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Stephen Totilo's Blog of Games
Played it. Talked to some people. Wrote about it. 
me-vs.-n'gai: The "Halo 3" debate (part three -- the final one -- in which I kill a fly and learn the true spirit of "Halo") [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 5/31/2007 10:46 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me-vs.-n'gai: The "Halo 3" debate (part two) [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 5/30/2007 2:31 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV Exclusive: The other shoe drops -- arcade legend Billy Mitchell speaks out on "The King of Kong," the documentary that has earned him widepsread scorn [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 5/30/2007 8:02 AM | View Comments (10) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: The "Donkey Kong" High Score Controversy: Which Side Do You Believe? (The first of two exclusive reports based on the lauded "King of Kong") [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 5/29/2007 3:23 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: I ask. Sony answers. "Is PS3 bowling a Wii rip-off?" "Why are screenshots in game ads so tiny?" "When will sports games end?" and more [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 5/22/2007 9:25 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Proud of the pain -- Cory Barlog on making Kratos violent and on the time the “God of War” team went too far [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 5/21/2007 5:22 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: "Aegis Wing" or "Age of Swing"? - The Xbox Interns Explain Their Game, Justify It's Name, Speak of J Allard's Benevolence [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 5/16/2007 10:44 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: The Three "Halo 3" Commandments For Everyone Who Plays The Beta, According To Bungie [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 5/14/2007 10:16 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Matt Groening, "Simpsons" writers talk about "The Simpsons Game" (and I add in a note about irony) [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 5/10/2007 6:26 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: "Advent Rising" creator Donald Mustard on "Undertow," reaction to his last game and Hollywood follies (PLUS drawings he made when he was 10 ... and Jaffe on Mustard) [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 5/8/2007 5:28 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: The strange intersection of "Grand Theft Auto" and Grant Morrison's toilet (plus... what in the world is "Citizen Death"?) [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 5/1/2007 4:12 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: "The Sims" as art -- a report and photos from New York's game-inspired museum show [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 4/24/2007 6:33 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: "Super Paper Mario" writers talk about making fun of game nerds and wishing they wrote that line about the DS Lite oven differently [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 4/17/2007 7:14 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Staten Island, stand up! [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 4/12/2007 6:59 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: The Best Worst Games List of All Time? [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 4/10/2007 6:12 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Not a Cooking Mama press release [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 4/5/2007 6:21 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: "Made Man" writer says video games are too violent for the mafia [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 4/3/2007 7:36 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: That "GTA IV" trailer and one conspicuous omission (I think) [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 3/30/2007 5:17 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Two stories you heard about? Mario and Sonic and Elite [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 3/28/2007 5:35 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Hunting for a great video-game one-liner.... and it's not "Do you know where I can find some sailors?" [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 3/27/2007 10:02 AM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me(almost)onMTV: A bunch of GDC video stuff to watch -- Harrison, Miyamoto, Perry, Molyneux, Swift, Tycho [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 3/27/2007 9:46 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Did you hear about those 5 guys who picked the 10 best games for the Library of Congress? I made them explain themselves -- text and video [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 3/23/2007 4:21 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Most unusual idea at GDC -- teaching English as a Second Language with "World of Warcraft" [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 3/20/2007 10:28 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
MTV Multiplayer: True science -- "Medal of Honor" proven to NOT make you a worse driver [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 3/20/2007 9:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: For the PS2, it was Saddam. For the PS3, it's curing diseases [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 3/15/2007 4:51 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Zelda's Eiji Aonuma on block puzzles and starting off without the bow and arrow ... Every. Single. Time. [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 3/15/2007 4:21 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: GDC student games you can -- and should -- download [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 3/13/2007 3:47 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: PlayStation Home -- some questions [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 3/9/2007 4:51 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: GDC Report -- how games can help cemeteries, suffering children and an oil crisis [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 3/6/2007 1:16 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: EA's music exec Steve Schnur on downloadable music, the decline of hip-hop, EA making a rhythm game (soon!) and more [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 3/1/2007 7:14 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
MTV Multiplayer: One small step for sports games -- one big difference for me ("MLB07: The Show" edition) [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 2/28/2007 6:00 PM | View Comments (9) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Would you like to play an RPG set in the music industry? A bedroom programmer in Michigan has you covered [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 2/27/2007 10:53 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@podcast: I go on and on and on in MP3 format [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 2/22/2007 7:28 PM | View Comments (11) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Could you pass a level design test? (plus some non-news on "Halo DS" and "Crimson Skies 2") [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 2/20/2007 12:32 PM | View Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime on DS shortages, "Mother 3," N'Gai Croal, "Nintendo Power" on the VC and more [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 2/16/2007 10:16 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Another Gamecock story? Indeed, but mine's got some funny quotes about big game companies gone bad [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 2/15/2007 3:45 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Black Site's Harvey Smith says: "We're getting a lot of people saying, 'I can't believe you're touching this subject matter.' And I'm like, 'I can't believe you're not.' " [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 2/13/2007 12:19 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: DICE report (Spore, Lowenstein, Harrison... Eggebrecht?) [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 2/9/2007 11:21 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Justin Davis on covering gaming's least glamorous beat: "They say, 'I feel sorry for you'." ; plus Crackdown creator David Jones on the lack of female super-cops [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 2/6/2007 11:37 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Crackdown's David Jones on the Halo 3 pack-in, pushing the Achievements envelope, rigging the Live demo, and the fear of no one playing your game [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 2/5/2007 10:54 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: "Dance Dance Revolution" in West Virginia's gym classes ... how's that working out? Gym teacher "Frisky" Lambert tells all. [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 2/1/2007 11:51 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: BioShock's Ken Levine on the one book and one movie game designers know; PLUS why he envies Cliffy B's ability to punch people in the nose [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 1/30/2007 11:04 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Microsoft exec talks Vista, whether it really messes with small developers and wooing Kojima to PC [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 1/26/2007 12:04 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Guitar Hero's Dusty Welch talks GH for the Wii, for handhelds, Xbox Live Marketplace and other stuff. The truth is in there... somewhere [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 1/25/2007 12:15 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: EA surprises -- including how their XBLA game plays; how the Geometry Wars creator was involved... and what's Pogo Island? [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 1/23/2007 11:05 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: "World of Warcraft" designer on the future of the series -- video capture, shorter dungeons, the influence of Animal Crossing and Second Life and... player-generated housing? [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 1/18/2007 11:14 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Corpses everywhere! What should game developers do with all these dead bodies? [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 1/16/2007 11:09 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Slamdance organizer says the bail-outs won't matter; he won't reinstate the Columbine game [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 1/9/2007 6:24 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Raph Koster talks about the future of MMOs, why they aren't as fun as they should be, and explains a VERY unusual phrase [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 1/9/2007 11:10 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Iraqi gamer on playing as American soldiers: "We are impressed by your guns." [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 1/8/2007 10:11 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Ecko reviews his year in games... the PSP bummed him out and -- if only -- Getting Up was 6 hours long, which is what he wanted [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 12/20/2006 11:10 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Microsoft shows off the PS3; shows which system has better snow; says 50MB cap for Live Arcade games not locked in for good [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 12/19/2006 10:17 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Phil Harrison, for one hour and four minutes, on PS3 in 2006, the future of gaming on the platform, the main problem with PSP (not what you're thinking), how "Bully" affected his job and lots more [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 12/18/2006 12:04 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Burger King and Blitz on BK Games: ""It very much wasn't an adver-gaming initiative. " -- PLUS ... word of new content for the BK games on XBLA [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 12/14/2006 4:05 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Meet the 23-year-old president of his very own video game company [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 12/12/2006 5:17 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: NES collectors sell PS3s and lightning-struck wood to build the ultimate Nintendo collection; plus what did that Omegathon guy do with his prize of every NES game ever made? [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 12/11/2006 1:03 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
me@MTV: Bob Ross Inc. comments on status of Bob Ross Wii game [Read Article]
Posted by Stephen Totilo at 12/6/2006 6:28 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)