Google Feud

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.

Google Feud
Developer(s)Justin Hook
Platform(s)Browser, iOS, Android
ReleaseApril 23, 2013 (2013-04-23)
Genre(s)Trivia
Mode(s)Single player

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 was demonstrated on @midnight with Chris Hardwick,[3] referenced in the monologue of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,[4] and featured in dozens of other outlets. Time declared it "the online game we didn't know we were waiting for".[5]

In 2017, Google Feud was featured on the Fine Brothers program Celebs React on Fullscreen.[6]

According to Colin McMillen, a staff software engineer at Google, a very similar game was played internally at Google.[7]

Other versions and platforms

A mobile version of Google Feud called Autocompete is available for iOS, Android and Alexa.[8]

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.[9]

Awards

Google Feud won the "People's Voice" Webby Award for Games in 2016.[10]

References
  1. "Starbucks Name Generator Predicts How Starbucks Baristas Will Misspell Your Name". Huffington Post. April 24, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  2. "Justin Hook ( of Bob's Burgers, Volume 1)". Goodreads. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  3. "Rapid Refresh - It's Time to Play 'Google Feud'". Comedy Central. March 16, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  4. "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.
  5. Laura Stampler (March 16, 2015). "Google Feud: Play Google Autocomplete Like a Game of Family Feud". Time. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  6. "Celebs React (2016– ) #Science and More". IMDB. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  7. "Play The Google Feud Game & I Bet You'll Lose". Search Engine Land. March 17, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  8. "Alexa Skills: AutoCompete". Amazon. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  9. "'Push Trump Off a Cliff Again' game draws fire, gets a nudge from Rosie O'Donnell". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  10. "Google Feud". The Webby Awards. 2016.
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