Yet another addicting game app has made it to center stage of the technology world. Flappy Bird has countless players frustrated as they try time and again to get Flappy Bird through the next set of pipes, one pipe from below and one from above, and beat their high score.

The game can be played on an iPhone, iPad or iPod and requires at least the iOS 6.0 update. After the free download, the game is ready to play. A screen with a small round bird appears, instructing the player to “get ready.” Once the player discovers that a screen tap begins the game, it does not get much easier.

The initial idea of the game seems basic; simply tap the screen to make Flappy Bird fly at the correct height to make it through the pipes as he flies. However, almost as soon as the player begins the game, the difficulty is evident. Similar to other game apps, players must find a certain rhythm to reach the next high score. Whether Flappy Bird makes it through the next pair of pipes depends on the way the player taps the screen: the duration of the tap as well as how hard the tap is. If the tap is too hard or not long enough, Flappy Bird collides with the pipe, and the game is over; no “three strikes and you’re out”. No second chance.

“It is the most frustrating game in the entire world,” sophomore Camille Keane said.

It is hard to miss the recent social media craze surrounding this new game and the aggravation players have experienced with its level of difficulty. Before people allow themselves to get caught up in the craze and download the game, it may be smart to consider if yet another addicting and frustrating game is worth the 2.4 megabytes on their device.

“There isn’t even a point to the game,” freshman Kathleen Gansner said, “but I keep playing it.”