I remember when I first heard about the game called 'Flappy Bird', I didn't understand all of the hype. That was until I downloaded the app and began to see why it was so addicting. It almost seemed like as I was beginning to engage in the game, everyone who I followed on Twitter was also feeding their 'Flappy Bird' addiction. The game took over social media so much that it caused the creator of the game, Dong Nguyen, to take it down. In the article by Mashable, it explains how people's comments on social media is the reason why we lost such a fun and addicting game. The article even shows some examples of post on Twitter that described the game in a negative manner; and unfortunately all the negativity just became to much for Nguyen to handle.
I have seen first hand the many comments of how the game has taken over people's lives. I myself have even been in on some post with friends about the game. My friend Eric was in the top 1% of leaders playing the game and he would often post pictures of his incredible scores. I honestly don't think that the post were meant to really degrade the game but only to show just how difficult of a game it is! This is the first game I have ever played where reaching a score of 10 was considered to be a "good score". I think most of the negative post were people explaining how their hatred for the game is based solely off how difficult it is to get even a score of five, in what seems to be such an easy concept of a game. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has experienced frustration by playing the game; but I never failed to have the urge to want to keep playing. I think Nguyen had the wrong idea from all the post and it is unfortunate that the game is gone; unless you still have it on your phone or tablet.
http://mashable.com/2014/02/11/flappy-bird-no-nice-things/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link
This article makes me wonder what other successful game app creators have had to deal with in "behind the scenes" situations or was Flappy Bird just really that big of a deal to people to respond in such an angry manner. Potentially, I can see this being yet another example of online bullying; what will happen if/when Nguyen creates another app?
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that a game on a phone could cause this much controversy. Personally, I know of some people getting upset over video games for xbox or Ps3 but that's mainly because they pay $60 for each game. I'm assuming Flappy Bird like most other apps for phones was free or maybe a dollar or two. This makes me wonder how anyone could possibly get that upset over it, considering it's something they probably got for free. Yet they turn to the creator who allowed them to have the game and say awful things. If I was Nguyen I would say if you don't like my game then create your own.
ReplyDeletePeople do seem to get really addicted to games. I played candy crush and I had to delete it off of my phone because I would spend so much time playing the game. I have also heard that people are celling their cell phones if they downloaded that game for an absurd amount of money on ebay. On of the listings says "Factory Reset Iphone 5s with FLAPPY game Bird 24 Hr Auction" and the current bid is $90,300
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