Of all the things I saw behind the curtain at Logitech HQ, it was this slab of fake wood that surprised me the most: 'It's kind of old school, it's analogue, which we like'

A wooden block used to turn into a mouse by Logitech designers.

Last week I not only got my grubby mitts on the most exciting mouse of the past few years, courtesy of Logitech, but I also got a peek behind the curtain of gaming mouse design and testing. There were tons of things that surprised me about what goes into making a good peripheral, from giant antennas and padded faraday cage-esque rooms to mouse-swiping machines.

But what surprised me more than any of these things was a block of wood.