Niv M. Sultan
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New York, NY, United States
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‘Party Down’ Season Three Review: A Sharp Revival
‘Party Down’ returns with a sharp third season that mines immense humor from the Sisyphean pursuits of its characters. Read our review. → Read More
‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Review: A Prequel Short on Spectacle
'The Witcher: Blood Origin' proves too hurried and scattered to penetrate much beyond the surface of its universe and characters. → Read More
‘The English’ Review: A Striking but Jumbled Western Melodrama
'The English' consistently opts for excess over restraint, with disorienting results. Read our review. → Read More
‘The Midnight Club’ Review: Light on Scares but Not Teen Spirit
'The Midnight Club' smartly uses the trappings of horror to explore the power of storytelling as a means of reckoning with the unfathomable. → Read More
Under the Banner of Heaven Review: An Ambitious Exploration of Family and Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven grapples with similarities and deviations in faith within and beyond the LDS church. → Read More
Review: Season Two of The Witcher Asserts a Newfound Focus and Depth
Season two of The Witcher allows a deeper exploration of the forces motivating its characters. → Read More
Review: Firebite Imaginatively Likens Vampirism to Colonialist Bloodlust
‘Firebite’ explores the dangers of monsters both real and imagined with subtle melancholy. Read our review. → Read More
Review: The Shrink Next Door Is a Monotonous Study of Co-Dependence
'The Shrink Next Door' rapidly hops between decades but feels like it moves at a crawl, dulling the myriad charms of its leading cast. → Read More
Review: Star Wars: The Bad Batch Fails to Distinguish Itself in the Clone Wars Saga
The show’s attempt to individualize its protagonists largely reduces them to predictable, banal archetypes. → Read More
Review: Netflix’s Yasuke Traces the Propulsive Odyssey of an African Samurai
The anime series is, at its center, a comforting fairy tale of clear-cut good and evil. → Read More
Review: Mare of Easttown Is a Rending Study of Personal and Societal Fatalism
‘Mare of Easttown’ leaves no police procedural cliché untouched but ultimately transcends its familiarity. → Read More
Review: Mare of Easttown Is a Rending Study of Personal and Societal Fatalism
The series leaves no police procedural cliché untouched but ultimately transcends its familiarity. → Read More
Steven Universe & OK K.O.! Bundle Review
The bundled games evoke the wonderful art styles and writing of their source material, but their gameplay isn't as consistently successful. → Read More
Skorecery Review: Fun Local Multiplayer Severely Lacking Features
Skorecery has the potential to be a boisterous party game, but limited single-player options and an over-reliance on local multiplayer hold it back. → Read More
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition Review
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition's new Switch release suffers from technical issues, but the action-adventure game at its core has held up. → Read More
Claybook Review: Lackluster Puzzles in A Lovable Atmosphere
Claybook offers an enjoyable, lighthearted atmosphere, but the game's environmental puzzles fail to stay interesting or satisfying for long. → Read More
Attack of the Earthlings Review: This Game Is Its Own Worst Enemy
The turn-based strategy-stealth hybrid is a rote slog that proves powerless against a foe stronger than both aliens and humans: itself. → Read More
Unexplored: Unlocked Edition Review
Below Unexplored: Unlocked Edition's tricky surface lies a mesmerizing experience that manages to be frustrating, relaxing, and exciting, all at once. → Read More
Defense Grid 2 Review: A Fun Tower Defense That Shows Its Age
The port of a 2014 tower defense to the Nintendo Switch offers lots of fun and replay value, but suffers from some outdated design choices. → Read More
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Review
Travis Strikes Again marks a glorious return for Suda51's No More Heroes series, melding myriad genres to create a totally wild arcade experience. → Read More