The Flappy Bird Craze by Conor Bohane
Yet again, an app has exploded into the lives of all smartphone users. Both Apple and Android! We have had addictive games in the past that have consumed perpetual lengths of time such as Angry Birds and Candy Crush but nobody expected the simple game, Flappy Bird, to sneak its way into our daily lives. Flappy Bird rocketed to the top of the charts. The infuriating, addictive game is set in a Super Mario type world in which you must navigate a bird in between two green tubes and for each tap of the screen the bird flaps a little higher but then recedes back down again. Although it seems like such an easy, boring game: BEWARE… Over the last week, I have seen a substantial amount of people in the school downloading the app and competing for the highest score. Most people can’t even manage to get one point on their first attempt but they strive to beat the top scoring people in transition year with over 200 points. It is proven that an app really can take over your life! People play it on the bus, in the hallways, at lunch, in the mornings and basically anywhere and everywhere! I have no idea why we let apps consume our lives but I guess we must accept the fact that we have all adapted to relying on our smartphones for everything we need.