https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/the-flappy-bird-game/m-p/555259#M229678 The name is very funny. I don't have patience for those kinda of games. Lol Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:32:29 GMT brii 2014-02-10T14:32:29Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/the-flappy-bird-game/m-p/555254#M229676 <P>my goodness! people are very obsessed with this game!<IMG src="http://community.qvc.com/DesktopModules/ExactTarget/Controls/TextEditor/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/w00t.gif" alt="{#emotions_dlg.w00t}" /> do you play it???</P> <P>my son told me about it last month and i downloaded it - and yes it totally drives you crazy!</P> <P>we all have it on our phones. someone on ebay has an iphone 5S with the game</P> <P>on it - current bid is $99,900!! <A rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/181321090752" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/181321090752</A></P> <P> </P> <P>now the developer has yanked it and people are desperate to have it.</P> <P> </P> <P><STRONG>(CNN)</STRONG> -- <EM>"Flappy Bird" has flown the coop.</EM></P> <P class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2"><EM>The addictive game that <A rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/05/tech/gaming-gadgets/flappy-bird-game/index.html" target="_blank">soared to the top of iPhone and Android app downloads</A> disappeared from app stores on Sunday, though players who already have it apparently can keep on flying.</EM></P> <P class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3"><EM>A tweet from the game's creator suggested that its sudden success had become an albatross.</EM></P> <P class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4"><EM>"I am sorry 'Flappy Bird' users, 22 hours from now, I will take 'Flappy Bird' down," <A rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/dongatory" target="_blank">developer Dong Nguyen wrote</A> on Saturday. "I cannot take this anymore."</EM></P> <P class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5"><EM>Nguyen, a Vietnamese developer with a studio called DotGears, did not reply to CNN's request for an interview last week and has stayed mostly quiet in the wake of the game's recent and sudden success.</EM></P> <P class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6"><EM>His no-frills game gave players a chance to steer a tiny bird through an obstacle course of metal pipes. But it's unclear why it shot to the top of the most downloaded charts.</EM></P> <P class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7"><EM>It was originally released for the iPhone in May but didn't become the top free iPhone app until mid-January, following a surge in popularity that seems to have kicked off in early December.</EM></P> <P class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8"><EM>Nguyen told Chocolate Lab Apps he created the game in two to three days and says he did not promote the app in any way after its release.</EM></P> <P class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9"><EM>In a series of Twitter posts Saturday, he said he wouldn't sell "Flappy Bird" and would continue to make games.</EM></P> <P class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10"><EM>"It is not anything related to legal issues," he said. "I just cannot keep it anymore."</EM></P> <P> </P> Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:29:18 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/the-flappy-bird-game/m-p/555254#M229676 shesallthat 2014-02-10T14:29:18Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/the-flappy-bird-game/m-p/555259#M229678 The name is very funny. I don't have patience for those kinda of games. Lol Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:32:29 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/the-flappy-bird-game/m-p/555259#M229678 brii 2014-02-10T14:32:29Z