Apparently the Google Play Store and the iTunes App store are now filtering out apps with the name "flappy" in it. This was probably due to the very large of number of Flappy Bird clones. Flappy Plane, Flappy Bee, Flappy Wings, flappy this flappy that.
Well there goes my plan to make my own "Flappy" game. I mean really how hard could it possibly be? I'd probably make a bunch of $ too.
Monday, February 17, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
PS4 Top Selling Console In January, Doubles Sales of Xbox One
NPD sales numbers are in for January. The PS4 continues to sell very well. In January it was the top selling console in the US and the top selling console overall and even sold more than the 3DS. According to Sony VP of marketing, John Koller, the PS4 "nearly doubled" Xbox One sales in January. The Xbox One also sold more than the 3DS in January.
The PS4 is literally the most powerful game console ever and had the most successful launch ever for a game console. It has not even came out in Japan yet. The Xbox One is also selling very well just not quite as well as the PS4. Its impressive both consoles are doing this well considering neither really have any great games right now.
The PS4 is literally the most powerful game console ever and had the most successful launch ever for a game console. It has not even came out in Japan yet. The Xbox One is also selling very well just not quite as well as the PS4. Its impressive both consoles are doing this well considering neither really have any great games right now.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
MLB The Show 2014 Coming April 1st, PS4 Version in May
MLB The Show 2014 has been confirmed for a April 1st release date for the PS3 and PS Vita versions (no this is not a early April fools joke). The PS4 version will be coming in May.
Here is some PS3 gameplay of the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phn9g06_bRA
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Wii U Continues to Struggle, 3DS Still Selling Like Crazy
This weeks Japanese sales charts are in. As usual the 3DS is doing very well and the Wii U is doing terrible. The 3DS sold 48K and the Wii U only managed 7K. The PS Vita sales dropped by around 4K selling 16K.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Farewell Flappy Bird, Popular Game Has Been Taken off the Android and Apple App Stores
Dong Nguyen, developer of the very popular mobile game Flappy Bird, announced yesterday that he would take the game off the Apple and Android Stores in about a day. Sure enough the game is now gone from the app stores. He said the game "ruined his life" which is why he took it down from the app stores.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Flappy Bird Review: Worst 5 Minutes I Have Ever Spent
Flappy Bird is insanely popular. Its at the top of the charts for mobile games right now. It has around 500,000 reviews on The App Store. It was released about a year ago but just recently reached this high level of popularity. Why is it so popular? Its addicting, or so people say it is.
Normally I don't review or write anything at all about mobile games (I never have until now actually), but I think I need to write something about this poorly made, pointless game.
Why am I writing this? I thought I might as well try it out because its extremely popular and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Also its free, doesn't take up much space and is supposedly extremely addicting. What was there to lose? 5 minutes of my life down the drain spent playing this stupid piece of junk.
Flappy Bird is an incredibly hard and extremely simple endless platformer. Simple to the point where its not even really a game. Imagine something like Jetpack Joyride that's 100 times harder, with no powerups, no collectibles, no variety in the level, no difficulty curve, no objectives or anything but mindless, boring extremely difficult platforming. All you do is press start and tap the screen to make this thing that's supposed to resemble a bird fly between pipes without hitting them. When you pass by a pipe and you get a point. That's about it. No powerups, no variety in the level, no different game modes, no anything really.
Flappy Bird is probably the most frustrating game I have ever played. I think my high score is only 4 or 5. Other endless games like Jetpack Joyride and Temple Run start off easy and get harder the longer you survive. Those games have something important called a "difficulty curve". Flappy Bird does not. The game starts of extremely difficult from the start. It doesn't get easier or harder, its always the same frustrating difficulty level. Its not the least bit fun or addicting. I really don't see what the appeal is.
Forbes review is right. It's concerning that tons of people are obsessed with something so pointless.
"But it’s worrisome that we live in a world that would rocket an almost entirely mindless game like this to insane levels of popularity. Forget video games, what does that say about society as a whole? Have we reached a level of boredom bordering on dangerous if we’re spending our time en masse on something so pointless?"
Flappy Bird is an extremely simple, pointless, poorly made, frustrating game that I can't recommend to anyone. Flappy Bird is pure rubbish. Please don't download it. You can thank me later.
Cons:
- Extremely frustrating
- So simple to the point where its difficult to consider it a game
- No difficulty curve
- No power ups or anything to spice things up
- Not at all addicting like it claims to be
I could add a bunch more things to the already long list of cons but I would end up writing a book. Once again avoid this game at all costs.
Normally I don't review or write anything at all about mobile games (I never have until now actually), but I think I need to write something about this poorly made, pointless game.
Why am I writing this? I thought I might as well try it out because its extremely popular and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Also its free, doesn't take up much space and is supposedly extremely addicting. What was there to lose? 5 minutes of my life down the drain spent playing this stupid piece of junk.
Flappy Bird is an incredibly hard and extremely simple endless platformer. Simple to the point where its not even really a game. Imagine something like Jetpack Joyride that's 100 times harder, with no powerups, no collectibles, no variety in the level, no difficulty curve, no objectives or anything but mindless, boring extremely difficult platforming. All you do is press start and tap the screen to make this thing that's supposed to resemble a bird fly between pipes without hitting them. When you pass by a pipe and you get a point. That's about it. No powerups, no variety in the level, no different game modes, no anything really.
Flappy Bird is probably the most frustrating game I have ever played. I think my high score is only 4 or 5. Other endless games like Jetpack Joyride and Temple Run start off easy and get harder the longer you survive. Those games have something important called a "difficulty curve". Flappy Bird does not. The game starts of extremely difficult from the start. It doesn't get easier or harder, its always the same frustrating difficulty level. Its not the least bit fun or addicting. I really don't see what the appeal is.
Forbes review is right. It's concerning that tons of people are obsessed with something so pointless.
"But it’s worrisome that we live in a world that would rocket an almost entirely mindless game like this to insane levels of popularity. Forget video games, what does that say about society as a whole? Have we reached a level of boredom bordering on dangerous if we’re spending our time en masse on something so pointless?"
Flappy Bird is an extremely simple, pointless, poorly made, frustrating game that I can't recommend to anyone. Flappy Bird is pure rubbish. Please don't download it. You can thank me later.
Score: 0/10
Pros:
None (yes it really is that bad)Cons:
- Extremely frustrating
- So simple to the point where its difficult to consider it a game
- No difficulty curve
- No power ups or anything to spice things up
- Not at all addicting like it claims to be
I could add a bunch more things to the already long list of cons but I would end up writing a book. Once again avoid this game at all costs.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Defense Still Wins Championships: 'Hawks Demolish Broncos
Super Bowl XLVIII featured the best offense in the league and the best defense. The Denver Broncos set records for most points scored and TDs in a season. Even though the Seattle Seahawks had the top defense they wouldn't be able slow down this record setting offense would they? Well the 'Hawks showed the old saying can still apply to this crazy pass happy NFL league: "defense wins championships". Maybe it wasn't about whether Seattle could slow down Denver, but whether the Broncos could get past the 'Hawks defense.
Denver was never in the game. On the very first play of the game Denver snapped the ball too early. I don't know what happened here but the ball went flying over Peyton Mannings head resulting in a safety. Denver turned the ball over like there was no tomorrow and was never able to compete in the game.
Seattle didn't do anything spectacular on offense. QB Russell Wilson threw for 206 yards and 2 TDs. As usual it wasn't anything spectacular but the young QB was very efficient and didn't make any mistakes. Marshawn Lynch didn't have a great game only getting 39 yards on 15 carries but he did score a TD.
The Seahawks defense is what won the game for them. They picked off Manning twice and held him to 280 yards (and most of those yards were when the game was out of hand). Denver was unable to run the ball against Seattle's tough run D. The Hawk's also recovered 2 Broncos fumbles.
Seattle won the game 43-8. It wasn't even close. Denver just couldn't get through the impenetrable Seattle defense.
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