Why would birds do something like that?

Why would birds do something like that?

Why would they just attack? So, Hello internet. Welcome to Game Theory, ruining childhoods faster than an overly

aggressive puzzle-solving waterfowl. Today we're taking a gander at a recent

little indie gem, Untitled Goose game get it gander name for a male goose ha ha that is some spicy writing there mat pat anyway if you're not familiar with this game allow me to break it down for you. Get it? Down? Like down feathers? Because geese have down feathers? Oh, this stuff is gold!

In Untitled Goose game, you play as the titular Goose, looking to carve out his place in the greatest game

Hall of Fame alongside Falco, Kazui, Chocabos,

the stupid owl who talks too much from Zilda,

and the angry bird, bird, I guess.

All right, so greatest birds in video games it's not a very long list

you'll spend your day completing a checklist of daily activities all with one goal in mind

making everyone around you miserable.

And that's it.

It's not about saving the day or protecting your clutch of eggs.

Heck, you aren't even looking for food.

Your one and only purpose in this game is to be nature's biggest troll by flapping, honking, and straight up attacking the locals.

It's all pretty basic things that we've seen birds do time and time again, but what about some

of the more complex goals in this game?

Like tricking someone to cut the award-winning rose or dressing up a statue

heck even convincing someone to put a ribbon around your neck I mean those are some pretty big

asks for a literal bird-brain creature. So our question for today, is a goose actually

intelligent enough to perform the level of complex thought that we see demonstrated throughout

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