Today's Google Doodle Is A Popcorn-Themed Battle Royale
Today's Google Doodle
Credit: GoogleToday’s Google Doodle is a lot of fun. It’s also funny timing for me, personally, because I just got a new stovetop popcorn pan and a great big huge thing of popcorn kernels, because that’s the only way to make popcorn. None of this microwave nonsense. Just kernels, oil and butter. The good stuff. Good and good for you.
In any case, today’s Google Doodle is a celebration of popcorn. It’s also a Battle Royale game where you compete solo or in squads against 60 players to see who can survive to the end. I got 11th place on my first try, dodging popcorn and salt and trying to deflect the projectiles against enemy players.
The official description of the Doodle reads:
You butter believe that today’s interactive Doodle is celebrating your go-to movie companion and classic late-night snack: popcorn! This game is making Doodles history by allowing the highest number of players to compete in a match at the same time ever! Play solo or invite friends to play with you in squad mode.Popcorn is no new phenomenon. The delicious snack—and favorite of moviegoers everywhere—dates back to ancient times, long before Europeans “discovered” the Americas. Archeologists have found popcorn kernels in New Mexico that date back to 3600 BCE. Traces of popcorn has been found in ancient Peruvian tombs.
It wasn’t until the 1800s that popcorn gained popularity in the United States, however. In 1885 Charles Cretors invented the first steam-powered popcorn machine in Chicago, which meant popcorn was widely available by the time the World’s Columbian Exposition debuted in Chicago in 1893 (the setting of Erik Larson’s excellent book The Devil in the White City, which everyone should read).
In any case, be sure to head over to Google’s homepage to play some popcorn Battle Royale today. It’s actually pretty fun!
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