The Arizona Republic, The Albany Democrat Herald, The Hartford Courant, and The Washington Post. These are just a few of the newspapers around the U.S. that have printed articles about Guilford geology professor Dave Dobson and his addictive computer game Snood.
In only the past few months Dobson has been talking with many other newspapers and the popularity of Snood has only expanded.In January, the Greensboro News & Record printed an article and sent it to the Associated Press, as most papers do. Then the Philadelphia Inquirer distributed their own article saying that Snood has really caught on. Since it was printed, there have been articles coming out all over the country concerning the Snood craze.

“It was a big surprise to me,” said Dobson. “The Philadelphia Inquirer put it out on the AP, some [newspapers] printed the Inquirer’s article, while others did more of a local article concerning Snood.” Since those articles have been written, the downloads, as well as registrations of Snood, have increased.
Dobson said despite Snood’s popularity, there has not been an increase in the number of people registering the game. He said out of about one million people who have downloaded his game, less than one percent actually register for it.

However, there is at least one Guilford College student who has registered Snood. Junior Alex Hutton explained why: “Because I was just sick of seeing those messages.”

The messages of which she speaks include such poems as “Roses are red, Violets are blue, Register now and to Snood be true,” which appear many times if the game is not registered.
The craze is so big that two University of Texas students created their own website (http://ilovesnood.iwarp.com) which has songs devoted to the game, such as “Twinkle Twinkle Little Snood.” Many colleges, such as Dartmouth, have published articles about Snood in their own school papers!

Given Snood’s power, it seems that there are those who need to back off from it. Some have discovered that the neverending battle with Dave Dobson’s creatures can be addictive, resulting in a need to kick the habit. “I got to playing it so much that I had to stop,” said sophomore Brandee Adams.