Niv M. Sultan
@nivmsultan.bsky.social
writer. videogame critic at Slant Magazine. devotee of black-sheep sequels. he/him. nivmsultan.com
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Niv M. Sultan
@nivmsultan.bsky.social
· Sep 13
reviewed Silksong, whose friction is fundamental to its humanism. (may we, twisted by this historical moment into alienated vermin, be like the bugs)
www.slantmagazine.com/games/hollow...
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no assumed good intentions, you have to earn that (and what a shock that most can’t)
February 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
no assumed good intentions, you have to earn that (and what a shock that most can’t)
very true. and he just lets people be stupid
February 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
very true. and he just lets people be stupid
Chotiner does this so consistently because he just…asks follow-up questions
Absolutely brutal interview
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Chotiner does this so consistently because he just…asks follow-up questions
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i'm sorry, you want to criticize that military shooter game for being jingoistic slop? have you considered that it was actually just trying to fit in with the jingoistic slop genre?
February 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
i'm sorry, you want to criticize that military shooter game for being jingoistic slop? have you considered that it was actually just trying to fit in with the jingoistic slop genre?
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should have hired this "Aidan Sizzle" instead
The kid doesn't seem flagrantly biased, but it's image over substance to name a 7-months freelancer as CBS News' flagship war correspondent. (Doesn't seem he even speaks Ukrainian.) In the old days he'd be starting in the mail room. Now a Yale diploma, nice face, and Bari's favor is all you need. 2/
January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
should have hired this "Aidan Sizzle" instead
Tony Video is a guy who sells bootleg DVDs out of his truck
January 27, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Tony Video is a guy who sells bootleg DVDs out of his truck
read the New Yorker piece on Bari Weiss. each person who described her as charismatic had me going, really? or are you a chump? and the NYT opinion section, as always, doesn't miss an opportunity to seem vile. the issue wasn't her trash politics, you see, it was that she wasn't nice to us
January 27, 2026 at 2:27 PM
read the New Yorker piece on Bari Weiss. each person who described her as charismatic had me going, really? or are you a chump? and the NYT opinion section, as always, doesn't miss an opportunity to seem vile. the issue wasn't her trash politics, you see, it was that she wasn't nice to us
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Three free (and very relevant) e-books available from @haymarketbooks.org right now
"Unbuild Walls" by @silkys13.bsky.social
"Border and Rule" by @harshawalia.bsky.social
and my "The Case for Open Borders"
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/525-fr...
"Unbuild Walls" by @silkys13.bsky.social
"Border and Rule" by @harshawalia.bsky.social
and my "The Case for Open Borders"
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/525-fr...
Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
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January 26, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Three free (and very relevant) e-books available from @haymarketbooks.org right now
"Unbuild Walls" by @silkys13.bsky.social
"Border and Rule" by @harshawalia.bsky.social
and my "The Case for Open Borders"
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/525-fr...
"Unbuild Walls" by @silkys13.bsky.social
"Border and Rule" by @harshawalia.bsky.social
and my "The Case for Open Borders"
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/525-fr...
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Genuinely the only thing keeping me going—but it really is keeping me going—is how good it is to see people link arms and push for this to end.
I cannot stop thinking about how much love people can have for their neighbors, and how much work and money is poured into breaking that love apart.
I cannot stop thinking about how much love people can have for their neighbors, and how much work and money is poured into breaking that love apart.
January 24, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Genuinely the only thing keeping me going—but it really is keeping me going—is how good it is to see people link arms and push for this to end.
I cannot stop thinking about how much love people can have for their neighbors, and how much work and money is poured into breaking that love apart.
I cannot stop thinking about how much love people can have for their neighbors, and how much work and money is poured into breaking that love apart.
we should be more explicit: making immigration a problem is a project shared by America’s establishment political parties. both are invested in borders, in the state’s exclusive right to violence, in the cleaving of families. ICE can exist because Dems oppose it toothlessly or truly believe in it
Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
January 24, 2026 at 5:41 PM
we should be more explicit: making immigration a problem is a project shared by America’s establishment political parties. both are invested in borders, in the state’s exclusive right to violence, in the cleaving of families. ICE can exist because Dems oppose it toothlessly or truly believe in it
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Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
just remembered that Ni No Kuni 2, which I loved, starts with a (the?) president getting itsekaid after witnessing a bombing
January 24, 2026 at 12:40 PM
just remembered that Ni No Kuni 2, which I loved, starts with a (the?) president getting itsekaid after witnessing a bombing
need (like, need need) the Queen’s Blood spinoff
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 AM
need (like, need need) the Queen’s Blood spinoff
always interesting to watch who turns that stuff on and off, and how and when. very specific traditions and aesthetics as an on ramp to popularity, then comes prestige acting and country music
January 21, 2026 at 10:26 PM
always interesting to watch who turns that stuff on and off, and how and when. very specific traditions and aesthetics as an on ramp to popularity, then comes prestige acting and country music
so insulting, man. "the intersection of gaming, TV, movies, and pop culture" -- what is that intersection, in the wake of you gutting your videogame section? it's an imaginary place where you underpay one person to do the work of many
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January 21, 2026 at 5:08 PM
so insulting, man. "the intersection of gaming, TV, movies, and pop culture" -- what is that intersection, in the wake of you gutting your videogame section? it's an imaginary place where you underpay one person to do the work of many
remember when we used to eat like shit and heroes were white men?
i grew up enjoying he-man (and she-ra, though i had to pretend i didn't) and so i'm curious to see what this looks like but man do i hate the framing on this trailer, it's like dog whistle maga shit. youtu.be/3Qy3AqQK-3E
When times were simpler… Teaser Trailer Tomorrow | Masters of The Universe
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
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January 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
remember when we used to eat like shit and heroes were white men?
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Darkest Dungeon - These Nightmarish Creatures Can Be Felled
YouTube video by Cyrus Weatherbee
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Darkest Dungeon - These Nightmarish Creatures Can Be Felled
YouTube video by Cyrus Weatherbee
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 AM
I do appreciate that, in what appears to be an attempt at parity, you can see the outline of Yakumo's belly button through his shirt???
January 21, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I do appreciate that, in what appears to be an attempt at parity, you can see the outline of Yakumo's belly button through his shirt???
(I will say that I quickly settled on a 2H weapon and then fooled myself into trying 1H after each boss. it never took -- sometimes, given all the flexibility in the world, you just know what you like)
January 21, 2026 at 1:53 AM
(I will say that I quickly settled on a 2H weapon and then fooled myself into trying 1H after each boss. it never took -- sometimes, given all the flexibility in the world, you just know what you like)
yes, so much encouragement to tinker and experiment. I also really dig the buddy setup -- it's like getting to play with a Dark Souls summon the whole time, with encounters built around that. but I'm having a hard time with the design of the women characters. it's relentless!
January 21, 2026 at 1:35 AM
yes, so much encouragement to tinker and experiment. I also really dig the buddy setup -- it's like getting to play with a Dark Souls summon the whole time, with encounters built around that. but I'm having a hard time with the design of the women characters. it's relentless!
playing Code Vein ahead of the sequel -- very good example of the traditional 5, 6, 7/10 being more interesting than what is often treated as a 9 or 10. overflowing with ideas, many hits and many misses; confidently earnest and deeply crude. constant whiplash
January 21, 2026 at 1:06 AM
playing Code Vein ahead of the sequel -- very good example of the traditional 5, 6, 7/10 being more interesting than what is often treated as a 9 or 10. overflowing with ideas, many hits and many misses; confidently earnest and deeply crude. constant whiplash
really enjoyed Aaron's review of MIO:
January 20, 2026 at 5:12 PM
really enjoyed Aaron's review of MIO: