Who is this Man? (FINAL UPDATE)

I've been a hardcore video game enthusiast for well over a decade now, and I like to think that I'm pretty good at recognizing the Who's Who of the industry. But at PAX East last week I kept running into a person that I couldn't identify. And while this certainly isn't surprising at a public gaming convention, I was amazed by how many people were taking pictures of him. I took a lot of my own pictures at PAX, and he kept showing up in those as well!

Below is a photo I found of him by happenstance whilst browsing the Internet. I know the picture isn't very clear, but I'm pretty sure this was him at PAX East. I would have posted my own pictures of him from show floor, but I left my camera at work. I will update the post when I go grab it.

If anyone has anymore info or pictures of this man, please email me at bradsimons@4playerpodcast.com. It's driving me crazy!

UPDATE!!!

I've received a butt load of emails with attached pictures from others who attended PAX. All i know is that this person is named "Carlos", and that for some reason a lot of people wanted to take his picture. I thought I left my camera at work, but it isn't there either. This will start making a lot more sense as soon as I find my camera and post my pictures.

Did this "Carlos" person design a game or something? Everywhere I went, someone was taking his picture. I will get to the bottom of this. Anyway, here are the pictures I received from various people:

FINAL UPDATE!!!

I've found my camera and have uploaded my pictures from PAX East. I wasn't lying when I said this man was popular! I've posted the pictures I took that seem to match up with the ones I received. Every time I ran into this "Carlos" at PAX, someone awesome was taking his picture. And now I have proof!

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I spotted the Crimson Viper from the world of Street Fighting taking a picture of this famous "Carlos" person. After he left, I asked her who he was. All she said was that he is known as "Hadouken" in the streets. I was like "wuh?". She said, "...because he's down, right, fierce."

I'm not surprised that Mr. T was at PAX East. He probably thought there was another WoW expansion coming out. What was surprising was seeing him snap a picture of this mysterious Carlos. Maybe Carlos was the lost member of the A Team?

I even witnessed the brilliant designer, Chris Hecker, taking his picture while I was visiting his Spy Party booth. Perhaps this Carlos worked with him on a project in the past? Maybe Carlos was his mentor?

How does Greg Kasavin, former EIC of Gamespot and designer on Bastion, know who this Carlos person is, but I don't? Maybe Carlos is the man behind Bastion's brilliant voice-over.

It's one thing to bring your giant mech to a public game convention. But stopping to take pictures? That's dangerous! And of this Carlos person?! WHO IS HE???

Okay, seriously. Portal 2 is going to be the greatest game in all of the forever. Really, like the greatest game of all time in the universe. So why in the world would project lead, Josh Weier, need to take a picture of this Carlos guy?

I decided to stop by the Mega 64 booth for an autograph. After all, who is more popular than the Mega 64 crew? BAH! I thought no one could ever be. But sure enough, even Rocco felt the need to take a quick snap of Carlos.

This is ridiculous. Where does a storm trooper even keep a camera?

A Big Daddy is bursting through the wall and Elizabeth from Bioshock: Infinite just has to have a picture of Carlos? This Carlos guy must truly be legendary if she is willing to take such risks.










I went to go visit MC Frontalot and tried to get a quick picture of him. He covered his face when he saw me about to snap his picture. Apparently, I'm not worthy of his photograph. Carlos on the other hand? He's famous enough to get his picture taken by him.

Carlos had no idea a creeper was right behind him. Shortly after this picture was taken, the creeper exploded. This was the last I saw of Carlos. I wasn't brave enough to approach Carlos myself, but if I ever see him again, I'll be sure to take his picture. The hunt continues!

Oh, and that first picture at the top? The photographer of this very blurry photo is none other than Tim Schafer of Double Fine! I wish I knew how this brilliant man has heard of Carlos. And why is he making Carlos do a tiger pose?