[chillingeffect]

Yup, plus the style of recall for a puzzle is tree-like.

The puzzle is a "natural" form, that encourages "natural" skills. Whereas Angry Birds is an addictive game pattern. Any skills it "teaches" are incidental to its commercial goals.

My point is invalid if the whole entire world turns into a giant commercialized strip mall and recall no longer becomes a valued skill. :<

[ceejayoz]

Angry Birds is just a single example (and one that has him interested in the physical versions). It's hardly the only option - plenty of creative puzzle apps, reading apps, etc. are available and a lot of them are quite good.

That said, I'd say Angry Birds has given my son a lot of practice in perseverance, problem solving, and not getting frustrated when something doesn't work first time.