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veen  ·  3941 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Flight of the Birdman: Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Speaks Out

    Fucking hell, Rolling Stone

You should've said 'WTF RS', or else you're not hip enough. Obviously.

It's not the weirdest thing about the article though:

    Nguyen, who has agreed to share with Rolling Stone his whole story for the first time. With the international press and local paparazzi searching for him, Nguyen has been in hiding – fleeing his parents' house to stay at a friend's apartment, where he now remains.

You'd think he committed a murder or a scandal or something. No, he declined lots of money because it ruined his life and he just wanted to make some games. I can not imagine the shit he must have gotten for the game. Death by a thousand paper cuts. Yet most media can not comprehend that he would throw away money just to be happier. I'm not sure if that can say something about our money-obsessed society.