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It's a truth universally acknowledged: the older someone gets, the harder it can be to come up with a fresh birthday idea. So it is with Google.

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For its 15th birthday, the search giant has returned from the party store with a candy-filled piñata to hang on its home page. It's a celebratory flourish Google has used before - a piñata also graced the page for the company's ninth birthday.

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But this is no ordinary regifting. Where the piñata in 2007 was (apparently) static, though it cleverly incorporated the numeral 9, this year's pinata swings into action. It's a miniature video game.

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Set it in motion, and the second O becomes a star-shaped piñata, while the second G dons a blindfold and wields a stick. Using your space bar or your mouse, you can spur that G to swing away at the piñata - which picks up speed as you strike it. You'll have 10 swings to knock pieces of candy free from the battered target before the game ends - it doesn't matter whether they're hits or misses. Try again (and again and again) if you're hopeful to set a new personal best.

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Fun and games and empty calories are all well and good, but if you're still hungry for more on this Google birthday, consider these entrees:

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* Google celebrates 15 years of its biggest product: You
* At 15, Google's ambitions remain unbridled
* Easter egg lets you Google like it's 1998

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Correction at 8:42 a.m. PT: The game ends after 10 swings at the piñata. It is not time-limited.

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