In the ephemeral world of Internet memes, gamers have already moved on from Flappy Bird and on to the next thing. But that doesn’t mean that developer Dong Nguyen was wrong when he claimed that the game was proving “addictive” to players.
In a new YouTube Sci Show episode, host Hank Green explains why a game that even its staunchest defenders would admit is pretty stupid proved so crazily addictive.
Your brain additionally records the train of events which led up to release of dopamine — meaning that in the case of Flappy Bird users will return to the game over and over the next time (or times) they want to experience similar positive feelings.
Until someone yanks the whole thing out of the App Store, that is.
Source: Sci Show