Mascot
Posted in Tales from the grind-stone on February 26th, 2006 by MrCrankyAt my old company, I always felt there wasn’t enough life around the office. Okay, so it’s a games development company, so technically a ‘hostile living environment’ for most plants (animals, and lets face it, developers), but I liked to buy plants to make my desk feel a little more healthy. My old co-workers will attest to the hardiness of the various plants which did survive, and there were always replacements for the ones that ended up little more than twigs in a pot.
But here at the Company, I’ve decided that things will be different. As many plants as we can keep alive, and now for added organic feel, we have a mascot! Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce: Alfred the Oranda.
Why Alfred? Well, we realise the life expectancy of our mascots might not be so long, so some kind of alphabetical naming system รยก la tropical storms seemed appropriate. He doesn’t seem to move around much, so a bit like me, but I’m sure he’ll settle in fine.
Currently on the work agenda: looking at automated testing frameworks, as well as evaluating a game idea proposed to us recently.