The creator of Flappy Bird has removed the game from app stores, ostensibly unable to cope with the criticism. Why all the hate? Because it’s how successful games draw you in.Flappy Bird has flapped its last. It is an ex-bird. The minimalist pipe-avoidance sim that scorched to the top of the iPhone free game rankings earlier this year has been removed by its creator, Dong Nguyen. “I am sorry ‘Flappy Bird’ users, 22 hours from now, I will take ‘Flappy Bird’ down,” he tweeted. “I cannot take this anymore.” Some have seen in this a sort of victory for honest game design. Others have lambasted Nguyen for whining about earning a reported $50,000 a day from the game. Both responses are reductive and unfair. Flappy Bird was despised, at least in part, because of misunderstandings about how the games industry and game creators work.
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