Impossible things

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The game featured on Tuesday - Echochrome - owes much to Oscar Reutersvard (Wikipedia entry) and M C Escher (Wikipedia entry) who were both fascinated by perspective and how 2D drawings of 3D space can lead to unexpected results.
 
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Oscar Reutersvard produced so many drawings that he is credited with creating the category of imaginary objects called - Impossible Objects. There is a very large gallery of impossible objects at the 'Impossible World' site.

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