By: Kevin Larrabee

Today at GameTrailers I spent most of my time decorating the new offices (the move takes place next week). The guys from “I Am 8-Bit” have been given the duty of decorating the new offices and already the place looks amazing. The best way I could put it is that it is clear that this office has to do with video games. I will post pictures after we move in two weeks from now.

I needed to give that back-story to setup the lesson that I learned today. Jeremy Hoffman (the produced of Game Trailers TV) brought some guests up to the office to show them around. When I saw the four people that accompanied Jeremy I instantly had a smile on my face. The four were Geoff Keighley of Game Trailers TV, N’Gai Croal of Newsweek, Brian Crecente of Kotaku, and Stephen Totlio of the MTV Multiplayer Blog. If you follow the video game industry at all, you know these people, because they are the ones who’s work provides said news. I honestly didn’t know what to do; these guys are celebrities to me. Since moving to Santa Monica I have seen Tim Medows of SNL, Junior Seau from the New England Patriots and the Rock, personally, none of them compare to this quartet I saw today.

As they walked around the floor and checked out the paintings on the wall I tried to decided if I should approach the group and say how it is an honor to meet them and how I was a huge fan of all of their work. After four or five minutes the group left floor two and exited the building, I never had the courage to approach them. I regretted that decision so much that I was compelled to write this blog post tonight. You never know when and where you will learn life lessons, you can even learn them at GameTrailers!

Lesson Learned
-Kevin Larrabee