Comments on: The Small Room Call me crazy, but one of the absolute best things about Volition is the bathrooms. Each bathroom has exactly one toilet and one sink. Two of them have showers. They're off in various alcoves in groupings of 2 to 6. As I imagine many game studios are, we have far more women than men, so the men use the ones marked "women" anyway. One is marked "Really, Really, Women Only." At one point, there was also one marked "Really, Really, Canadians Only." In addition to all that, our janitors, Jim and Kariem, are freakin' stars when it comes to keeping those things clean. Call me crazy, but one of the absolute best things about Volition is the bathrooms. Each bathroom has exactly one toilet and one sink. Two of them have showers. They’re off in various alcoves in groupings of 2 to 6. As I imagine many game studios are, we have far more women than men, so the men use the ones marked “women” anyway. One is marked “Really, Really, Women Only.” At one point, there was also one marked “Really, Really, Canadians Only.” In addition to all that, our janitors, Jim and Kariem, are freakin’ stars when it comes to keeping those things clean.

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By: Cam Jackson/2011/03/18/the-small-room/#comment-1750 Cam Jackson Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:21:07 +0000 Also worth noting that at neither of the Crystal Dynamics offices did any of the problems you list ever affect the women's bathrooms, which were always clean, and quiet, with working fans and hand cream to keep your fingers soft after washing, no magazines, but a thoughtful basket of feminine hygeine products in case one got caught short, so to speak. Yuck. Men are gross. Also worth noting that at neither of the Crystal Dynamics offices did any of the problems you list ever affect the women’s bathrooms, which were always clean, and quiet, with working fans and hand cream to keep your fingers soft after washing, no magazines, but a thoughtful basket of feminine hygeine products in case one got caught short, so to speak.

Yuck. Men are gross.

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By: Alex Omlansky/2011/03/18/the-small-room/#comment-1722 Alex Omlansky Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:11:28 +0000 This is an great topic and write-up, Jason! Way more interesting than it should rightfully be. :) This is an great topic and write-up, Jason! Way more interesting than it should rightfully be. :)

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By: AN_D_K/2011/03/18/the-small-room/#comment-1704 AN_D_K Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:52:56 +0000