Rube Goldberg Forever

If you've ever played the game of Mousetrap, you know why there's such a thing as The Official RUBE GOLDBERG Website, and why you'd be at least amused to click through the ten Rube Goldberg drawings in this site's Gallery.

Rube Goldberg has had a remarkable influence on play and education, and proven to be an invaluable resource for people who want to keep play and education together. Witness, for one example, Argonne National Laboratory's Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.

The commercial success of Sierra's Incredible Machines/Contraptions series is yet more evidence of the play value of Rube Goldberg's legacy. And, for those of us who have the bandwidth, the commercial viability of Goldberg's work can be seen, in all its entertaining glory, in this advertisement for Honda.