Tap Tap Revenge, Pigeon Style

Posted by Eric March on August 3, 2008 at 12:01 pm

Forget trying to get your bassett hound to howl along in tune as you feebly attempt to recreate Stairway to Heaven in Band. YouTube member ainsworthc is trying to teach his pigeon to play Tap Tap Revenge on his iPhone. I gather his efforts are still in the preliminary phase as, let’s face it, his tame columbidae isn’t exactly a contest contender yet.

Of interesting note is the owner’s assertion that beak pecks register on the iPhone’s screen, though I suspect this has more to do with it extending its tongue when it pecks, as birds are wont to do. The real question is, do those sliding dots taste like sunflowers?

Check the vid below for some avian gaming goodness. Or badness, as the case may be. And try not to wince at the idea of letting a bird beck the crap out of his poor iPhone.