Evening Reading - September 22, 2021

Good evening, Shacknews, it's night time, which means 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:

• Sable review: The journey beyond
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy hands-on preview: Space Oddity
• Toem review: Adventure is a snap!
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy interview: The team, mission, and music
• Diablo 2: Resurrected interview: Remaking a classic
• StreamElements raises $100 million in funding for livestream & VOD development
• Microsoft Surface Pro 8 announced with new Slim Pen 2 & 120Hz display
• Epic and Fortnite blacklisted from Apple platforms until court verdicts are 'final & unappealable'
• AMC to accept Dogecoin payments once they figure out how
• Destiny 2 Threads of Light will showcase the most fashionable Guardians

And now... Other Stuff From The Internet!!!

Apparently, Kojima hoped Hans Zimmer would score Metal Gear Solid 2

As reported by Game Developer, Hideo Kojima tried to secure Zimmer to work on the sequel to Metal Gear Solid. But, surprising no one, Zimmer is really quite expensive to hire.

Your daily dose of sudoku

Simon spends a good chunk of time solving this one. I love seeing how he uses colors to map out his ideas.

Halo Infinite is looking great

I can't wait to try out some Big Team Battle.

Oh, you don't know what's in the vaccine?

A few weeks ago I asked a builder I was interviewing if he had trouble getting his tradies vaccinated and he said, “Only one, who was worried he didn’t know what was in it, and I said, ‘Daz, who makes your ketamine, mate? What’s in it?’” and Daz apparently went and got a vaccine

— Ms D 🌈 (@msdwrites) September 21, 2021

This is a lovely moment between two Aussie tradies.

This Fraiser meme has reached its pinnacle

frasier looking at anor londo pic.twitter.com/1lcP7rUl5M

— frasier looking at video games (@frasier_looking) September 22, 2021

All that's missing from this image are a couple of archers.

Efficient maze solving

the dumbest way to solve a maze? simulate a gas of thousands of particles diffusing from the start point, until one particle reaches the exit. trace back the winning particle pic.twitter.com/9kHfCKezRf

— Matt Henderson (@matthen2) September 21, 2021

I wonder what other ways we could solve a maze like this.

This can't be real

pic.twitter.com/xrT1J4Czbs

— Páiste an Pangur Bán 🌍🌹🇮🇪 (@CatsCavern) September 18, 2021

Is this actually what the scene looks like?

Have a pirate joke

A pirate walks into a bar and the bartender says:

"Hey man, did you notice you have a massive steering wheel attached to your crotch?"

And the pirate says:

"Arrrrr, it's drivin me nuts!"#nationaltalklikeapirateday

— Brian Crecente (@crecenteb) September 19, 2021

This is a good one.

Wombats are not that nice

The power, the grace, the sheer raw majesty of a leaping wombat. pic.twitter.com/TS5ow3WjQB

— Mark O'Neill (@marxculture) September 18, 2021

They're angry, fat, and will absolutely charge at you.

Here's an adorable little puppy

pic.twitter.com/7wuHmdLb9o

— WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) September 18, 2021

Look at his bow tie!

There you have it, Shacknews, your Evening Reading for tonight. Please consider subscribing to Shacknews Mercury to support our site for as little as $1/month.

Here's one of my favorite photos of Rad. He's having a nap for a change!

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Sam Chandler

Guides Editor

Hailing from the land down under, Sam Chandler brings a bit of the southern hemisphere flair to his work. After bouncing round a few universities, securing a bachelor degree, and entering the video game industry, he's found his new family here at Shacknews as a Guides Editor. There's nothing he loves more than crafting a guide that will help someone. If you need help with a guide, or notice something not quite right, you can message him on X: @SamuelChandler