you drew and showed us in the past.

So sometimes you can find games you did not know about at those PS presentations, albeit rarely.

[Saka]

@DoctorEldritch Oh, interesting game. Learning more about birds could be nice. Although right now I am very annoyed at some random VERY LOUD bird that has been singing nonstop for the whole weekend, leading to rather bad overstimulation.

Reminds me of when my spouse's cousin shot at a pigeon from an air rifle to make it go away from their garden, but I wouldn't want to be so rude to that bird. Just please leave me alone and don't scream right next to my window. 😭

[DoctorEldritch]

@Saka I am not sure how educational it is besides visual portrayals of the birds, but even connecting visual to the name is something. You get to impress your friends if you ever go out into the wild together and spot some birds.

I sympathise with you, I used to have some very loud birds at one of the places where I lived before. Remember you and @DracoTarot and I had that discussion about them?

Maybe it is the mating season? One of the things you could try is to get one of those apps that help to identify the bird by the sound that it makes, and then you will know the culprit. And knowing that, you can research what may gently scare it away. Like how some birds do not like big shiny objects like CDs, or certain smells. That would be a more humane way to solve this issue than an airgun indeed.

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch We have a lot of Hididas in our neighbourhood and at night they like to come and sit on our rooftops. They are so annoying and do not scare easily.

The game looks interesting.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot Your CD owls do not scare them? Other than that, people advise removing food and water sources, but I guess all neighbourhood needs to do it for this to work...

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot I read some people advise to place these things around:



Supposedly they look like predators and scare the birds away. Maybe it would work for you.

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch Hadidas are very aware of their surroundings and the ones that are here seem to have gained the ability to recognize a treat. Those googly eyes will not suffice. Heck, they are not a tad scared of me and walk right past me and sometimes attack. Dogs and cats don't even scare them.

It might work for other birds.

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@DoctorEldritch They don't care about the CD owls. They would peck at them and try to tear them apart. The Indian miners try to carry them away because they like shiny things just like crows and magpies.

It's a never-ending battle. 😂

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot Maybe you need one of those fake birds of prey on a wire and a stick, like the ones they put near the airports?

Or maybe @SKYTRiXSHA has some advice to share, he is an expert at Angry Birds 😉 🐦

[SKYTRiXSHA]

@DoctorEldritch
I guess I'd need to root for the slingshot ":D"