<s>
Kanye	B-Application
Zone	I-Application
was	O
a	O
browser	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
developed	O
by	O
Otter	B-Application
Spice	I-Application
Productions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
by	O
roommates	O
Michael	O
Frederickson	O
and	O
Stephen	O
Barlow	O
and	O
inspired	O
by	O
1980s	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
Kanye	B-Application
Zone	I-Application
received	O
considerable	O
media	O
attention	O
:	O
Frederickson	O
was	O
interviewed	O
by	O
MTV	O
,	O
and	O
several	O
other	O
news	O
outlets	O
reported	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
some	O
praising	O
its	O
simplicity	O
and	O
addictiveness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
left	O
and	O
right	O
arrow	B-Device
keys	I-Device
and	O
space	B-Device
bar	I-Device
control	O
a	O
bumper	O
that	O
moves	O
around	O
a	O
purple	O
circle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
roommates	O
Michael	O
Frederickson	O
—	O
a	O
technical	O
director	O
at	O
Pixar	O
—	O
and	O
Stephen	O
Barlow	O
using	O
HTML5	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
1980s	B-Application
games	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
1972	O
game	O
Pong	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kanye	B-Application
Zone	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
9	O
,	O
2012	O
by	O
Otter	B-Application
Spice	I-Application
Productions	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Michael	O
Frederickson	O
promoted	O
it	O
at	O
the	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Kanye	B-Application
Zone	I-Application
reached	O
the	O
front	O
page	O
of	O
the	O
social	O
news	O
website	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
causing	O
its	O
creators	O
to	O
lose	O
approximately	O
US$700	O
after	O
much	O
traffic	O
was	O
driven	O
to	O
the	O
website	O
,	O
and	O
necessitating	O
the	O
compression	B-Language
of	O
its	O
contents	O
;	O
the	O
next	O
day	O
,	O
advertisements	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Kanye	O
West	O
has	O
not	O
contacted	O
him	O
,	O
Frederickson	O
was	O
interviewed	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
MTV	O
's	O
Hive	O
,	O
which	O
said	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
video	O
game	O
ever	O
created	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
pop	O
song	O
and/or	O
artist	O
"	O
and	O
compared	O
it	O
to	O
other	O
games	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
song	O
"	O
Margaritaville	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
band	O
Grateful	O
Dead	O
—	O
he	O
described	O
the	O
interview	O
"	O
unthinkably	O
disproportionate	O
to	O
the	O
interest	O
of	O
Kanye	B-Application
Zone	I-Application
"	O
;	O
it	O
even	O
verged	O
into	O
the	O
discussion	O
of	O
a	O
film	O
adaptation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metro	O
dubbed	O
Kanye	B-Application
Zone	I-Application
"	O
the	O
dumbest	O
game	O
you	O
will	O
spend	O
20	O
minutes	O
playing	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
a	O
hilarious	O
low	O
impact	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
tradition	O
of	O
early	O
Atari	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
Frederickson	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
not	O
yet	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
sequel	B-Language
to	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
on	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Pitbull	O
Party	O
,	O
a	O
follow-up	O
to	O
Kanye	B-Application
Zone	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
Pitbull	O
's	O
song	O
"	O
Do	O
n't	O
Stop	O
the	O
Party	O
"	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Otter	B-Application
Spice	I-Application
Productions	I-Application
,	O
it	O
involves	O
maneuvering	O
Pitbull	O
's	O
head	O
between	O
scratches	O
on	O
turntable	O
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
abundantly	O
obvious	O
reasons	O
,	O
Kanye	B-Application
Zone	I-Application
has	O
been	O
taken	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
