Go Physics Team!

Two weeks ago yesterday, we had the ATG summer event at work. ATG is the group I work for at Radical Entertainment. It stands for Advanced Technology Group, and we work on the common engine used by all the games that Radical makes. The summer event was an amazing race around the downtown Vancouver area on foot and using public transport. Thirteen or fourteen teams competed in all, half from ATG and half from a game team called HairClub. Those guys made the Hulk games in the past. It was a hot afternoon and got pretty sweaty running from here to there. There were also challenges at each destination such as singing and a hula hoop, and many more. My team was made up of the guys who work on Physics within ATG. In the end we came in 5th which was pretty respectable, although we could have done better - we were actually leading at one point. Steph was also racing in a HairClub team, but her team quit after a while and lazed around instead. Slackers! In the overall scores, ATG won a decisive victory over HairClub. Once again the geeks are victorious (we beat the game teams in the BBQ tug-of-war too). It was good exercise, and afterwards we got free booze and food. The picture shows me and the physics guys at the end of the race (in Gastown).