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The game was created in 2013 by American indie developer Justin Hook, a writer for ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'' on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]], as well as other TV shows and comic books.<ref name="huffpo">{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/24/starbucks-name-generator_n_7138026.html |title=Starbucks Name Generator Predicts How Starbucks Baristas Will Misspell Your Name |publisher=Huffington Post |date=24 April 2015 |access-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref><ref name="goodreads">{{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8509857.Justin_Hook |title=Justin Hook ( of Bob's Burgers, Volume 1) |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref>
The game was created in 2013 by American indie developer Justin Hook, a writer for ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'' on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]], as well as other TV shows and comic books.<ref name="huffpo">{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/24/starbucks-name-generator_n_7138026.html |title=Starbucks Name Generator Predicts How Starbucks Baristas Will Misspell Your Name |publisher=Huffington Post |date=24 April 2015 |access-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref><ref name="goodreads">{{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8509857.Justin_Hook |title=Justin Hook ( of Bob's Burgers, Volume 1) |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref>


''Google Feud'' went viral in March 2015, when it was featured on the front page of ''[[BuzzFeed]]'',<ref name="buzzfeed">{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/samimain/can-you-beat-google-feud |title=Can You Beat "Google Feud"? |author=Sami Main |publisher=Buzzfeed |date=12 March 2015 |access-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref> played on ''[[@midnight | @midnight with Chris Hardwick]]'',<ref name="midnight">{{cite web |url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/vm38gu/-midnight-with-chris-hardwick-rapid-refresh---it-s-time-to-play--google-feud- |title=Rapid Refresh - It's Time to Play "Google Feud" |publisher=Comedy Central |date=16 March 2015 |access-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref> referenced in the monologue of ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]'',<ref name="tonight">{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/fallontonight/status/578147636542251008 |title=Google has created a new game based on 'Family Feud' called 'Google Feud,' which allows... |publisher=@FallonTonight on Twitter |date=18 March 2015 |access-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref> and featured in dozens of other outlets. ''Google Feud'' has since been played over half a billion times by nearly 30 million players.<ref name="gf">{{cite web |url=http://www.googlefeud.com/ |title=Google Feud |access-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref>
''Google Feud'' went viral in March 2015, when it was featured on the front page of ''[[BuzzFeed]]'',<ref name="buzzfeed">{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/samimain/can-you-beat-google-feud |title=Can You Beat "Google Feud"? |author=Sami Main |publisher=Buzzfeed |date=12 March 2015 |access-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref> played on ''[[@midnight | @midnight with Chris Hardwick]]'',<ref name="midnight">{{cite web |url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/vm38gu/-midnight-with-chris-hardwick-rapid-refresh---it-s-time-to-play--google-feud- |title=Rapid Refresh - It's Time to Play "Google Feud" |publisher=Comedy Central |date=16 March 2015 |access-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref> referenced in the monologue of ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]'',<ref name="tonight">{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/fallontonight/status/578147636542251008 |title=Google has created a new game based on 'Family Feud' called 'Google Feud,' which allows... |publisher=@FallonTonight on Twitter |date=18 March 2015 |access-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref> and featured in dozens of other outlets. ''[[TIME]]'' declared it "the online game we didn’t know we were waiting for.<ref name="time">{{cite web |url=https://time.com/3745641/google-family-feud/ |title=Google Feud: Play Google Autocomplete Like a Game of Family Feud |author=Laura Stampler |publisher=TIME |date=16 March 2015 |access-date=21 August 2022 }}</ref>


''Google Feud'' has become a popular game with [[YouTubers]], including [[Dan and Phil]],<ref name="dan">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0PO_6jC0gI |title=PLEASE DO NOT GOOGLE THIS! - Google Feud #3 |publisher=DanAndPhilGAMES on YouTube |accessdate=2 March 2020 }}</ref> [[Markiplier]],<ref name="mark">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G8cLQZ2Djk |title=CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!! - Google Feud |publisher=Markiplier on YouTube |accessdate=10 July 2017 }}</ref> [[PewDiePie]],<ref name="pew">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvTtrAcaGLY |title=IS MY DAD GAY? (Google Feud w/ KickThePJ) |publisher=PewDiePie on YouTube |accessdate=10 July 2017 }}</ref> and [[jacksepticeye]].<ref name="jack">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7n8aLzbkrs |title=WHAT KIND OF ANSWERS ARE THOSE?? - Google Feud |publisher=jacksepticeye on YouTube |accessdate=10 July 2017 }}</ref>
''Google Feud'' has become a popular game with [[YouTubers]], including [[Dan and Phil]],<ref name="dan">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0PO_6jC0gI |title=PLEASE DO NOT GOOGLE THIS! - Google Feud #3 |publisher=DanAndPhilGAMES on YouTube |accessdate=2 March 2020 }}</ref> [[Markiplier]],<ref name="mark">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G8cLQZ2Djk |title=CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!! - Google Feud |publisher=Markiplier on YouTube |accessdate=10 July 2017 }}</ref> [[PewDiePie]],<ref name="pew">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvTtrAcaGLY |title=IS MY DAD GAY? (Google Feud w/ KickThePJ) |publisher=PewDiePie on YouTube |accessdate=10 July 2017 }}</ref> and [[jacksepticeye]].<ref name="jack">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7n8aLzbkrs |title=WHAT KIND OF ANSWERS ARE THOSE?? - Google Feud |publisher=jacksepticeye on YouTube |accessdate=10 July 2017 }}</ref>


In 2017, ''Google Feud'' was featured on the [[Fine Brothers]] program [[Celebs React]] on [[Fullscreen (company)|Fullscreen]], with contestants including [[Tyler Oakley]].<ref name="imdb2">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6225550/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt |title=Celebs React (2016– ) #Science and More |publisher=IMDB |access-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref>
In 2017, ''Google Feud'' was featured on the [[Fine Brothers]] program ''Celebs React'' on [[Fullscreen (company)|Fullscreen]], with contestants including [[Tyler Oakley]].<ref name="imdb2">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6225550/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt |title=Celebs React (2016– ) #Science and More |publisher=IMDB |access-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref>


According to Colin McMillen, a staff software engineer at [[Google]] who shared the game on his [[Google+]] page, a very similar game was played by employees in Google's offices around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ColinMcMill/posts/PQtYvo4KSwC|title=We used to play Google Suggest Family Feud in the Google Cambridge office, circa 2010. Glad someone's made a web app :)|date=2015-03-15|publisher=Google+|access-date=2017-10-04|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://searchengineland.com/play-the-google-feud-game-i-bet-youll-lose-217014|title=Play The Google Feud Game & I Bet You'll Lose|date=2015-03-17|work=Search Engine Land|access-date=2017-08-31|language=en-US}}</ref>
According to Colin McMillen, a staff software engineer at [[Google]] who shared the game on his [[Google+]] page, a very similar game was played by employees in Google's offices around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ColinMcMill/posts/PQtYvo4KSwC|title=We used to play Google Suggest Family Feud in the Google Cambridge office, circa 2010. Glad someone's made a web app :)|date=2015-03-15|publisher=Google+|access-date=2017-10-04|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://searchengineland.com/play-the-google-feud-game-i-bet-youll-lose-217014|title=Play The Google Feud Game & I Bet You'll Lose|date=2015-03-17|work=Search Engine Land|access-date=2017-08-31|language=en-US}}</ref>

Revision as of 10:04, 21 August 2022

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

The game was created in 2013 by American indie developer Justin Hook, a writer for Bob's Burgers on FOX, as well as other TV shows and comic books.[1][2]

Google Feud went viral in March 2015, when it was featured on the front page of BuzzFeed,[3] played on @midnight with Chris Hardwick,[4] referenced in the monologue of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,[5] and featured in dozens of other outlets. TIME declared it "the online game we didn’t know we were waiting for.[6]

Google Feud has become a popular game with YouTubers, including Dan and Phil,[7] Markiplier,[8] PewDiePie,[9] and jacksepticeye.[10]

In 2017, Google Feud was featured on the Fine Brothers program Celebs React on Fullscreen, with contestants including Tyler Oakley.[11]

According to Colin McMillen, a staff software engineer at Google who shared the game on his Google+ page, a very similar game was played by employees in Google's offices around the world.[12][13]

Other versions and platforms

A mobile version of Google Feud called Autocompete is available for iOS, Android and Alexa.[14]

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.[15]

Awards

Google Feud won the "People's Voice" Webby Award for Games in 2016, presented by Nick Offerman.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Starbucks Name Generator Predicts How Starbucks Baristas Will Misspell Your Name". Huffington Post. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Justin Hook ( of Bob's Burgers, Volume 1)". Goodreads. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  3. ^ Sami Main (12 March 2015). "Can You Beat "Google Feud"?". Buzzfeed. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Rapid Refresh - It's Time to Play "Google Feud"". Comedy Central. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Google has created a new game based on 'Family Feud' called 'Google Feud,' which allows..." @FallonTonight on Twitter. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  6. ^ Laura Stampler (16 March 2015). "Google Feud: Play Google Autocomplete Like a Game of Family Feud". TIME. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  7. ^ "PLEASE DO NOT GOOGLE THIS! - Google Feud #3". DanAndPhilGAMES on YouTube. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  8. ^ "CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!! - Google Feud". Markiplier on YouTube. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  9. ^ "IS MY DAD GAY? (Google Feud w/ KickThePJ)". PewDiePie on YouTube. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  10. ^ "WHAT KIND OF ANSWERS ARE THOSE?? - Google Feud". jacksepticeye on YouTube. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Celebs React (2016– ) #Science and More". IMDB. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  12. ^ "We used to play Google Suggest Family Feud in the Google Cambridge office, circa 2010. Glad someone's made a web app :)". Google+. 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  13. ^ "Play The Google Feud Game & I Bet You'll Lose". Search Engine Land. 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  14. ^ "Alexa Skills: AutoCompete". Amazon. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  15. ^ "'Push Trump Off a Cliff Again' game draws fire, gets a nudge from Rosie O'Donnell". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Google Feud". The Webby Awards. 2016.

External links

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