The Rubik's Cube, a mid-1970s invention of Ernő Rubik of Hungary fascinated people around the globe and became one of the most popular games in America at the time.^[1] In just seven years worldwide sales surpassed thirty million units^[2] with a senior buyer at the New York FAO Schwarz toy emporium noting it had become "the world's most asked-for plaything".^[2] Some even argued it could lead to obsessive behavior.^[2] Pirated editions turned up in Taiwan, Hong Kong and som...