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Watch Marshawn Lynch shoot fake guns in a motion-capture suit for Call of Duty: Black Ops III

Watch Marshawn Lynch shoot fake guns in a motion-capture suit for Call of Duty: Black Ops III

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"He better have dreads, gold teeth, and my distinctive walk. Then people will be like, 'Oh, that's really Beast Mode right there!'"

Here's the situation. Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch (aka Beast Mode) is drinking beer and smoking hookah with a few people at a bar in Singapore (c. 2065) when in walks a few "bosses," prompting everyone to stand up and start shooting each other. It's a video game, after all; that's what video characters do.

That's the gist of the scene where you'll find Lynch (or at least the character he's playing) in Call of Duty: Black Ops III. ESPN joined the Super Bowl XLVIII winner as he spent the day acting out gun battles in a mo-cap suit in what's maybe the best photo gallery I've seen in a long time.

You can watch a 57-second teaser video at ESPN for a behind-the-scenes look at the capture process... or you can watch the most important six seconds about nine or ten times. Your call: