Bye, MTV Multiplayer
April 26th, 2009I was a little shocked to find out that Stephen Totilo is leaving MTV Multiplayer for Kotaku, effectively shutting down the blog. After N’gai Croal’s departure as well, this has been a tumultuous period in gaming journalism. And although no doubt both are moving on to bigger and better things, I can’t help but be a little disappointed that some of the more unique voices in the genre are being subsumed into larger enterprises.
I am sure that Totilo will continue to have a strong identity at Kotaku, and obviously this is a sign of success rather than failure, but Level Up and Multiplayer Blog were fairly different entities and the fact that the gaming sphere was able to support both for a time was a sign to me of increased maturity in the industry. (I love Kotaku, and wish it well… I just think the more the merrier.)
So congratulations, Stephen, but I hope you impact Kotaku a little more than the reverse.
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April 27th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Yeah, this was a disappointment. Kotaku has really been on a downhill slide the last year or so. Between Luke Plunketts posts designed to incite high comment count fanboy battles and the increasingly open comments section, it has turned into constant massive flame wars, like the old Joystiq.
Fortunately, Joystiq has gotten a lot better lately and there are a lot fewer stories trolling for fanboy flame wars just to drive up the comment count.