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Stephen Totilo, Editor-in-Chief is leaving Kotaku
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Yep. And we will see in just a month what he will be doing next. Still... I asked myself often, when he would left with all the shit that is still going on at G/O Media
Wow. He had a great run. It's sad that Kotaku soft-collapsed toward the end there. Really curious to see where he's headed.
It's almost impressive how GMG so quickly destroyed so many beloved sites and pretty much made all the talented journalists leave. I'm honestly convinced that the tanking of GMG is some sort of elaborate tax write off or some shit because I just cannot believe that the management at the new parent company is just that fucking stupid.
Anyway, best of luck to Stephen Totilo, he's a great journalist and Kotaku really did pretty well under his leadership
Anyway, best of luck to Stephen Totilo, he's a great journalist and Kotaku really did pretty well under his leadership
Totilo was very good for Kotaku from an ethical standpoint. I have a great deal of respect for his work there as the EIC.
Oh damn.
Excited to see where he ends up next, but now that feels like the beginning of the end for Kotaku. Plenty good folk came and went but he always seemed to find more talented people. Who knows, now that's he's left.
Excited to see where he ends up next, but now that feels like the beginning of the end for Kotaku. Plenty good folk came and went but he always seemed to find more talented people. Who knows, now that's he's left.
That's an unbelievable tenure for a volatile industry. Game Informer mainstays are the only comparable I can draw, and even that changed recently.
He seemed to be a great EIC and shepherded a lot of talented people. I think it just weighs on you in that position when the new owners seem intent on destroying everything and you can't do anything stop them. You want to stick around for the people below and act as a shield but oh can't do that forever.
Fantastic run though. A lot to be proud of.
Fantastic run though. A lot to be proud of.
He's come a long way since being, in my mind, 'that MTV guy.' It couldn't have been easy keeping Kotaku up and running, and seems he spent most of the last few years battling the owners. Can't blame him for wanting to move on. 9 years as EIC is a long time for any publication.
Felt inevitable, but I'm proud of him for sticking it out with their new owners even with so many staff departures in the last two years. Really enjoyed his era. Best of luck to him. Looking forward to seeing where he lands.
Good luck to him on his upcoming adventures. He was such a step up from who was running the website before him. He made it respectable.
He had a good run. It's not easy keeping a bunch of personalities working together effectively as a team, and doing it for that long is commendable.
Peter Tieryas guesting on a weekend is really the only reason i visit anymore
It really isn't all that confusing - Spanfeller turned Forbes into an ad-ridden, contributor-driven hellhole that printed money because the internet is dumb. He's just trying to run back the exact same playbook and it may yet still work.
MTV is still the first thing I think of when I see his name. I don't even know how he popped up on my radar initially. Time has flown by.
I hope he enjoys his break and it will be interesting to see where he lands.
Anyone else remember this pre-Totilo Kotaku article?
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God that was so embarassing. Totilo really cleaned up the place.
Five Steps to Total Pwnage of a Gamer Girl's Heart
So you're at your local LAN tournament and you're totally stoked about playing World of Warcraft, Unreal Tournament, or Halo for the next 48 hours straight.
kotaku.com
God that was so embarassing. Totilo really cleaned up the place.
Wish him the best of luck on his new adventure.
Personally I cant even go to Kotaku anymore. Their site design reminds me of one of those soap dirt websites, where its just barfing content and images at you, to the point you cant tell what is an article and what is an ad
Personally I cant even go to Kotaku anymore. Their site design reminds me of one of those soap dirt websites, where its just barfing content and images at you, to the point you cant tell what is an article and what is an ad
This was a Totilo shot to the gut I wasn't expecting.
His crowning gaming achievement outside of editorial was sitting in an airport and inspiring Nintendo to create the Switch hybrid console.
Joking aside, best of luck in the next position.
His crowning gaming achievement outside of editorial was sitting in an airport and inspiring Nintendo to create the Switch hybrid console.
Joking aside, best of luck in the next position.
When I think of "most valuable editors" in this industry, Totilo's at the top. Nobody out there has done more to completely right a site's ship while straddling the tricky line between serious journalism and worth-coming-back silliness. you_dropped_this_king.jpg
I remember pre 2009 kotaku was so trash it was a banned site back on GAF. Totilo sure did cleaned up the place.
Was just having this conversation with a friend. This was the go-to site for a lot of us through the years, and now it feels like its just Fahey and Plunkett left. I don't mean that as an offense to any of the other current writers on staff, just you get familiar with the folks who's work you like to checkout.
Great EIC. Not without some stumbles, of course. But over his tenure he hired a really talented, diverse team of writers, many of whom I still follow on Twitter today.
I always loved his eventual Assassins Creed reviews. And of course, the man who kept the "Mother 3" torch alive every time he spoke with Reggie. Maybe now they can finally release it!
I always loved his eventual Assassins Creed reviews. And of course, the man who kept the "Mother 3" torch alive every time he spoke with Reggie. Maybe now they can finally release it!
Many, many years ago—I think I was in college—I sent Totilo a PM on NeoGAF, asking him how he managed to work at MTV, because my longterm goal (at least at the time) had been to work at a mainstream publication and write about video games. He actually responded and was very kind, and then a few years later reached out and hired me to work at MTV. My career wouldn't be nearly the same without his patience and guidance.
Kotaku has had it's ups and downs, but I've always respected Stephen and the work he has put into trying to keep Kotaku honest in world where websites can not exist without being beholden to advertisers. I don't know that they have ever perfectly struck a balance between being a video game news blog, and a video game enthusiast site, but he's managed that balance as well as anyone could I think. Good luck Stephen!
Damn. Pretty much the last good thing about Kotaku.
"4) Plant a fake virus on your friend's computer, and then come to the "rescue" very loudly and triumphantly as she looks on. Appear to save his computer from sheer and utter demise, and then hope that she is attracted to your knightly tendencies. Just make sure that while you're saving your friend's computer, he doesn't go over and talk to her first."Anyone else remember this pre-Totilo Kotaku article?
Five Steps to Total Pwnage of a Gamer Girl's Heart
So you're at your local LAN tournament and you're totally stoked about playing World of Warcraft, Unreal Tournament, or Halo for the next 48 hours straight.
God that was so embarassing. Totilo really cleaned up the place.
Damn, hard to imagine Kotaku without him. I reflexively check Kotaku throughout the day and have been doing so over the past decade or so. Mostly to catch up on gaming news that I may have missed on other sites, but also for some of their well written editorial pieces (though admittedly I feel I've been seeing a bit less of this over the past couple years as prominent staff members have left during that time). Best of luck to him wherever he goes.
Feels like Fahey and Plunkett have been there forever as well.
It's odd to see someone in such a leadership position depart without naming their replacement. I wonder if Kotaku will even have an EiC going forward.
It's odd to see someone in such a leadership position depart without naming their replacement. I wonder if Kotaku will even have an EiC going forward.