Posts by Stephen Totilo
PlayStation

Do All Of May’s PlayStation 3 Exclusives Have The Same Cover?

I just got copies of May PlayStation 3 exclusives Sorcery and Starhawk.


In Real Life

In Defence Of Perfect Scores

You will see, occasionally, the complaint that a video game has been given a perfect score. 10/10. 5/5. All five stars. The complaint tends to be that there are too many of these perfect numbers. These scores must come, the thinking goes, from easily impressed reviewers who are as full of bias as they are breathless.


PC

Call Of Duty Makers Say Controversial Oliver North Helped Make Their Game More Authentic

Lt Col Oliver North is a polarising figure in American history and, we found out, earlier this month, an advisor on the next huge Call of Duty game, Black Ops II. North isn’t your average video game consultant. He was one of the main actors in the Iran-Contra scandal that wracked America in the ’80s.


PC

Why The Next Call Of Duty Still Has A Singleplayer Campaign

Call of Duty was always popular but became a cultural phenomenon only in 2007 thanks to a revised multiplayer system that hooked players with a then-innovative ability-unlocking level-based system.


Nintendo

This Great Video Game Trailer Is Incredibly Upsetting

Most video game trailers flirt. They tell you: If you play this game, you will feel awesome. The new live-action trailer for Metro: Last Light doesn’t do that. It’s here to make you sad.


In Real Life

Survey For Games Journalism Awards Is Itself Award-Worthy

The people at the National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers have sent me a survey in an email that was topped with the deceptive subject line “Game Reporter of the Year?”


PC

Go Try Angry Birds On Facebook. It’s Different Today.

Angry Birds on Facebook is now Angry Birds Friends, a re-naming that will either horrify you or launch a new Facebook gaming addiction.


PC

I Was Impressed By Company Of Heroes 2′s Fire And Snow

The physical feature that most impressed players of the first great Company of Heroes real-time strategy game was the earth. In combat, under the impact of a grenade or tank shell, it cratered.


PC

I Played XCOM: Enemy Unknown With An Xbox Controller. It Works.

Given its pedigree, you might expect XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the October-scheduled throwback to a classic computer strategy, to be playable only by mouse and keyboard.


PlayStation

Sony Web Address For Next PlayStation Doesn’t Work Anymore

Above, an image screencapped on my computer the day this past March when we broke the news that the so-called PlayStation 4 is codenamed Orbis.