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Many people let these silly apps take over their lives. Could this just be compulsive behavior? For years American's have let similar apps such as "Candy Crush," and "Temple Run," have a huge impact on our lives. Just last night my friend called me at 4am to tell me she was stuck on level 21. After hanging up on her and going back to sleep, I realized that this game is creating such a psychological crutch, that the players believe that deleting the app may actually cause harm to them.
In my opinion, it may just seem like a glorified angry birds game, "with a pixelated Super Mario twist thanks to some rather unoriginal green pipes -- and an experience [similar] to slamming your head on a desk in an effort to see what's on the other side."
The author of the article supports his claims with a story of how he too became addicted to this game. He states that, "it was after maybe the 14th or 15th time [he'd] seen "Game Over" flash across [his] iPhone screen in the last maybe seven minutes that I decided that the app Flappy Bird... was perhaps the worst smartphone game ever created." With this said, are we drawn to the "worse" game to try and defeat an invisible obstacle. Usually these kind of game have some rewards or goals to get through, but with "Flappy Bird," there is no end to the madness. There is no end because it keep going forever. Will this new game drive you over the edge too?
Statt, Nick. "Flappy Bird is the embodiment of our descent into madness." Cnet. CBS Interactive. 2 February 2014, Web. 2 February 2014. <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57618175-94/flappy-bird-is-the-embodiment-of-our-descent-into-madness/>
I agree with you, Flappy Birds is very addicting. Once you start playing this game you don’t want to stop. This game has taken over peoples life. Like you said Flappy Birds is going to be like “Temple Run” and “Candy Crush”. When you look around there's always someone on there phones playing this game. You did a great job explaining your topic, it's very organized. The only problem that I see is that you might want to explain your opinion more. Great Job!!
ReplyDeleteI really like your topic and your blog post was really great. I agree with you about these three games you mentioned a lot of people let these games take over them. The get so addicted that it hurts people to erase it or lose and have to start all over. I like the fact you put pictures and you did a great citation. I did notice that you didn't cite your pictures they kind of look like the ones in the article but they aren't, so you have to cite them. I have two questions for you: What is the authors purpose of this article? and Do you play any of these three games you mentioned?
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