App Review: Flappy Bird

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Why are you reading this? If you live... anywhere in the world, you already are playing Flappy Bird, and you ain't got no time to read a review of it! But, if you are... enjoy!!

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Flappy Bird is an app that, flew (hahahahaseewhatididthere) out of nowhere, soaring up the charts ever since then.  The goal of the game is simple, make it as far as you can. You repeatedly tap a bird of varying color, guiding him through narrow passages created by Super Mario pipes. But, what's the appeal? As you can see in the video above, there's nothing else to it. It's the exact same thing, over and over, until you die. There's not even an increase in difficulty as you go. So, why are all the white girls (me included) still playing?

In my opinion, it's the competition. When you step back and actually look at the game, by itself, it's just not fun. What makes it fun is the competition. The constant competition of friends trying to beat each other is what's appealing to me. Too bad I have no skills whatsoever. My high score's 40... anywho... the social aspect of this game is what makes it (somewhat) less shameful spending hours at a time on this game, scoring 6 over and over and over, all in the name of supremacy over your friends, some of whom you most likely lost, as by now, you've cut off all contact with the outside world in the name of this stupid, yet highly entertaining bird.

Are you playing Flappy Bird? Do you enjoy it? Tell me in the comments below, and I'll see you guys next time!