Stack the Log was a simple browser game linked from iPhoneApplicationList on August 23, 2007. The archived listing points to xwuz.com/stack/game.html and instructs the player to release a button when a moving log appears aligned above the stack.
That is the documented core of the game. The record does not establish its current availability, scoring formula or any later App Store version.
Timing becomes the main control
A single-button interface can still create a meaningful decision. The player watches a moving object and chooses one moment to act. The challenge comes from relating what is visible to the expected result of releasing the control.
Before trying to improve a score, observe that relationship. Does the action occur when the button is pressed or when it is released? The original instructions make release the important event, a detail that changes how a player should interpret an attempted placement.
Use the last attempt as information
After each placement, compare where you expected the log to land with where it actually landed. A consistent early or late result suggests a different adjustment from a result that varies widely between attempts.
Change one part of your approach at a time. This makes it easier to tell whether you are responding to the game’s motion or simply adding a new habit. It is a general practice method, not a claim about hidden mechanics or guaranteed winning strategies.
Keep the game’s scope small
The surviving listing does not describe multiple modes, power-ups or a progression system. Adding those familiar game features would make the article sound fuller while making its historical account less reliable.
Stack the Log instead records a focused early mobile-game idea: a short instruction, one control and immediate visual feedback. Its original web address distinguishes it from unrelated stacking games, and the archive preserves the interaction without promising that the old page can still be played.