Stephen Totilo's discussions

To be clear, the expansion is confined to a new region of the world. And the grappling hook and glider make it very easy to travel around in it quickly. You’re not exploring the areas that the main game took place in. Read more

Playing games after the crowd moves on can be really satisfying. You get to experience the game without much outside distraction and with the benefit of all the inevitable patches. Once you can get it, have fun! Read more

There was an empty chair where I was supposed to have been. Read more

I think we’re going to go pro-Trump. Read more

Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus. To my kids. Every night. Hasn’t gotten old yet, 400+ days and counting. Read more

Bethesda PR continues to act as if we don’t exist. When the head of the company went to that violent video game meeting with Trump, I asked them for comment, as we tend to do for other stories we do. They couldn’t be bothered to reply. This was never simply a review copy thing. It’s about replying to any reporting… Read more

Mike is getting long-term care to help him recover and is improving bit by bit. He’s got a long way to go, and because of his treatment isn’t able to speak yet or do extensive physical therapy. But he’s been able to see a lot of the warm reactions to our post about his health troubles. He had a birthday recently and… Read more

Yeah, I played those long ago. I didn’t love Dream Team, had been liking Paper Jam more but by the time I was really getting into it, the Superstar Saga remake was coming out and I was really curious about the Bowser’s Minions mode. I played a good chunk of that and yet I don’t even know if I’ll return to that before… Read more

My kids were born right before RE7 came out, and I just don’t know when I’ll ever get to it. There’s a good chance I might be sitting that one out and just playing RE8 instead. Read more

Sure, though I found that I could frame a lot of nice shots in that game without using it. I took a ton of screenshots for that game. Of course, they’re full of UI stuff. Read more

I think it’s that people felt burnt by the previous game. Both Assassin’s Creed IV and Assassin’s Creed Syndicate are considered to be strong entries in their franchises, but both apparently didn’t sell as well as Ubisoft hoped, likely because of disappointment over ACIII and AC Unity, which preceded them. Both III… Read more

It’s very good. My favorite Uncharted. All that’s good about the previous games with some of the fat trimmed. It’s only about 10 hours long, mind you, if that makes a difference. Read more

It was a mistake. I’ve explained more thoroughly in another comment under this post. We’re sorry. Read more

Not intentional and something I’ve spent Saturday morning trying to sort out. Read more

Yes, some elements in the house respond to how you tilt the system. Read more

The Polygon article and some of our sources (ones we’ve heard from before and after our article was published) have left the door open for some sort of new co-op-centric experience possibly taking the place of the traditional solo campaign. While you could argue that that might just be the Black Ops 3 campaign all… Read more

I don’t play PvP. I’m into PvE. So it’s less of an issue for me if the game’s PvP scene shrivels up. That’ll stink for the people who enjoy Crucible (or who want to enjoy Crucible). But I suspect that by this summer and fall those of us who favor the PvE stuff will still find enough other players running around in the… Read more

Whoops! That’s what I get for checking twitter during loading screens. Read more

Bonus: For those interested in this topic, there was a great issue of the Grant Morrison comic The Invisibles that told the life story of one of the enemy grunts who the series’ chief protagonist blithely killed several issues earlier. Read more

Oh yes, it’s all in the Animus! I feel better now. Thank you. Read more