Night into daytime: behind the scenes at CES through the lenses of Verge staff

Looking back on a very eventful CES

by James Bareham

Jan 13, 2018, 8:30 PM UTC

CES 2018 may not officially end until tomorrow (January 14th) but The Verge team has already packed our bags and left the warmth of Las Vegas for home. But as we unplugged our Ethernet cables, tried to find the many missing lens caps, and wondered what on earth we were going to do with what looked like a hundred bottles of water that had somehow accumulated in the fridge, we also took the time to pool some of our favorite behind-the-scenes photos taken during what has turned out to be a very eventful CES.

Dieter Bohn and Phil Esposito on stage for the Intel keynote rehearsal

Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge

Dani Deahl with Cash Cash, (left to right) DJs Alex Makhlouf, Sam Frisch, and Jean Paul Makhlouf

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge

(left to right) Sophie Erickson, Phil Esposito, Sarah Bishop, Dani Deahl, Becca Farsace and James Bareham play table football in the Gibson tent

Photo by Helen Havlak / The Verge

Chaim Gartenberg makes a new little friend

Photo by Tyler Pina / The Verge

Verge video team keeping fit Vegas style

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Are Dieter’s friends electric?

Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge

Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn and Circuit Breaker live show producer, Creighton DeSimone on set for rehearsals.

Photo by Lauren Goode / The Verge

Mr HQ himself, Scott Rogowsky joins Ashley Carman and Lauren Goode on the Circuit Breaker set

Photo by Anon

Sophie Erickson asking for confirmation that this is indeed a sandwich

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

HQ Mania sets in

Photo by Natt Garun / The Verge

Rain stops Google play (pun intended)

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge

But it stopped raining eventually

Photo by Sophie Erickson / The Verge

Alix Diaconis sets up a casino floor edit suite

Photo by Tom Connors / The Verge

Everyone hates Ricker’s ‘station’

Photo by Natt Garun / The Verge

Mariya takes her ‘station’ outside

Photo by Dami Lee / The Verge

Verge trailer in full fish-eye effect

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Dieter reviews his photos

Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge

Pepcom work station

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Vjeran takes his coffee break in the rain

Photo by Ruben Salvadori / The Verge

Tyler and Mariya stop for a quick massage

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge

Dan on a mission to buy all the power strips in Las Vegas

Photo by Natt Garun / The Verge

(left to right) Lauren Goode, Sam Sheffer, Paige Bethmann, and Ashley Carman prepare for the Circuit Breaker Live show

Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge

Dan Seifert addresses the trailer while Andrew Marino listens to something else

Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge

Vlad Savov takes advantage of the “laptop in a trash can” photo opportunity

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Ruben Salvadori has very on brand mirror sunglasses

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge

The Verge CES dinner 2018

Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge

Ashley Carman picks the red option

Sam Byford tests the old addage “If the shoe fits...”

Nilay finds a fountain

Photo by Ruben Salvadori / The Verge

Ordering take out from the back of a stretch limo is an acquired skill

Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge

Tom Connors chooses the smaller Marguerita on the menu

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge

Sam Byford, Dani Deahl, Dieter Bohn and Thomas Ricker prepare to drink scorpion shots which, as the name suggests, come complete with a real (and slightly dead) scorpion in each glass

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge