A blog I’ve gotten into recently is Architectures of Control, which looks at, well, architectures of control — how design is used to guide (or control) people’s actions. Today, the blog notes this scam:

The hope, apparently, is that visitors can be guided through an amusement arcade. But, as the author notes, it’s a pretty transparent ruse — you can see clearly that it’s possible to simply go around the building.

I couldn’t help being reminded of this Onion story:

Highway Billboard Urges 75-Mile Detour