Before Lataus started working for the team, he owned a CPR fan blog called The CPR Coffee Shop, which may have led him to pursue to work on the What's New Blog.
When thinking of his username, he was inspired by a Pokemon named Latias, a legendary Pokemon and part of the eon duo in the series.
Lataus is also known to be a long time fan of this game series.
Coincidentally, his username also means 'charge' in the Finnish language.
This often misleads some penguins into thinking he is Finnish, which is false.