Stephen Totilo

Review Round-Up: Sticks, Might & Magic, Silent Hill And More

We reviewed a fight stick and a flight stick this week, plus the latest in some beloved franchises. Other stuff too. Check out our weekly round-up of everything we reviewed. Rock Band Wireless Wooden Fender Stratocaster Review: No Turning Back In which Michael Fahey is slightly embarrassed for other people. Might & Magic: Clash of…

Day Note Puzzle Fun Counting Challenge

To: Luke Smith From; Totilo re: Driving On the Right Side Of The Road If there’s one thing people say to me every day, it’s not “Why doesn’t Kotaku make games?’ But if they did say that, I’d respond that, at least today, we’ve done this. We’ve made a game for you to play. Yoo…

Gawker Media Seeking Comments Interns

Kaila Hale-Stern, the comments czar of Gawker Media (hey, that’s our parent company!) is seeking the few, the proud, the potential comments interns. Preferably located in New York City. Info below: Gawker Media seeks a few brave interns to work in comments and serve our beloved communities. The interns will work on behind-the-scenes administrative tasks…

One Developer’s Reaction To A Graphic Aliens Vs Predator Screenshot

Yesterday Kotaku ran a graphic screenshot from the upcoming Aliens Vs. Predator game. Past the old arguments about whether gaming violence is imitated emerged a conversation about aesthetics, taste and limits. All sides made strong points. One developer e-mailed me. This developer is not working on Aliens Vs. Predator but asked to stay anonymous as…

Dementium II Preview: A Metroid With Dread

They’re mixing Metroid with Resident Evil again, and gamers who want to play an M-rated game like that on the DS just might have to give the makers of Dementium II some thanks. During subway rides and at home for the past couple of days, I’ve been stealing some time to play a preview build…

Pay $1194 To Dress Like Modern Warfare 2’s Soap MacTavish

The good people at Complex have cross-referenced Modern Warfare 2 with real-life fashion catalogs and determined how much it would cost to dress like some of the game’s stars. Our very own Michael McWhertor says it would be cheaper to join the military, but he surely knows that time = money. Some of us don’t…

Take Two: Grand Theft Auto Episodes Market “Smaller Than Initially Expected”

The Xbox-exclusive episodic expansions to Grand Theft Auto IV received positive reviews (including from us), but one of the heads of GTA publisher Take-Two Interactive indicated yesterday some disappointment with their performance. “Both we and [Xbox-maker] Microsoft believe there was a big market for GTA IV episodic content,” company CEO Ben Feder said during a…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

The Dreamcast duel pictured here goes too far today. Otherwise, all is well. Comment here about video games, please. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

How About That 2011?

To: Ashcraft From: Totilo Re: Hey Facebook, What’s With All The Spam? Were you asking me if I like egg nog? You weren’t, but yeah, I do. The store-bought kind. My mother-in-law made me some once and it had vodka (I think) in it. Vodka? Something alcoholic. I didn’t like that. Speaking of which, it’s…

Two Million Borderlands, 33 Games And One Mystery Title

Announcing no release date changes but allowing for some speculation about an unannounced 2010 game, Grand Theft Auto publisher Take Two Interactive held its last investors’ conference call of the calendar year. And Borderlands, it reiterated, is a franchise. The purpose of the call was to announce Take Two’s financial performance in the final quarter…

Red Dead Redemption Keeps The West Looking Good

New screenshots of Red Dead Redemption rolled into town this week. We’ve got a gallery, to go with our latest preview from earlier in the week.

Does Australia Have A Point?

This is a possibly not-safe-for-work screenshot of the upcoming Aliens Vs. Predator, which has currently been denied a rating in Australia due, apparently, for gore. Click the image to enlarge.

The Most Common Achievement And Trophy Names

Not all Xbox 360 Achievements or PlayStation 3 Trophies have unique names. Many, in fact, have the same name. Gaming site Giant Bomb figured out the most common ones. The Giant Bomb guys put one of their engineers on the case, having him trawl through data collected by their website. The site tracks Achievements, Trophies…

Aliens Vs. Predator Multiplayer Preview: Switching Bodies, Hunting

I played as an Alien, a Predator and a Marine last night in eight-player locally-linked Xbox 360 matches of Sega’s upcoming game. And it’s not like I panicked too many times. The early-2010, Rebellion-developed AvP game may be a sequel, but it is the first game in the series that I’ve played. The three-way species…

Kotaku Zelda Contest Reminder: $1000, Signed DSi System Could Be Yours

We recently announced our grandest contest ever, a search for the biggest Zelda fan in North or South America. This is your reminder that you have until 12/31 to enter. Contest details here. Read them, enter, and good luck!

No Need To Import Heavy Rain In America

Americans who prefer to play uncensored games had to import the European version of the last video game developed by the makers of 2010 PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavy Rain. So did fans of sex scenes. But the content fiascoes of that older game, called Indigo Prophecy in the U.S. and Fahrenheit in its native Europe,…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

A third day of Dreamcast dueling above, and yet another day of your comments about games, below…Join in. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

Predator’s Calling

To: BA From: ST Re: AMR? A? Can’t take a one-year-old to the movies, huh? Yeah, I hear you. I mean, I HEAR you. And your kid! Have you ever been “that parent,” the one with the noisy kid in the plane or in the movie theater? I always feel so bad for those parent(s),…

A Revamp, For Print

New cover for the latest major video game magazine makeover, as seen on GamePro.com.

Randy Pitchford Teased Borderlands Vehicle Ideas, Noted PC Concerns And Handled Your Calls

For 70 minutes today Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford was game to talk about anything and everything you could throw at him, and even indulged my ridiculous questions about robbing banks and talking to Old Navy employees. Download it all now. Catch Pitchford on all that, plus his take on the game industry’s crediting practices and…