Making the corpse dance

sampersonsworld: > sampersonsworld: > >> Ten years ago, Dong Nguyen killed a chart-topping game. After realizing it had become “an addiction” for players, his guilt became so bad that he couldn’t sleep. > > Today, Gametech Holdings, LLC has revived this game but with *more* dark patterns, loot boxes, and predatory design. > This is cool. >> >> “But why would Nguyen sell the Flappy Bird Trademark??” “Hope he got his bag!” >> >> Looks like he *didn’t*. It seems like it’s been long enough that the trademark was considered abandoned, so Gametech Holdings LLC filed against him, and just. Grabbed it for free. >> >> You can see all the court docs here: https://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pnam > > The funniest (and saddest) part is… we’re so much worse than Flappy Bird now. It seems *tame* by comparison. >> >> In a better world, the story would have ended with this tweet. > > EPILOGUE: we were right