Google Feud

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Google Feud
Google Feud Logo (2016-present).png
Developer(s) Justin Hook
Platform(s) Browser, iOS, Android
ReleaseApril 23, 2013;11 years ago (2013-04-23)
Genre(s) Trivia
Mode(s) Single player

Google Feud is a browser-based trivia game featuring answers pulled from Google. It is based on the American show Family Feud , and is unaffiliated with Google.

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History

The game was created in 2013 by American indie developer Justin Hook, a writer for Bob's Burgers on Fox. [1]

Google Feud was demonstrated on @midnight with Chris Hardwick , [2] referenced in the monologue of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . [3] [ non-primary source needed ] Time declared it "the online game we didn't know we were waiting for". [4]

According to Colin McMillen, a staff software engineer at Google, a very similar game was played internally at Google. [5]

Controversy

Google Feud became the subject of some controversy for promoting the online game Push Trump Off A Cliff Again!, also created by Hook, after celebrities including John Leguizamo and Rosie O'Donnell promoted the game on their Twitter profiles. [6]

Awards

Google Feud won the "People's Voice" Webby Award for Games in 2016. [7]

References

  1. "Starbucks Name Generator Predicts How Starbucks Baristas Will Misspell Your Name". Huffington Post. April 24, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  2. "Rapid Refresh - It's Time to Play 'Google Feud'". Comedy Central. March 16, 2015. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  3. "Google has created a new game based on 'Family Feud' called 'Google Feud,' which allows..." @FallonTonight on Twitter. March 18, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  4. Laura Stampler (March 16, 2015). "Google Feud: Play Google Autocomplete Like a Game of Family Feud". Time . Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  5. "Play The Google Feud Game & I Bet You'll Lose". Search Engine Land. March 17, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  6. "'Push Trump Off a Cliff Again' game draws fire, gets a nudge from Rosie O'Donnell". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  7. "Google Feud". The Webby Awards. 2016.