<s>
QWOP	B-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
2008	O
ragdoll-based	O
browser	B-Protocol
video	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
created	O
by	O
Bennett	O
Foddy	O
,	O
formerly	O
the	O
bassist	O
of	O
Cut	O
Copy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
control	O
an	O
athlete	O
named	O
"	O
Qwop	B-Application
"	O
using	O
only	O
the	O
Q	O
,	O
W	O
,	O
O	O
,	O
and	O
P	O
keys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
helped	O
Foddy	O
's	O
site	O
(	O
Foddy.net	B-Application
)	O
reach	O
30	O
million	O
hits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QWOP	B-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
November	O
2008	O
by	O
Bennett	O
Foddy	O
for	O
his	O
site	O
Foddy.net,	O
when	O
Foddy	O
was	O
a	O
deputy	O
director	O
and	O
senior	O
research	O
fellow	O
of	O
the	O
Programme	O
on	O
the	O
Ethics	O
of	O
the	O
New	O
Biosciences	O
,	O
The	O
Oxford	O
Martin	O
School	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Oxford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foddy	O
had	O
been	O
playing	O
games	O
ever	O
since	O
he	O
got	O
his	O
first	O
computer	O
(	O
a	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
48K	O
)	O
at	O
age	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
play	O
as	O
an	O
athlete	O
named	O
"	O
Qwop	B-Application
"	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
participating	O
in	O
a	O
100-meter	O
event	O
at	O
the	O
Olympic	B-Application
Games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
objective	O
of	O
QWOP	B-Application
is	O
simple	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
ever	O
since	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
notorious	O
for	O
being	O
difficult	O
to	O
master	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
controls	B-Device
with	O
the	O
Q	O
,	O
W	O
,	O
O	O
and	O
P	O
keys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foddy	O
says	O
that	O
he	O
gets	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
hate	O
mail	O
for	O
making	O
QWOP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
criticism	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
difficulty	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
controls	B-Device
,	O
the	O
game	O
helped	O
Foddy	O
's	O
site	O
reach	O
30	O
million	O
hits	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Wired	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
also	O
ever	O
since	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
played	O
by	O
millions	O
of	O
people	O
,	O
although	O
numbers	O
have	O
declined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
27	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
QWOP	B-Application
was	O
featured	O
at	O
the	O
Museum	O
of	O
Modern	O
Art	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
and	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
event	O
called	O
"	O
Arcade	O
"	O
hosted	O
by	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
art	O
and	O
culture	O
company	O
Kill	O
Screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QWOP	B-Application
appeared	O
on	O
the	O
season	O
9	O
premiere	O
of	O
the	O
American	O
sitcom	O
The	O
Office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
App	O
version	O
follows	O
the	O
same	O
gameplay	O
as	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
controls	B-Device
differ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	B-Device
QWOP	B-Application
's	O
legs	O
and	O
arms	O
by	O
moving	O
their	O
thumbs	O
around	O
in	O
the	O
diamonds	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2-player	O
multiplayer	O
version	O
of	O
QWOP	B-Application
named	O
2QWOP	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
after	O
being	O
featured	O
at	O
an	O
event	O
in	O
Austin	O
named	O
"	O
The	O
Foddy	O
Winter	O
Olympics	O
"	O
displaying	O
a	O
selection	O
of	O
Bennett	O
Foddy	O
's	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
