{"id":20961,"date":"2021-03-05T00:01:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T00:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=20961"},"modified":"2021-02-22T12:23:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T12:23:38","slug":"angry-birds-at-topgolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/05\/angry-birds-at-topgolf\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry Birds at TopGolf"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>TopGolf is a chain of high tech golf driving ranges.\u00a0 You reserve a spot and can use these clubs (or bring your own), and you can scan your club to eject golf balls from a machine.\u00a0 Then you swing and hit the ball and try to get it to go into big holes on the playfield for points.\u00a0 I\u2019m not totally sure how it works, but there are trackers in the ball so you can see the ball\u2019s trajectory on a TV screen after you hit it.\u00a0 A dumb way to describe it is that it\u2019s kind of like bowling, but it\u2019s golf.\u00a0 Anyway, TopGolf has teamed up with Angry Birds for a new mode of play you can try.\u00a0 There\u2019s actually a TopGolf in the same city where I live, so I went there a few months ago to test it out, and I finally got a chance to write about how it works.<\/p>\n

First of all, here\u2019s a picture of the driving range so you can see what it looks like.<\/p>\n

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We were there after it turned dark as well, so here\u2019s what it looks like at night.<\/p>\n

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I like how lit up the front of the building looks at night, so I took a picture of that, too.<\/p>\n

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And don\u2019t worry, we took all the COVID precautions and wore masks and social distanced and all that crap.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, so when you pick the Angry Birds mode instead of the regular one, you swing the ball and view the trajectory of it on screen and try to knock down structures and those green piggies.\u00a0 You get three tries and are rated on how many hits it takes for you to knock things down and how much you do knock down.\u00a0 It\u2019s a lot like the game, really.\u00a0 Unfortunately it uses art and assets from the Angry Birds movies, but oh well.\u00a0 Here are a couple of screenshots.<\/p>\n

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Since I\u2019ve tried both the Angry Birds mode and the regular TopGolf mode, I can say that if you have any younger golfers with you when you go to TopGolf, the Angry Birds mode may be good to try with them since it\u2019s easier.\u00a0 But if you want a challenge, there are multiple difficulty levels and stages, too.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve never actually played REAL golf before, just mini-golf.\u00a0 So I thought I\u2019d be terrible at this.\u00a0 But to my surprise, I won first place both times we played the first visit.\u00a0 Here\u2019s pictures for proof.<\/p>\n

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We went a second time more recently and I didn\u2019t do as well unfortunately.\u00a0 But at least I did well the first time!<\/p>\n

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They also serve food at TopGolf.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t any food tie-ins with Angry Birds except you could get some Angry Birds sauce to go with your food.\u00a0 It was just a mix of siracha and something else.\u00a0 It was all right.<\/p>\n

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And that\u2019s all of that!\u00a0 It\u2019s fun, but kind of pricey.\u00a0 Glad I got to try it, though.\u00a0 Wouldn\u2019t it be cool if they did a Mario Golf tie-in at TopGolf?\u00a0 I imagine the licensing costs for that would be too expensive.\u00a0 Have you ever been to TopGolf?\u00a0 Let me know what you think in the comments section!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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