In Russian game development circles, the 31st of October is known as “Gnome Day”, as that was the day in 2004 when the model of a certain blocky gnome was posted at gamedev.ru, giving birth to multiple “derivative works” (here’s a picture gallery, and there were also videos and fan games). Gnome became de facto the mascot of Russian game development.
So, Gnome is 9 this year, and I made a video for the occasion:
