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PopCap games has announced Popcorn Dragon for iOS. The game, announced on Wednesday at a New York event (via Wired), will be released this winter.
Popcorn Dragon has you flying a dragon around the screen and using his terrifying fire-breathing powers to turn boring old corn kernels into snazzy hunks of popcorn. After popping, your job is then to consume the delicious snack.
While all this is going on, the legendary winged beast will find itself under attack from some angry popcorn-hating baddies. One level is said to have ghosts, the other has you making popcorn while avoiding a pirate ship.
But how, you ask, does science actually make popcorn? Let’s ask Wikipedia:
“As the oil and the water are heated past the boiling point, they turn the moisture in the [corn] kernel, which has a moisture-proof hull, into a superheated pressurized steam. Under these conditions, the starch inside the kernel gelatinizes, softens and becomes pliable. The pressure continues to increase until the breaking point of the hull is reached: a pressure of about 135 psi (930 kPa) and a temperature of 180 °C (356 °F). The hull ruptures rapidly, causing a sudden drop in pressure inside the kernel and a corresponding rapid expansion of the steam, which expands the starch and proteins of the endosperm into airy foam. As the foam rapidly cools, the starch and protein polymers set into the familiar crispy puff.”
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