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Niv M. Sultan
@nivmsultan.bsky.social
videogame critic at Slant Magazine, other stuff elsewhere. he/him. nivmsultan.com
confession: I love picking one of three upgrade options. four works too. two‘s good as well. I’ll take one if that’s all you have
thinking about when someone named GorgonzolaGamer and I won a two-person Nightreign run after our third dropped. if you're out there somewhere, GorgonzolaGamer, know that I continue to cherish you
I thought Splatoon Raiders was OK, but I have no desire to revisit it, ever, and I think that says a lot about the game's variety (or lack thereof). In deference to the game's paint and fishy puns, let's just call the whole thing very Pollockesque; action painting doesn't do enough for me.
Slant@slantmagazine.com · 5d agoGreed, not art, is the motivating force behind your actions throughout SPLATOON RAIDERS. Read @illogicaljoker.bsky.social's review.
have not watched the video, I do not play Path of Exile, but this is an amazing thumbnail for a video about a bug fix
the only greater blasphemy than Souls slander is Sekiro slander
never lower your standards, never compromise your voice and style. each intentional typo and self-consciously erased dash is a surrender
Manisha Krishnan@manishakrishnan.bsky.social · last wk.Authors and journalists are doing more first-person (hello 2010s blogging) and embracing "mistakes" in writing to prove they're not chatbots. There's even an “anti-Grammarly" app that leaves in typos and signs off "sent from my iPhone" to create more authenticity: www.wired.com/story/more-t...
I’m not going to read anything and skip over the racism to give my assessment. the presence of the racism taints the work. it’s not an isolated thing. it’s not just an element. it informs the writer’s whole point of view. I don’t think of it as just a “blind spot”, not anymore!
as a last note on the day, the pettier, scorched-earth dunking on Wilson sucks. you don't get to act like you always thought her translation of the Odyssey was bad because you didn't like her film review. shit rocked my world
(psst an example of a very smart person being out of their depth when writing about a medium that isn't their area of expertise could and should be instructive to games media types)
the great thing about discourse is that it reveals, without fail, how many smart and serious people have no fucking idea what they're talking about
The Odyssey movie is so authentic, my screening had dozens of guys all hitting on my wife the whole time
don't miss the pub of How to Close a Camp, the latest from @jwashing.bsky.social. John's one of the finest journalists working today — his investigations of immigration (and more) are a genuine asset to the social good. this book is sure to be invaluable www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2880-h...
How to Close a Camp
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when people say that Persona's UI is bad because it's ultimately illegible, I say, fuck off
the homophobic boy detective@gaorush.bsky.social · 2w agohope the modern UI designers over at Atlus are getting their shit sucked silly for this dude Jesus Christ
Grim Dawn getting another expansion a decade after it first released might finally get me to commit to it for more than a couple of hours at a time
one of the things that has most stayed with me from the film is the design and depiction of Scylla. an exceptional visualization of the eldritch; flesh rippling at the edge of the frame, refusing to yield to a specific, recognizable shape
Asher Elbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · 2w agoNolan has never been very good at fever dream imagery (see Inception!) but I think he lands it here, and the choice to simply go ahead and put the monsters in while leaving the Gods a much more ambiguous (all-encompassing? absent?) presence actually does achieve that effect very nicely
I don’t need to see screenshots from twitter. I came here to not be there. why are you bringing there here
never feel more neurotic than when choosing between subs and dubs for any given thing
videogames might never move past the dissonance baked into them. economic, ludonarrative, all of it. the suits know that, no matter how much people put their faces in their hands, aghast at the latest outrage, they can't help but peek through the gaps between their fingers to look at the new toys
James Wood@omgmorejames.bsky.social · 4w agoPromoting the new Game Pass line up in the same 24 hour window you post about thousands of Xbox layoffs is crazy, dog
most of the xbox layoffs news is just cruel, callous and short sighted. the usual corporate reasons. but like. you dont lay off the idtech guys unless you are actively brain poisoned. she's not using it as an excuse to discipline labour, she genuinely thinks ai can make the games
rolled credits on Trails in the Sky FC, which turned out to be a fitting text for this moment of imperial decline
This interview in Vanity Fair came out in 2010, and this exchange from it has lived rent-free in my head ever since.
Joshua Rivera@jmrivera.bsky.social · last mo.wrote about jackass for those confused by how jackass became kind of important to a lot of people aftermath.site/jackass-movi...