I cannot believe how incredibly butthurt some people are over the huge success of Flappy Bird. They can't accept that the game was a success virally. In fact, the success of this game embodies the nature of "viral" perfectly.
I find it hilarious that bloggers are coming out and talking fake-authoritatively over how Flappy Bird somehow beat the system through some stupid hacks.
It's really as simple as that fact that the game is both simple and hard at the same time. It's simple enough so that people think "I can do better" but it's very hard to. The fact that it is so tantalizingly simple is what makes it addictive. It's not because he paid for user reviews or anything else like that.
Case in point is that his ball juggling game is very hard, but when I play it, I don't feel like I can do any better because it's too hard. So I've given up on playing it. That's not the same case as flappy bird.
I find it hilarious that bloggers are coming out and talking fake-authoritatively over how Flappy Bird somehow beat the system through some stupid hacks.
It's really as simple as that fact that the game is both simple and hard at the same time. It's simple enough so that people think "I can do better" but it's very hard to. The fact that it is so tantalizingly simple is what makes it addictive. It's not because he paid for user reviews or anything else like that.
Case in point is that his ball juggling game is very hard, but when I play it, I don't feel like I can do any better because it's too hard. So I've given up on playing it. That's not the same case as flappy bird.