Evening Reading - August 23, 2024

Hello, everyone at Shacknews. If you're reading this, I'm back from Honolulu, but I'm occupied at a different industry whatsamajigger, meaning I'm once again not home. So this will be another short round of news, memes, and entertainment. This is the Friday edition of Evening Reading.

In case you missed it at Shacknews:

I'm traveling a lot this summer. Back in full next week!

And, because it's the weekend, go find yourself something to play!

• Weekend Console Download Deals for Aug. 23: Last chance summer savings
• Weekend PC Download Deals for Aug. 23: Steam Rhythm Fest

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

Today in Bubbletron

Be sure to play Bubbletron today!

Nothing but the Hotfix

Flame Fatales is raising money for Malala Fund all week! Check out a personal favorite, the Mario All-Stars Shuffler, and come back to Shacknews this weekend to see how the crew did for the week.

GDQ's Hotfix shows air every week and you can catch them all at the Games Done Quick Twitch account.

Under the learning tree with Masahiro Sakurai

Masahiro Sakurai started a YouTube channel! Let's learn from his decades of experience together by looking at one of his latest videos. This week, Sakurai looks at the evolution of the old Smash Bros. Dojo website.

This week in Shaqnews

After posting an "I'm not leaving" gif in Discord, Shaquille O'Neal allegedly went silent.

He's accused of duping investors into placing their money into an NFT project and is now listed as a defendant in a lawsuit: https://t.co/XViNuG5nUQ pic.twitter.com/9r9fhYR57a

— Sportico (@Sportico) August 23, 2024

It's not always fun and games with Shaq.

IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!

AEW is in London this weekend! Will this be the end of Bryan Danielson?

Tonight in video game music

ToxicxEternity takes us to the Temple Grounds of Metroid Prime 2.

That's it for the fourth Friday Evening Reading for August! Be sure to 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. If you want to go new school and find different ways to leave your feedback or talk about whatever, join us in the Official Shacknews Community Discord. I'll see you all next week!

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?