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    Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest

    I've had a pet project I've been working on for years, three of them if my memory is right. It started as a simple idea: You can judge a lot from a person's desk. I bet you could judge just as much from their home entertainment system. So I decided it would be fun to try and track down some pictures from the work desks and home gaming set-ups of the people who work in and cover the video game industry. Simple right? Not so much.

    Turns out that many of the people are either too busy or too private to want to participate in such a project. To make matters worse, there's always fear that something sitting on someone's desk, that ends up in a photo, could actually be news worthy. Like a secret project or the next big thing. But I didn't give up and about once a year I'd harass a bunch of game developers for photos. Finally, this year, the harassment paid off.

    What started as a trickle of photos turned quickly into the collection of galleries you'll find on the jump: More than 40 different photo galleries from 17 studios, seven publications, two industry movers and shakers and a couple of fun surprises.

    You'll get to see the desk of such greats as Sid Meier, Peter Molyneux and Tetsuya Mizuguchi along with plenty of others. Remember you can comment both on the next page and on each individual photo if you click on them.

    If I find there is interest, I will try to periodically update this gallery of galleries with more developers, journalists and industry movers and shakers. Have fun.

    DEVELOPERS
    2K Games

    Greg Gobbi, Creative Director of 2K Games


    Ken Levine, founder, lead designer of 2K Boston

    ASTRO Gaming

    Joshua "Stormy" LaTendresse, Producer, ASTRO Gaming

    Buzz Monkey Software

    Ted Brown, Lead Level Designer for Buzz Monkey Software

    Capcom

    Ben Judd, Bionic Commando Producer


    Jun Takeuchi, Resident Evil 5 Producer

    Eat, Sleep, Play

    David Jaffe, co-founder Eat, Sleep, Play

    Electronic Arts

    Alain Tascan, General Manager of EA Montreal


    Rod Humble, head of The Sims Studio

    Firaxis Games

    Sid Meier, founder and director of creative development for Firaxis Games

    Flying Lab Software

    Theresa Pudenz, public relations for Flying Lab Software

    Gearbox Software

    Randy Pitchford, one of five founders of Gearbox Software

    Harmonix Music

    Leo Tolentino, technical artist at Harmonix


    Mike Dornbrook, vice president of operations at Harmonix

    Incognito Entertainment

    Dylan Jobe, Incognito Entertainment Producer

    Insomniac Games

    Ted Price, CEO of Insomniac Games

    Kojima Productions

    Ryan Payton, assistant producer at Kojima Productions

    Lionhead Studios

    Peter Molyneux, founder Lionhead Studios

    NanaOn-Sha

    Masaya Matsuura, founder of NanaOn-Sha

    Naughty Dog

    Christopher Balestra, co-president Naughty Dog


    Evan Wells, co-president Naughty Dog

    NCSoft

    Richard Garriott, Executive Producer at NCSoft

    NetDevil

    Scott Brown, President of NetDevil


    Peter Grundy, Art Director of NetDevil


    Ryan Seabury, NetDevil Lead Producer on LEGO Universe

    Neversoft Entertainment

    Alan Flores, lead designer at Neversoft


    Brian Bright, senior producer at Neversoft


    Nolan Nelson, character art director at Neversoft

    Ninja Theory

    Mike Ball, co-founder Ninja Theory

    Pandemic Studios

    Andrew Goldman, co-founder and co-general manager of Pandemic Studios


    Josh Resnick, co-founder and co-general manager of Pandemic Studios

    Petroglyph Games

    Mike Legg, president of Petroglyph Games


    Adam Isgreen, Creative Director of Petroglyph Games


    Chris Ainsworth, Community Manager of Petroglyph Games


    Nick Teasdale, 3D artist at Petroglyph Games

    THQ

    Scott Rogers, Creative Manager at THQ

    Q Entertainment

    Tetsuya Mizuguchi, founder Q Entertainment

    JOURNALISTS

    Blue's News

    Stephen Heaslip

    BoingBoing

    Joel Johnson


    Xeni Jardin

    EGM

    Dan Hsu

    The Escapist

    Russ Pitts

    GameLife

    Susan Arendt

    Joystiq

    Kyle Orland

    Kotaku

    Brian Crecente


    Brian Ashcraft


    Michael Fahey


    Luke Plunkett


    Flynn De Marco


    Maggie Greene


    Tori Floyd

    MTV

    Stephen Totilo

    Slashdot Games

    Michael Zenke

    VE3D

    Robert Howarth

    VH1

    Harold Goldberg

    INDUSTRY FOLK

    Jamil Moledina, director of the Game Developers Conference


    Jason Della Rocca, executive director of the International Game Developers Association

    MISCELLANIES
    I AM 8-BIT

    Jon M. Gibson, founder of I AM 8-BIT Art show

    Penny Arcade

    Jerry Holkins, writer of Penny Arcade and Tycho Brahe alter ego


    Mike Krahulik, artist of Penny Arcade and Gabe alter ego

    Whorecraft

    Dez, World of Whorecraft pornography producer

    Video Games Live

    Tommy Tallarico, co-creator, executive producer, and host of Video Games Live

    Which writer’s father bought a Playstation 3 specifically to play Grand Theft Auto 4?


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