Stephen Totilo
@stephentotilo · NJ · joined 19 Apr 2009
Reporter covering video games at Game File. Previously launched games coverage at @axios and @mtvnews. Was @kotaku EiC. stephen(at)gamefile(dot)news he/him
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GOOD CAUSE ALERT: The New York Videogame Critics Circle is running a charity stream on Saturday to raise money for its programs working with underserved youth
I interviewed one of Control Resonant's developers for it. Info at the link
Tune in tomorrow!
https://t.co/sQk67D2opy
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Over the weekend, Blizzard announced Diablo V for 2029 and a StarCraft shooter for 2030.
For today's Game File, I checked for other games that are announced for 2029 or beyond.
I found one on Steam listed for the year 20,000. (And just wishlisted it!)
https://t.co/8RRBXLwT4Y
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Wolverine ran really well when I played it for review. But it glitched once, quite beautifully
Made me nostalgic for the black-and-white/color interplay of 2009's The Saboteur https://t.co/G5WWaVrtXN
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Assuming Nintendo doesn't release any more Switch 1 games (reminder: they didn't announce last week)...
...then Nintendo releases for the system will have spanned 3,408 days--from Breath of the Wild to Rhythm Heaven Groove
- A bit longer than SNES and Game Boy
- Less than NES
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Nintendo hasn't announced a new Nintendo-developed/published game for Switch 1 since March 2025
The most recent release: July's Rhythm Heaven Groove
I wrote about the possible end of an era (and broke down Nintendo's final games for its other systems)
https://t.co/DhaAhKryEQ
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@stephentotilo No shit, Wolverine is immortal—basic stuff, for fuck's sake.
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@stephentotilo Cool. I'll give it a go sometime down the line.
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REVIEW: Marvel's Wolverine is a fine, if familiar brawler, featuring a hero that doesn't give its studio much to work with (he's great at killing and not dying, just like so many other gaming heroes)
But... it's also a love story. And a good one at that
https://t.co/uZdj8CzqmU
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@stephentotilo I'm in. Looking forward to seeing where you take this, best of luck on this next step.
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I thought it might be fun to spend some of the soft launch checking out old interviews and sharing what I re-discover.
Like this tape I found from 2004. Stay tuned… and thank you to everyone who has supported my work! https://t.co/vksGrwIHGD
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The final Axios Gaming newsletter will be sent on Monday, Dec. 18. But if you sign up for Game File, it’ll feel like it’s continuing right on (with some tweaks). I plan to also still occasionally contribute to Axios. Elsewhere as well.
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Game File is soft launching on S*bstack now, with articles and newsletters rolling out in January.
You can pay today, but no paywall until Feb. Even then, some of it will be free. This will be my main thing, so any support (free or paid) will be huge
https://t.co/UYp1CYF6m9
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I’m excited (and a little nervous) about this next step, but I’m as hungry as ever to give you the best coverage of the culture and business of games that I can. There are so many stories I’m eager to write.
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It’s been a thrill to build games coverage at @axios alongside an amazing team of reporters, illustrators, data viz journalists, copy editors and supportive leaders. (A special thank you to @Megan_Nicolett)
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-deep breath-
I’m going independent!
After a career of covering video games for MTV News, Kotaku and Axios, I’m launching Game File, a reader-supported site and newsletter for my reporting about video games.
https://t.co/UYp1CYF6m9 https://t.co/6gi6h7RKnK
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Against accounts of the same size
9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.
Median views2 968this account993median for 10K–100K
Reach, %3.01%this account3.86%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %0.47%this account1.53%median for 10K–100K
| Metric | This account | Median for 10K–100K | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 2 968 | 993 | 2.99× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 3.01% | 3.86% | 0.78× |
| Engagement rate | 0.47% | 1.53% | 0.31× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
10.7K14 Dec
11.9K
8.9K
8.8K
56.5K
67.2K10 Sep
2.7K
1.2K
1.7K
54.3K13 Sep
39.7K14 Sep
19K16 Sep
3K17 Sep
2.6K18 Sep
Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
1.55%14 Dec
1.07%
1.26%
1.28%
1.62%
0.56%10 Sep
0.04%
0.09%
0.06%
0.17%13 Sep
1.97%14 Sep
0.74%16 Sep
0.47%17 Sep
0.58%18 Sep
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.53%.
What the audience does
Likes86.4%7 260 in total
Reposts6.2%521 in total
Replies3.0%255 in total
Quotes0.7%63 in total
Bookmarks3.6%305 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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