Evening Reading - July 6, 2023

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:

• Shacknews Direct: Introducing Cortex Shouts short-form social media platform
• FPS: First Person Shooter Documentary review: hop, skip & rocket jump
• Mortal Kombat 1 confirmed Smoke, Rain, Sektor, Cyrax & Frost in Kombat Kast trailer
• Destiny 2's dev team talks crafting the narrative, dungeon challenges & more
• Musk threatens legal action against Meta one day after Twitter competitor Threads launch
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie comes to Peacock streaming service in August\
• Park Beyond review: Going off the rails
• Bungie Day is set for July 7 and includes a fishing derby
• Disney World TRON Coaster Transports Guests to the Gaming Grid
• Diablo 4 Season 1 is titled Season of the Malignant & gets a July release date

Johnny Cage has some very interesting new mechanics in #MortalKombat1!

Check out the gameplay breakdown from today's #KombatKast. pic.twitter.com/qay3nKPhpJ

— Shacknews (@shacknews) July 6, 2023

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

Screaming

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

I’ve decided to launch my own alternative social media app called Screaming Very Loudly In The Park At The Ducks.

— Scott Barber (@thescottbarber) July 6, 2023

We finally have a Twitter killer.

Coach Prime teaches Peyton Manning to play Cornerback

Nomaha! LOL.

Detective Tech drops a Leffen diss track

This guy is a talented content creator.

Congratulations to Dunkey and Leah!

Uncharted 4 spoilers in this video, but great news for the video game power couple.

Ninja kid

he's a ninja pic.twitter.com/fTgq8IBBhE

— non aesthetic things (@PicturesFoIder) July 6, 2023

As the youngest of three brothers, I appreciate the innovative nature of this kid.

Hit me with some 2 Live Crew 

That's the stuff.

Nick Cage nails another role

i’m sorry i’m going to be so annoying about this but he’s so fucking funny pic.twitter.com/FOd5yOjl6b

— 🔪 audra/quinn❓ (@carouselshotgun) July 5, 2023

Nick Cage as Nick Cage in Dead By Daylight may be his greatest performance yet.

Shacknews Cortex Shouts dev update

We are working on several updates still, but we did ship a fix to that weird mobile bug we saw on some devices when displaying feeds. We also added a Like button to Shout article pages, but it doesn't work yet.

There you have it, Shacknews. Your Evening Reading for July 6, 2023. 

What are you up to tonight? Let us know in the Shacknews Chatty comment thread below. Act now while supplies last.

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.