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April 23, 2014 Andy Cush

Clear your schedule for the next week. Here’s Flappy48, a web game that takes Flappy Bird and 2048 and mashes them into one soul-crushing nightmare. Gameplay is just like Flappy Bird, except instead of getting points for clearing obstacles, you have to mash your little flying ‘2’ into other numbered blocks, 2048 style. Play at […]

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March 17, 2014 Andy Cush

If you want to to get in on the Flappy Bird clone craze but lack the skills to build a proper game, try build-a-bird, a Tumblr-based web app that lets you choose a set of images with which to recreate the notoriously difficult game. Above, my Twitter avatar navigates a hideous landscape filled with Guy […]

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March 3, 2014 Andy Cush

The rise and subsequent fall of Flappy Bird launched countless remakes, imitators, and artistic homages. Now, thanks to a competition for Flappy Bird-inspired games, here are 800 more. The variety of games on display, all of which draw from the ‘Flappy’ template in some way, is astounding. There are relatively straightforward recreations of the original […]

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