Tech12 Times "Flappy Bird" Drove Human Beings Into A Black Maw Of Existential DespairIt costs nothing... except your sense of optimism about the world and our place in it.By by Joseph BernsteinBuzzFeed News ReporterPosted on February 3, 2014, 6:35 pmTwitterFacebookLink Over the past few weeks, the free iPhone game Flappy Bird has become a sensation. The hugely difficult game, according to social media, has also ruined lives and engendered existential despair: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. But is all of this existential angst because the game is secretly a parable about grief? You decide.