Flappy Bird

Tap tap tap, fall. Tap tap, die. Yes, I'm going to reach my high score, run into a tube. You play and play again and again hoping you will get a little bit farther than you did the last time with endless disappointment. I am talking about Flappy Bird.

Flappy Bird is a game that people can download on their smart phones or any other electronic hand held device that runs through the Google play store. The game is basically the simplest of things. All it is is a bird that flies through the sky and you have to control how high it goes by tapping on the screen. If you do not time your taps right or tap enough, you either run into the tubes that the bird can not hit, or you fall and hit the ground. Both of those actions make you die.

There is also an option to play "online" with other people around the world. All you need is internet connection. While I have not tried this, I'm sure it only adds to the amount of times you play since now not only are you trying to beat your last high score, but you are also trying to beat some of the best players from all over.

Every time you die you feel like you have to play again to prove to yourself that you can do better. From what you planned on being just five minutes turns into an hour of playing this game that doesn't make you better at any aspect of life. The only thing this game does it make you sit on your butt for longer, and get mad for no apparent reason.

While this game can be fun, it really only ends up being a distraction and helps you procrastinate. I, myself have found that playing just one more time turns into playing twelve more times and then you realize you said you would start your homework assignment thirty minutes ago and now you are going to be late for work. I'm sure that if people spent half the amount of time that they do playing this endless game, that people could accomplish more. Instead of sitting at home they could be participating in the bettering of the economy, or maybe even be able to better themselves in the work or school place.

There is also the social aspect of playing. While you may bond with someone over the mutual addiction to this game, are you really bonding? In all reality, you sit there while you are with your peers and you play this game not socializing in the least bit until you yell over dying or rejoice over a victory.

Where will it end? Will we ever know? Flappy Bird will end up being like every other hot thing in society and will eventually fade away to the point where only a few people even know what it is.

-Playing from a blue sky, Hangin' on a clothesline