Flappy Resurrection

As some people may have noticed, Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen has announced that Flappy Birds will return to mobile app stores this summer.  The extremely popular game was one that users couldn’t get enough of, and curiously enough, was the exact reason why Nguyen pulled it in the first place – because he thought that players were becoming TOO addicted to the game.  Now this, to me, is unbelievable.  The amount of moral consciousness this developer had to take the game off the market is so extreme that it’s almost questionable.  The exact kind of interest most creators would WANT their players to have Nguyen rejected.  Now, obviously he wants Flappy Birds to be successful.  But evidently not at the expense of people ‘wasting’ too much of their time on it.  Naturally, however, the game has spawned many imitations, as other developers have looked to capitalize on the game’s model for their own successes.  And Nguyen already has Birdie Pro in the iPhone App Store, which I’ve downloaded and proudly have a high score of 48 already.  But I can’t help but think…  is it really that bad to be ‘addicted’ to an iPhone game?  When is it too much?  Were people really letting Flappy Birds interfere detrimentally with their lives?  One can only wonder…

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  1. Cindy

    I just read about this! I think that game already passed it’s “hype”, but I know people are still willing to play it and beat their previous high scores. It can get pretty bad when they are too into the game though, as it can ruin their mood if they lose…

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