Darren Gladstone

I'm HP's Blogger-in-Chief. I'm also a writer of nerdly words, imbiber of things & player of games. A couple things I've done...that I can still remember:

-Tried being a "straight-up" PR dude.

-Posed as a Wall Street Trader to get a girl's phone number.

-Took a train trip across country.

-Moved on a dare with two duffle bags.

-Tore up an office cube. More than once.

-Got knocked over by Stan Lee.

-Sold enough lemonade so that I could see Star Wars 14 times during the summer of 1977 (Back when Han shot first).

-Broke no less than 40 peripherals while playing games.

-Own over 50 hats.

-Got my dad to "Follow in my footsteps" (After retirement, he tried his hand at journalism. He became an awesome music critic).

-For my first sushi-eating experience (at 26, mind you) I mistook wasabi for mint ice cream. It wasn't pretty.

....and I worked as a goofy, nerdy journalist for 15 years. Yep, I got paid to play games -- and with the latest tech -- and tell people about it.