SkateBIRD – it does what it says on the tin (pic: Glass Bottom Games)

Budgies, woodpeckers and falcons hit the half-pipe in this indie sports sim, but is it really for the birds?

Although it’s never actually explained it seems worryingly likely that the idea for SkateBIRD came from someone saying, what if ‘Tony Hawk was an actual hawk’? As a result, you play as various types of birds, as you pull off ollies, kickflips, and rail grinds around a normal human house for high scores and fellow avian appreciation.