Matt Bell – LRHS News
(LAKEWOOD RANCH,FL) – Sales of the indie game “Flappy Bird” skyrocketed since its rise to fame during Winter Vacation. Before long, a large portion of Mustangs were obsessed with the addicting, yet simple application.
As many people around the world played, they developed a love/hate relationship with both the game and Vietnamese creator Dong Nguyen.
On Feb. 8, Nguyen announced through Twitter that the game would be removed from the App Store due to hateful reviews and companies attempting to monopolize the game.
Freshman Carina Ferraris believed that people took the game too seriously, “It was supposed to be just a fun simple game,” he said. “If it really pushed you to write a death threat to the creator, maybe you shouldn’t be playing it.”
Other Mustangs such as Junior Alex Reese also thought the game was not to be taken seriously, “Sure it was addicting,” Reese said, “but not that addicting.”
Senior Adam Chaffee says the game did not appeal to him at all, “I just didn’t have the time to play it. It seemed kind of boring anyways.”
Sophomore Cooper Braun said the game was “boring” and “too simple…I don’t play many games on my phone,” he explained. “I just use it to call and text.”