It was to my delight then when my father brought home a copy of The Incredible Machine, an old DOS game that allowed users to make digital Rube Goldberg machines in a 2-D sandbox. I remember the tedium and frustration of it all when something went wrong in the middle of the chain, or worse, at the end. I was always trying to elaborately turn on my stereo or turn off a light with a contraption of dominoes, weights and pullies. As an engineer, well planned Rube Goldberg machines have always drawn my interest.
