Conan O'Brien plays Angry Birds life-sized, sticks it to the Swedes

If you needed any more confirmation that Angry Birds is huge, Coco's involvement should do the trick. Conan O'Brien played a life-sized version of Rovio's pig-smashing sensation on his TBS show last night. The stunt was to commemorate that his show is now available online for one week. Finally, Finland, his greatest group of foreign fans, can enjoy that red tuft of hair whenever they darn well please. "We have decided to honor tonight Finland's greatest contribution to mankind," Conan said last night. "I'm talking of course about the videogame, Angry Birds." As an extra bonus, Conan helped the Finns get a one-up over their lifelong rivals, the Swedes, by using Ikea furniture as the pigs' stronghold. The results are nothing short of hilarious.

What do you think of Conan's version of Angry Birds?

With Angry Birds playgrounds, your kids might never come back inside

At this point, the only way to go up is to build an Angry Birds theme park. For the moment, Angry Birds-themed playgrounds should do just fine. Rovio partnered with Lappset Group to create two playgrounds in Finland complete with play equipment inspired by the iconic mobile game-turned-entertainment brand. The playgrounds will arrive in Rovaniemi and Espoo next year.

"The activity parks perfectly tie in with the Angry Birds world and our way of thinking," Rovio "Mighty Eagle" and CMO Peter Vesterbacka said in a release. "We will be developing a service which brings together the digital world and the physical world in a way that's never been seen before. The popularity of Angry Birds isn't restricted to any age, sex or social group, and the activity parks too will be designed to be interesting places for absolutely everyone, all around the world."

Every piece of play equipment --20 in total--in the parks will evoke a piece of the Angry Birds universe. Kids will romp around on everything from Angry Birds spring riders to climbing towers with slides. According to Kotaku, the playgrounds will even feature kid-friendly slingshots. And somehow, Rovio looks to merge the world of its games with these kiddie parks.

Of course, the Angry Birds are no stranger to exposure in the real world. Rovio has released numerous pieces of Angry Birds merchandise including even a cookbook. People have made life-sized games of Angry Birds, and Rovio has spurred thousands to scream at the Angry Birds. If you ask us, this is Rovio simply prototyping its Angry Birds Fortress of Solitude.

[Via and Image Credit: Kotaku]

Would you play with your kids at an Angry Birds playground? What's the next step in the real world for Angry Birds?