Bye-Bye Flappy Birdie
"I am sorry 'Flappy Bird' users, 22 hours from now, I will take 'Flappy Bird' down. I cannot take this anymore."
Earlier this week, Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) begged people to stop hounding him over his game, which has drawn the ire of the Internet in large part due to an article by BuzzFeed in late January questioning the game’s popularity.
Press people are overrating the success of my games. It is something I never want. Please give me peace.
— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) February 4, 2014
The Buzzfeed piece, Why On Earth Is This Borderline Crappy, Impossibly Hard Game The Most Popular Download On The App Store?, ends like this:
That may be why the game is ultimately so brilliant: It’s terrible and crappy and soulless, but also wonderful and addictive and funny.
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