Posts by Stephen Totilo

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Notebook Dump: Excuse Time

11:00AM Stephen Totilo | Today’s Notebook Dump is different. More »
Hands On

Review Round-Up: Assassin’s Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2 And More

9:00AM Stephen Totilo | We reviewed a bunch of games this week on Kotaku and dare I note that the sequels had a better batting average than the originals? More »
Rumours

Mysterious New 2K Games Shooter Teased By Spike [Updated]

8:20AM Stephen Totilo | The Spike TV Video Game Awards will once again double as an E3 as new games are revealed and new trailers are unveiled. Halo: Reach is coming. As is whatever this game is, teased first on Kotaku right now. More »
Hands On

Art Style Digidrive Micro-Review: The Superiority Of Video Games

5:40AM Stephen Totilo | I’m sure opera, movies and cave paintings are fine forms of entertainment, but can any of them derive fun from such a mundane activity as directing traffic? More »
Culture

Old News ‘90: Nintendo Says NES Final Fantasy Is Geared To Adults

10:40AM Stephen Totilo | We’ve been writing about Final Fantasy this week, so how about we study how people used to write about this huge franchise. Like back in 1990, when the first game was coming to America. How did people/Nintendo explain it? More »
Hands On

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Impressions

8:00AM Stephen Totilo | Pick your selling point for the next Final Fantasy on Wii: Single-player with a deep story? Sort of is 75 per cent mini-games? Can lift cow and use udders over character’s head to shoot enemies? The last big game of the year? More »
News

At Least One Twist, One Upgrade For Kane & Lynch 2

5:40AM Stephen Totilo | This time you’re Lynch, and you’ve got online co-op More »
Regulars

This Week In Video Game Comics

11:00AM Stephen Totilo | Just two gaming comics hit shops in the US this week, including the final all-faction World of Warcraft comic. In January, Wildstorm will start publishing Alliance and Horde WoW comics. I wonder which will be more popular. More »
News

What Were Dick Cheney And Donald Rumsfeld Trying To Tell You?

10:30AM Stephen Totilo | If you’ve played Modern Warfare 2 — and if you’ve died at any point in the game’s campaign — you may have received an inspirational quote from John F. Kennedy. Of course. But what were Cheney and Rumsfeld talking about? More »
News

Spike Video Game Awards Nominees Announced

10:00AM Stephen Totilo | We here at Kotaku get to vote in the Spike VGAs. Nominations were made public today. Predict winners and complain about omissions below. The awards air live on Spike on December 12. More »