We hope to use this as an educational inspirational insight into the games industry and related fields. No longer will you have to wonder what the Lead Engine Programmer might have on his desk.

Does the Games Industry have better Things on their Desks than the TV industry? Do journalists have rubbish ‘things’? Who has better ‘things’? Writers or Artists?

It’s these kinds of deep and meaningful questions that we hope to answer in this, the official ‘Best Thing on Your Desk’ award!*

*note: no prizes.

You must have:

1) A job, or almost a job (i.e. students)
2) A job title (or ’student’)
3) A desk
4) A really cool thing on your desk
5) Some sort of digital camera device, or a regular camera and a scanner, or something

Simply take a photo of the best Thing on your Desk and email it to our official hotline, thingonmydesk@cgempire.com including your Job Title and any information about your thing that we might need to know. You can also include your name (or CGE username) and where you work if you really want to, but we suspect you won’t. We will then review the entries on some sort of spreadsheet, and blog about it when we can’t be arsed to do ‘proper’ news posts.

Hooray!

Man, I’m totally going to clear some of the crap off my desk to see if there are any good things underneath all this rubble and copies of Metro.

Amazing idea!

I’m excited by the opportunity to see other people’s desks, and the junk resting thereupon!

(I really am, if that sounded sarcastic! )

And what about your ‘things’, eh Mash?

I believe we’ve seen Mash’s desk, at least her home desk, and its disturbingly spotless!! O_O

Then Mash’ll have to get a macro lens and get us a close-up picture of a fleck of dust or something. Maybe a small fly? Or those home-made noodles that she has for lunch sometimes?

Ooh, you are much mistaken about my desk… the last time you saw it was after I had done a thorough cleaning I will soon shatter all your grand illusions of me being neat–there might even be some leftover noodles here and there, just for Andy

I’ll take a picture of my desk at work too (when I can bring in a camera)

I used to have one of those socks full of sawdust and grass seeds that grows grass hair (with woggly eyes on it ‘n that!), but it went slightly moldy. Can I still submit a pic of that?

Am I allowed to buy something AMAZING for the competition, put it on my desk and take a photo of it?

It’ll stay on my desk after that if it’s AMAZING enough.

?

It’s okay, we will not be requiring proof of purchase, a set period of time that said item has been on your desk with written confirmation from your mum or anything like that.

It just has to be on your desk.

How it gets there is entirely up to you.

Excellent news. I have LOADS of cool stuff on my desk, I’ve decided, which I shall send photos of to you in due time, one by one as they happen.

It’d be a security violation at my day job (not to mention cross posting!). Would NotSoft Headquarters suffice?

Hem…

Is there a deadline please? I have the perfect thing on my desk, or might shape up a new perfect thing on my desk… Hmmm…

Naked ladies?

NotSoft Office is acceptable, BigN - also, note that we don’t actually need to see much in the way of desk and office - a non security breaching closeup is completely fine. The more pixels taken up by the amazing thing the better really, so we can scrutinize it

And no deadline - we’ll just let this run and run.

(by the way, the blog posts about this link to this thread so there won’t be separate threads appearing. Check the front page people, to see if you’re famous!)

My cunning plan worked!

I’ve got a shelf full of toys too, but it wasn’t "best things on your desk".

And the day job photo isn’t really a security issue so much as there is even more rubbish on that desk

Is that octopus missing a leg? Animal abuser!

Nothing could be further from the truth. I don’t even eat animals.

The 8th leg is behind the head. He hasn’t lost an eighth.

I was I had a lollypop on my desk.

I would have thought it would be nicer to have a lollipop in your mouth than on your desk

BigN: teehee, so I had assumed

Rock on bigno-buddy!

And here I was thinking it could have been that monitor the size of a small dining car…

In any event: with what I have in mind, I’m going to need an bigger desk before booking the photographer.

Are…

human ‘objects’ allowed on our desks? Cause if so, I could very well produce something fab!

It just has to be a ‘thing’, Nik.
(no willies though)

How’s an octapus a ‘thing’ then, Andy? (Just kidding… just kidding)

So… Did anyone else enter this, or am I the winner by default?

You’re the winner so far, BigN, but all that might change when I post the next blog update to this…

Wait for me, wait for me! My camera batteries needed recharging!

Television triumphs over books yet again
But only 7.5 for a homemade UFO? What kind of wondrous things would get a 10…? I’ll guess I’ll have to tune in later to find out!

Fantastic stuff!

Mash, excelent pig! Shame it doesn’t really bounce! (But it warmed my heart because of the "it makes your hands smell" feature!)

Dan, That’s brilliant! Congratulations to you and Kat for the exceptional use of bent paper-clips there! Really authentic B-movie props should be made from whatever crap you have lying around, just like that!

Believe it or not, there weren’t any cherry bakewell holders lying about, I had to buy those…!

Now that’s dedication!

You guys are freakin hilarious. I’m so glad I found this site!

im gonna take a shot later this is amusing.

Amazing! But you’ve missed the essential anteater form–just switch the head and tail of the dinosaur. Now instead of eating chavs, they’re coming out the other end…

Exactly, Mash!!

Clarence McCrispingtonlegs the wondrous chameleonic marvel is truly capable of emulating ANYTHING EVER! (Not _merely_ a singular dinosaur!)

Awesome!

I’d also like to point out that the WINNING UFOs are currently available to be viewed HERE in glorious film-o-vision.

It’s a spectacle the likes of which the world has never spectated!

Awesome x 2!

(EDIT: just noticed the missing step 3! )

Ooh, Mr Stien goes unto the breach, dear friends, once more, in an attempt to close the contest up with our English processed foodstuffs of dubious shape and origin. St Crispin would be so proud! ^°^ <-beer batter

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

How could this have happened?!?!
A minutes silence will be held at noon tomorrow.

Now all it resembles is the remnants of broken dreams … well, that and a stocking.

Tragic. How ever will you be able to sell it on E-Bay now?

Or a helicopter inside a shoe.

Fucking Nazis, man.

I know!

Where is Indie when you really need him, eh?

I saw this featured thread, and was reminded how sad it is that only 4 CGE members are privileged enough to have desks that have things on them

I always have a mess on my desk. If I clean it, after some mins there is a mess again. I have a piano book, over 100 CDs, a game control, my license, my honey picture, lots of pencils, magic markers, compass, a digital camera, a scissor, cables, sunglasses, eyeglasses, a rule, papers, like 40 dollars, batteries, an agenda, a rope, a keyboard’s pedal, lego, a watch, a mic, a lipstick, glue and a dictionary. That is all at the moment here.