It's been an eventful week, hasn't it, friends? Let's put it in the rear view with another round of news, memes, and entertainment. This is the Friday edition of Evening Reading!
In case you missed it at Shacknews:
- 9 beat 'em ups to play if you like TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
- Hitman 3 July 2022 roadmap brings new free Ambrose Island location
- Apex Legends Mobile Season 2 brings Rhapsody character & Pythas Block 0 map
- Killing Floor 2 is free on Epic Games Store this week
- Trump left board of Trump Media and Technology Group weeks before subpoenas of social media company
- Games Done Quick releases Flame Fatales 2022 schedule
- Resident Evil Village's Lady Dimestrescu is coming in a 1/4 scale statue
- Logan Paul mints most expensive Pokemon card into an NFT
- Elon Musk calls off $44 billion Twitter (TWTR) deal
- Shack Chat: What was your favorite run from Summer Games Done Quick 2022?
And, because it's the weekend, go find yourself something to play!
- Weekend Console Download Deals for July 8: PlayStation July Deals
- Weekend PC Download Deals for July 8: Steam Summer Sale aftermath
Around the gaming horn
Need to learn more about this addition to Minecraft? Allow Mojang to explain.
Pokemon Puzzle League is coming soon to Nintendo 64 Online. I was more of a Tetris Attack person, myself.
And let's end things with the 25th anniversary of Klonoa and the launch trailer for the Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series.
And now... Other Stuff From The Internet!!!
A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in Canada
Rogers trying to fix their outage: pic.twitter.com/RmLX2pdddv
— Ameer (@AmeerJHamid) July 8, 2022
Our thoughts are with everyone who was affected by the nightmare situation up north.
Checking in on Rumbleverse
Winning is neat and all, but I think this "loss" is the best thing I've done in Rumbleverse. https://t.co/4YnSAaeR5i
— Jeff Gerstmann (@jeffgerstmann) July 8, 2022
Gerstmann with the SLAAAAAAAAAM DUNK!
Kitana Prime on the wrong end of a screwjob here.
i understand why people develop tech in FGs now. seeing @PNDMustard hit "The Rynge™" in @Rumbleverse got me feelin like a proud papa pic.twitter.com/eLxF8wab41
— Rynge (@Rynge_) July 8, 2022
Try and hit the Rynge yourself this weekend!
And let's end on why exactly Rumbleverse will consume the folks at Hold Back to Block.
Dawn of the Final Day
skull kid when the moon is about to crush termina in 10 minutes pic.twitter.com/bjqPn1ECqq
— alena ⭒ trill era🦜 (@tlozbrainrot) July 7, 2022
Skull Kid has moves.
The lab is closed
How you gonna turn off notifications irl? @VGBC_GimR 🤫😂 pic.twitter.com/CYqItQKX63
— Aposl @ the lab (@VGBC_Aposl) July 7, 2022
Not a bad way to help you get through the work day.
The Circumstances
We should refer to this period in history simply as “The Circumstances.” pic.twitter.com/7cugf2t5D8
— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) July 8, 2022
I can roll with this.
Nothing but the Hotfix
After an incredible Summer Games Done Quick week, the Hotfix is back!
For this week's Hotfix, let's look at a spotlight of all of the mainline Hotfix shows that you can catch on a regular basis. GDQ's Hotfix shows air every week and you can catch them all at the Games Done Quick Twitch account.
This week in Shaqnews
Shaq who just recently bought a home in the Dallas area has already started to give back pic.twitter.com/8t7KzYKtcj
— Dallas Texas TV (@DallasTexasTV) July 7, 2022
Shaq is already endearing himself to his new neighbors in Dallas.
IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!
There are few better or more fun bastards in pro wrestling today than Christian Cage and his evil turtlenecks.
Tonight in video game music
There's been a lot of talk about Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance over the last few months, so let's check out this new cover from FamilyJules.
That's your Evening Reading to send you into this second weekend of July. Keep the spirit of the classic Evening Reading alive by jumping into the comments about whatever you see here or whatever randomness you'd like to discuss. Join the conversation and dive into the Shacknews Chatty comment thread below. I'll see you all next week!
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