I've been trying to guess whether the 80s gaming press would have met Flappy Bird with contempt and derisive laughter. I think they would have. Why this game is so popular 30 years after it would have been considered a waste of a floppy disk is beyond me.
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I think most people playing Flappy Bird today were either not alive in the 80s or had no interest in computers at that time. Compared to most games today (generally perceived as nerdy and boring) games like Flappy Bird and to a lesser extent Candy_$VARIANT offer an attractive simplicity - anyone can pick it up and understand it, plus they provide a quick sense of improvement/achievement.
Of course, they may be crap by our standards, but we're judging these things differently to your average non-nerdy child or commuter
