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Google Feud

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Google Feud
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.

History

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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

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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

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

References

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  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.
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