# Anyone else addicted to... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 8, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961 "2001-01-08T05:13:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quadzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a4c791/32.png) [@Quadzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quadzilla)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/1 "2001-01-08T05:13:51Z")
Snood? I was initiated into this game by some of my residents… during finals week. Bad idea. This game tends to make one a compulsive player, but we can’t figure out why. I brought it home on my computer over Christmas break. Another bad idea. It’s made my dad a compulsive player. I even registered it so we could play tournaments when I’m at school. AAAAGHHH! Please let me know I’m not alone with my residents on this one! ---
**Author:** ![Serendipity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/2 "2001-01-08T06:40:29Z")
I kicked my Snood addiction last year. For some reason, my dad decided to completely reinstall everything on my computer (or something like that; I’m not technologicall-savvy), so Snood was deleted. I’ve kept myself from re-downloading it since. Although I was tempted to download it on the family computer while I’m home on Christmas break from college, my younger sister has forbidden it. She claims that she’ll get addicted to it if I download it again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/3 "2001-01-08T06:45:38Z")
What’s Snood? Where can I see this wonder? ---
**Author:** ![fenrir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@fenrir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fenrir)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/4 "2001-01-08T06:50:44Z")
I’m not sure what kind of game it is but i’m downloading it now. [http://www.snood.com/](http://www.snood.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Deiket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Deiket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deiket)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/5 "2001-01-08T18:58:18Z")
OMG! My ENTIRE school is addicted to that game! We’re not really supposed to play it on the school computers, but the top members of the Snood underground have addicted a few of the teachers so now we can get away with it. I thought we were the onlt poeple who knew what Snood was! Yay! This is exciting! ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/6 "2001-01-08T19:10:38Z")
I wan’t BEFORE – but thanks to Quadzilla’s post and fenfir’s link, _I freaking am now!!!_ Thanks _loads._ As if my weeks aren’t unproductive enough. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/7 "2001-01-09T00:53:31Z")
I LOVE that game. It is eternally amusing. It also reminds me of the arcade game where you have to basically do the same thing except with bubbles. It’s called bust-a-move, I think. I used to waste so many quarters on that game. ---
**Author:** ![fenrir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@fenrir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fenrir)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/8 "2001-01-09T02:21:12Z")
Well thanks alot for telling me about that damn game.I was up past 1 am with it. But it is fun. ok gotta go and play more… ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/9 "2001-01-09T02:29:10Z")
I got addicted because **Grace** started a thread just like this one. I managed to kick it after about 3 months though. Good luck, it will steal your soul. I still hear “Pleeze!” in my nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![Meleemancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Meleemancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meleemancer)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/10 "2001-01-09T05:03:09Z")
Ah, Snood… It became the diversion of choice in my hall for a month or so back in early '99. It was only made more amusing when one of my friends (using a Mac) edited the game to use sounds we recorded and pics of our heads. Hilarity ensued. I actually played Bust-A-Move and its sequels first, but I prefer Snood 'cause it’s quick to start up when you’re feeling bored, and the pieces are a lot less “sticky”… results in more impressive-looking trick shots. And, of course, there’s that ever-so-useful “Just one more game…” option that makes the addiction seem more harmless than it really is. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/11 "2001-01-09T17:30:47Z")
Snood is heroin, cocaine, cigarettes, and crystal meth for your computer- all wrapped up into one. Snood is dangerous. Snood is the only game that actually has a “Just play one more game” menu option, and it was actually needed so I can sleep, eat and go to the bathroom. I have kicked my habit… ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/12 "2001-01-10T16:14:20Z")
What is the “just play one more game” option? ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/13 "2001-01-10T21:42:49Z")
Okay, whoever posted that link, I have just 2 words: **You Suck!** Now I am addicted to this little game and am 3 weeks from even remotely being able to cough up the measly $14.95 to get another fix since I’ve pretty much used up my entire “free” games today. Thanks, bud. Thanks alot! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/14 "2001-01-11T03:55:01Z")
This game is essentially a shareware [Bust-A-Move](http://www.gamepower.com/games/html/13153review.html?get_str=) clone. Look for the Bust-A-Move 4 demo: it’s worth downloading, even though it has very few levels. It is also addicting, and you can play against a computer opponent. Snood also installs GATOR, a form-filler for your browser. Why? If you un-install Snood, it leaves program fsg.exe in the Snood directory. This program also stays in your registry start-up and accesses the web. Not nice. Is this GATOR or some kind of spyware? Or both? Use msconfig to disable the startup of fsg. And be aware of what you are installing. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to/48961/15 "2001-01-12T05:28:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hypergirl \* > \*\*What is the “just play one more game” option? \*\* It starts a game, and then after the game ends, the app shuts down- lets you sleep more than 3 minutes a day.