A taste for isometrics

June 29, 2015 12:00 PM

Spotting real-world architecture in Monument Valley
posted by Artw (6 comments total)

Initially I assumed this was about Monument Valley, AZ.
posted by Going To Maine at 12:08 PM on June 29, 2015 [5 favorites]

Whoa, someone do a FPP on the Chand Baori stepwell, please.
posted by gwint at 12:33 PM on June 29, 2015 [7 favorites]

Wow, yes, I had never heard of stepwells until I read this, now I'm lost in an Atlas Obscura article and Google Maps' satellite imagery.
posted by indubitable at 1:20 PM on June 29, 2015

Reminds me of echochrome, man that game kept me busy for weeks. The user created levels were hit or miss but there were some very imaginative ones.
posted by numaner at 4:45 PM on June 29, 2015

The Navajo should pull the plug on the name of this game. Copyright infringement. Theft of sacred place name.
posted by Oyéah at 6:20 PM on June 29, 2015

Oyéah: "The Navajo should pull the plug on the name of this game. Copyright infringement. Theft of sacred place name."

I'm pretty sure "Monument Valley" isn't the Navajo name for it. (I was right, the Navajo name is "Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii") Also, you can't copyright place names, the name is older than the current copyright term, etc.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 11:45 PM on June 30, 2015