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There’s no limit to the range of emotions that arise from playing games. Yet if most stock photos are anything to go by, pure excitement is the most common expression when someone’s caught up in the latest pretend Xbox One or PlayStation 4 game.

I asked some well-known developers and personalities to express themselves in the stock-photo style. Folks like David Jaffe opted for authentic reenactments of how they look when they’re playing at home while developers like Hideo Kojima chose more unorthodox impressions.

Firaxis’ Jake Solomon is happy XCOM 2 is out. 2K PR would like to add that Jake holding a PS4 controller does not mean XCOM 2 is coming to PS4 (yet).
VBlank’s Brian Provinciano should be excited. He’s playing Shakedown Hawaii, his follow-up to Retro City Rampage.
Iron Galaxy’s Dave Lang, using a Killer Instinct stick like a belt, naturally.
Quantic Dream’s David Cage, throwing controller punches.
I asked David Jaffe what he looks like playing games at home. This is his reenactment.
Former Capcom producer Yoshiki Okamoto trying to distract Monster Strike producer Koki Kimura.
Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon, playing Versus mode solo.
Christopher Sabat is not a developer, but we welcome him to this gallery for being the lifelong English voice actor of Dragon Ball Z’s Vegeta, among countless other anime and game characters.
You’ll have to squint to find IO Interactive studio head Hannes Seifert. IO Interactive is best known for the Hitman franchise.
Dontnod’s Michel Koch and I agreed that this is his “serial killer” look.
Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price. Please don’t share this picture with Insomniac HR.
Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono, marveling at Blanka’s Street Fighter V skills.
A fitting contrast to all the enlivened stock photo model expressions, here's a very serious Rod Ferusson, the studio head of The Coalition.
A fitting contrast to all the enlivened stock photo model expressions, here’s a very serious Rod Ferusson, the studio head of The Coalition.
Kojima Productions’ Hideo Kojima. This photo was taken during the PlayStation 4 review event in New York. There wasn’t a controller handy, so I prematurely unboxed my PS4 review unit to make this happen.

 

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