29-year-old Nguyen Ha Dong of Vietnam has removed his viral video game, Flappy Bird, from both Android and iOS marketplaces, citing that the game’s sudden success has ruined his rather simple life.

If you’ve already downloaded Flappy Bird, here’s a great way to ruin your own life — quickly.

It’s certainly been a while since we’ve heard anything from either Mario or Luigi…

As expected, nearly 1.5 million jobs were terminated today after the midnight release of Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Due to a complete lack of production, the Dow Industrial closed at nearly 60 points down today, despite the sharp upturn in retail spending. Economic Analysts are still skeptical, given the expected 1% rise in unemployment claims due for Wednesday, November 14th.

As the November 13th, 2012 release of Call of Duty: Black Ops II nears, analysts are hopeful about the sudden stimulation in late night consumer retail spending. Not since 2009 has there been such an anticipated video game release, which is assured to cause the Obama camp to issue a statement taking credit for the slight economic upturn.

Many Analysts, however, urge vigilance, as news of an additional rash of unemployment is expected to follow on November 15th, 2012.

I’ve never scored over 839 for an entire game of Words With Friends. I consider myself “decent” at it, bur not an expert. But if I were playing someone who scored nearly double my top game score for one word, I’d probably take the loss and Resign, myself…