Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [43]

Vietnam's most famous game developer speaks about the design of his viral hit, Flappy Bird.

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Last week, I shared my story about Dong Nguyen, the Vietnamese creator of the viral mobile game, Flappy Bird. Here’s a clip of a panel on game design I moderated for Wired with Nguyen and Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. “I wanted to make something people can play anytime, anywhere,” Nguyen says.