Late last year Kotaku editor in chief Brian Crecente asked me to e-mail him photos of where I work and where I play games for fun. I did, and he published them in a giant, modem-frying piece at his blog.

Crecente also included photos he got from the makers of famous games such as “BioShock” and “Rez” and editors of outlets such as Electronic Gaming Monthly, but really, who cares about anyone else?

A few questions have arisen about my photos (which are indexed here). Questions and… attacks on my integrity. So with a bit of throat-clearing, let me explain.

Some wondered how and why I had pictures of “Kane & Lynch: Dead Men” featured in each image. Kotaku reader Sloopeydrew wrote: “I wonder if the ‘Kane & Lynch’ game case in front of the monitor and the one in front of the TV is some sort of statement?”

Answer: Not a statement, but rather, a joke. Isn’t “K&L” the perfect accessory for every video game journalist? My only regret is that I did not also send Brian a photo of my other game room in my house — you know, the one where I play a lot of PSP and also brush my teeth.

Someone remarked that my office has awfully high ceilings. It does. See for yourself in this photo. That is because I work in an impressive, cavernous newsroom in an office tower in New York’s Times Square. My proof that I work in a newsroom and not my mom’s basement? Messrs. Scott Weiland and Slash of Velvet Revolver don’t typically park themselves in my mom’s basement.

See my “Shadow of the Colossus” poster behind Weiland’s head? We shoot many MTV News interviews and headline-segments in our newsroom. Often I’m sitting right behind our correspondents. Sometimes I’m sitting behind Velvet Revolver, the members of whom, I regret to inform you, wear very tight, very low pants even when they are sitting on tall stools that are right at my eye level. (I couldn’t bear to look to my left for an hour that day!)

The good people at Go Nintendo liked Kotaku’s entry enough to link to it. And whose set-up did the Go team feature? Not Ken “BioShock” Levine’s. They chose my home set-up (which you can see here). And then the Go Nintendo readers started debating why I appeared to have two PlayStation 3s next to my TV. Who needs two? Then one of them “realized” that I had a PS3 and a PS2 side by side.

Actually, those are two PS3s. One is a normal unit. The other one — the one on the right — only plays games that aren’t out yet. It currently has a “Devil May Cry 4” review disc in it, courtesy of Capcom. Game companies supply gaming reporters with these second units in order to play games prior to their release. I have an Xbox 360 that works that way as well. And since I didn’t pay for that unit, that explains how on earth someone could have two expensive PlayStation consoles but an old-school TV. Speaking of which…

Across the board, people made fun of my TV. Kotaku reader Red Dead Eyes summed up the sentiments of many, saying: “Wow, Steven doesn’t have an HDTV?! He works for MTV for facks sake!”

Interestingly, working for MTV does not guarantee you a fancy TV. Nor does the constant badgering of friends. My standard def TV works just fine, I tell you. The best-looking games look great in it. The bad-looking games look bad.

Also, my TV reflects my image quite nicely, don’t you think?

I could write more about my office and my home, but really, I’ve said enough. Let me get back to work that has some real gravitas…

But thanks Brian, for making my living room famous!