The Stairwell

Pac-Manhattan: Games on a grand scale

If you've got a few friends who happen to be in good shape and want to do some urban exploring, you've got to turn them on to Pac-Manhattan. Essentially, the game is played on the streets of any city or neighborhood. Simply by holding a cellphone and receiving orders from a controller in 'headquarters' who is watching a gps display of all the participants, players move about trying to avoid each other (or chase each other). The object is to capture an area or object in the enemy team's city territory and avoid other players who are getting directions from their controller over their cellphones. Sounds complicated, but just imagine PacMan.

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Classy and Meaningful Logos

Hello, parched travelers. This little speed shop in Bavaria, Germany has such an elegant logo (shown here as designed in 1967), and I love the functional aspect of the crank-case and foundry in the coat-of-arms.