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Snood, the Simple Game

Posted by jamie on from the three-of-these-a-decade dept.

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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  1. fIRST POST FUVCKING EH!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. My thanks to CmdrTaco and the Slashdot team by PedoPeteTownshend · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'd like to thank everyone at Slashdot for the kind articles posted about me in the past.

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    And thank you especially, CmdrTaco. Without your purchase of "50 CDs of my material", I might not have been able to afford that computer I used to begin my paedophilic quest.

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    I hope I cum before they get old
    1. Re:My thanks to CmdrTaco and the Slashdot team by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Q: What is the last thing a 8 year old boy sees before he dies?
      A: The back of Taco's van.

  3. For crying out loud. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    News? Stuff that matters? Pfft, at least Chips & Dips wasn't this lame. What the hell happened to it, anyway?!

  4. Re:It's not always about graphics and violence by I'm+a+racist. · · Score: 0, Troll

    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??

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    Down with Saudi Arabia!!!
  5. Snood registration code by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    dv6gmevGRfKf$NNWmgl1

    hey, information wants to be free