Evening Reading - May 15, 2020

Hey Shacknews, it's time for Evening Reading. Let's officially close out our day of posting. Please take a look.

In case you missed it at Shacknews:

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• Shacknews Dump - May 15, 2020
• Shack Chat: What was your first online gaming experience?
• Work From Quarantine: How COVID-19 Has Upended Game Development
• From Chaos: The Aspirational Storytelling of Life is Strange (long read)
• Q1 U.S. consumer spending on video games hit record $10.86 billion - NPD
• Watch Nintendo musicians remotely perform the Animal Crossing: New Horizons theme
• EVO Online shows there's more value than ever in good online play
• Facebook acquires Giphy, plans for Instagram integration
• Weekend Console Download Deals for May 15: Free Fallout 76 weekend
• Weekend PC Download Deals for May 15: Epic Mega Sale
• Denuvo Anti-Cheat launches in Doom Eternal PC update
• 2020 video game release dates calendar

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— Productive Citizen ✌🏾💙🙏🏾👊🏾 (@technosucks) May 15, 2020

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Theme - Donkey Kong Country pic.twitter.com/rJjCQza2sm

— DJ Shaq Fan Account (@DJshaqfanacc) May 14, 2020

This is the content I crave.

Nintendo Minute - Animal Crossing: New Horizons Museum Hangout

Kit and Krysta are great!

Prince & The Revolution Live

In collaboration with YouTube and Google, this special streaming event will run in support of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization (powered by UN Foundation and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation). Any viewer donations will include a matching component from Google (Google.org will match $2 for every $1 up to $5 million).

There are other skateboarding video games to look forward to...

Working on grind detection... pic.twitter.com/Gp22S3WMN8

— Skate Story (@skatestorygame) May 10, 2020

Skate Story looks super cool!

Don't you worry about {company_name}

I'm afraid I can't speak for {company_name}. pic.twitter.com/UXa7Dz9pFB

— Steve (Human Person) (@HereBeBeards) May 11, 2020

Let me worry about {company_name}.

AI/DC - Great Balls

Using lyrics.rip to scrape the Genius Lyrics Database, Funk Turkey made a Markov Chain write AC/DC lyrics. This is the end result- "Great Balls". An instant classic.

Now might not be a good time for a trade war with China...

I am not an economist, but the data lately does not seem conducive to escalating trade wars.

Quality Internet Video Content

Way to go on that video, Internet!

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Asif Khan

CEO/EIC/EIEIO

Asif Khan is the CEO, EIC, and majority shareholder of Shacknews. He began his career in video game journalism as a freelancer in 2001 for Tendobox.com. Asif is a CPA and was formerly an investment adviser representative. After much success in his own personal investments, he retired from his day job in financial services and is currently focused on new private investments. His favorite PC game of all time is Duke Nukem 3D, and he is an unapologetic fan of most things Nintendo. Asif first frequented the Shack when it was sCary's Shugashack to find all things Quake. When he is not immersed in investments or gaming he is a purveyor of fine electronic music. Asif also has an irrational love of Cleveland sports.