Snood, the Simple Game

Greg Costikyan has penned a Snood screed that bears reading for anyone into game design. I gave Snood a try a couple of years ago when I read that Woz was hooked on it. Fun. I've played it on and off since then. But the ninth most popular game in 2001? That's nuts. Is Snood part of a series of tiny puzzley games, like Tetris and Bejeweled, that can still do well in a world of Counterstrikes and Unreal Tournaments? Is there still the chance for an individual or small team to strike it rich writing a game like this (maybe for cell phones)? Or is the engagingly simple game doomed to extinction? M : The Snood-equivalent for Linux is Frozen Bubble.

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Re:It's not always about graphics and violence

[I'm a racist.]

It's frustrating games like these (I've never tried Snood, but I mean the general type) that cause people to go into violent fits, have high blood pressure and/or heart attacks.

Now, do you really think there's a good reason to find UT2003 more disturbing than Tetris??