I don't know why this is getting so many negative comments, I personally like to hear of the personal stories behind a success. That was more interesting to me than any of the other depthless articles about "iphone app makes $x" featuring his game.

Yes the game did save his families home, he had a job, he had more bills than he could pay due to unexpected medical fees and I assume he couldn't afford everything at once, if he hadn't had done something the house would have probably had to be put up for sale.

So he did something about it. Isn't that what its all about?