283
Dong Nguyen (Flappy Bird creator) No, I have no related with their game. I did not sell anything. I also don't support crypto. (x.com)
submitted 2 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
20 comments fedilink hide all child comments

top 20 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] EvilBit@lemmy.world 90 points 2 months ago

Upvoting despite the Xitter link because people need to know about the scummy shit going down with Flappy Bird.

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 15 points 2 months ago

Which part is scummy?

[-] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 54 points 2 months ago

some shady crypto group bought the rights to the name or something like that after the original creator had let their rights to it expire.

[-] EvilBit@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Right. They’re planning to release a new version of the game with microtransactions and likely some crypto who knows what because they were able to snipe the trademark.

[-] three@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

The crypto.

[-] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago

Context?

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 72 points 2 months ago

10 years ago he published a game that went viral for being a specific addictive form of frustrating. Some people bullied the shit out of him so he divorced himself of his game and out the whole thing behind him. Fast forward 10 years, because he divorced himself of the game he didn't really think about it when his IP protections expired. This had consequences when unscrupulous motherfuckers published a clone of his original game as a crypto scam of some sort (I haven't looked into the specifics yet). So now he has to think about his old game again and tell all us he's not scamming us

[-] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 months ago

Thanks. Knew about the original, hadn’t heard of the new scam. That sucks and feel bad for the guy can’t imagine people are being rational about it with how bad it was the first time.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

His name is Dong?

[-] Maven@lemmy.sdf.org 35 points 2 months ago

Yes, it's a pretty common korean and chinese name.

[-] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 13 points 2 months ago

Also a Vietnamese name.

[-] Resol@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Also the currency of Vietnam.

[-] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

This guy's name is dollar bill?

[-] Resol@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Wait, Bill is a first name too.

Does this mean I can name my hypothetical child Dinar?

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 months ago

It's his middle name Hung?

this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2024
283 points (98.6% liked)

Games

16834 readers
849 users here now

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works