stephen totilo
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Despite Pandemic, Gaming CEOs Made An Obscene Amount Of Money In 2020
In 2020, as the world grappled with a paradigmatic societal shift in the form of a globe-spanning pandemic, chief executives of the biggest gaming companies collectively brought home close to $US1 (A$1.39) billion. That’s according to a new report from market intelligence firm Games One, which collates a handful of key metrics regarding the video…
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What Phil Spencer Can’t Tell You About Elder Scrolls VI Exclusivity
When the hotly-anticipated open world sci-fi RPG Starfield comes out next year it won’t be coming to PS4 or PS5. That’s a fact that seemed obvious the second Microsoft announced it was buying publisher Bethesda over a year ago in a groundbreaking $US7.5 (A$10.32) billion deal, but it took the Xbox team until just a…
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Far Cry 6’s Treasure Hunts Are The Best Part Of The Game
A few nights ago, while playing Far Cry 6, I arrived at a small beachside shack that was surrounded by a tall fence. Inside I found notes about a man who was being terrorised by a mongoose. When he finally caught it, he trapped it in his shed behind his home while he picked up…
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Billy Mitchell’s Old Website Now Debunks His Controversial Pac-Man High Scores
If nothing else, you’ve gotta respect the bit. Billy Mitchell, the so-called “video game player of the century,” appears to have let ownership over his old website, perfectpacman.com, lapse some years ago. Now someone else has commandeered the domain, and is using it to publish a multipart investigation into the oft-questioned legitimacy of Mitchell’s world-record…