Was it the part where he called "kittens vs pirates" skeumorphism? Because that was definitely my favorite part.
Anyway, I coincidentally started playing Ingress last Thursday and it is incredibly addictive and easy to learn. I'm not sure what is counter-intuitive about anything, although I do concede that the rules could be a little clearer from within the app (virus behavior, speed limits, etc). Then again, why would you expect a game from Google to involve no googling?