Reversi commercial success. The name was selected by Hasegawa as a reference to the Shakespearean play "Othello, the Moor of Venice", referring to the conflict between the Moor Othello and Iago, and more controversially, to the unfolding drama between Othello, who is black, and Desdemona, who is white. The green color of the board is inspired by the image of the general Othello, valiantly leading his battle in a green field. It can also be likened to a jealousy competition (jealousy being the central theme in Shakespeare's play, which popularized the term "green-eyed monster"), since players engulf the pieces of the
Green Monster (automobile) mph (982 km/h) when a wheel bearing seized. He subsequently built another "Green Monster" land speed record car, but sold it to California rancher Slick Gardner without ever driving it. In view of his wife's concern over the risk involved in land speed record racing, Arfons instead turned his talents to turbine powered tractor pulling with great success, fielding a series of Green Monster pull tractors along with his son and daughter. However, in 1989, Arfons returned to Bonneville with Green Monster Number 27, an 1800-pound (820 kg), 22 foot (7 m) long two-wheeler. The car left the ground at