Physics Says Hollywood Shrank the Angry Birds for Their Leading Roles

The analysis of a video game can be a game in itself. The process of trying to figure out the underlying physics engine in a game is just like science--but much cheaper. It's been a while since I've explored the mechanics in Angry Birds (the game), but I have quite a few posts on the topic. In my first Angry Birds post, I examined the trajectory of a bird after leaving the slingshot. The first thing I found was that the flight path was indeed a parabola.