The Rise and Fall of Flappy Bird

Dong Nguyen released Flappy Bird for the iPhone in May 2013, and a few months later, it became the #1 mobile game across the world. However, Nguyen was soon faced with never-ending harassment over the game's difficulty and addictive qualities, while hundreds of Flappy Bird clones flooded Apple and Google's app stores. Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Jacob Westall. Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechTalesShow Follow on Mastodon/Fediverse: https://mas.to/@techtales Support the Show: https://techtalesshow.com/support Videos: • https://youtu.be/rShFlizi_TE Sources: • https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-flight-of-the-birdman-flappy-bird-creator-dong-nguyen-speaks-out-112457/ • https://kotaku.com/flappy-bird-is-making-50-000-a-day-off-ripped-art-1517498140 • https://kotaku.com/the-flappy-bird-fiasco-1519938266 • https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sesame-street-takes-on-flappy-bird-with-flappy-bert/1100-6417699/ • https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fall-out-boy-to-release-their-own-flappy-bird-game/1100-6417680/ • https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/15/apple-google-begin-rejecting-games-with-flappy-in-the-title/ • https://www.wired.com/2014/03/flappy-bird-clones/ • https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/flappy-bird-returns-yet-only-on-amazon-fire-tv/ • https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-ebay-99900-iphone-flappy-bird-20140210-story.html • https://www.forbes.com/sites/lananhnguyen/2014/02/11/exclusive-flappy-bird-creator-dong-nguyen-says-app-gone-forever-because-it-was-an-addictive-product/