Benjamin Larsen, the creator of the app Farting Boobs and the press release I linked to yesterday, sent me an email today explaining why he created his app. Apparently, it was a some kind of personal protest re: the quality of many apps on the app store.
Hi Jeffery I’m the “developer” of above mentioned app and just came across your blogpost. It might surprise you to hear that I actually agree with your statement. (Although it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing getting the app past Apple).
While F.B. is an actual app, it is still very much meant as a joke, a spoof if you like, you know a “worst of the worst” app that is so propostoros that no-one will take it seriously. That was my aim and I thought I had nailed it with the frankly ridiculous description and over-the-top press release. Obviously I missed the target and take full responsibility for that. The actual app was created after my latest app, Insulting Monk, tanked completely.
Now, Insulting Monk was not exactly the “War and Peace” of the app world and I can see why it would fail. I found it hard however to understand how it could fare so much worse than the gazillion of boob and fart apps out there. I figured the only sensible thing to do was to try and out-stupidify those apps by combining the two popular, yet detested app-categories.
So, sorry if Farting Boobs was offensive, but it was actually meant as something of a comment on the state of the app store more than anything else. You will probably be happy to hear that I have no plans for further apps of this sort, although I might make another novelty app at some time. My next project, soon to be released, is of a completely different ilk altogether. It’s a casual brain-tease-reaction game and something I am lot more proud of.
Yours sincerely,
T. Benjamin Larsen
Nor Eagle
Out of curiosity I asked Larsen to tell me how many farts and boobs he’s sold thus far, to which he replied:
You’ll be happy to learn that I’ve sold THREE copies. As you can see I’m doing it all for the (f)arts.