Evening Reading - August 30, 2024

Hello, everyone at Shacknews. If you're reading this, you're probably saying, "Seriously, Ozzie? Again?" Yeah, I'm out again, this time at PAX West! That means it's yet 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 on site again, so the full Friday edition of Evening Reading comes back next week. No, really! I mean it this time!

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

• Weekend Console Download Deals for Aug. 30: PlayStation Dealmania!
• Weekend PC Download Deals for Aug. 30: Humble Summer Spectacular wraps up

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

Today in Bubbletron

Be sure to play Bubbletron today!

Nothing but the Hotfix

Congratulations to the Frame Fatales team! That's another $118K raised for Malala Fund.

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 talks about speedy screen transitions.

This week in Shaqnews

When Shaq passed between Dwight Howard's legs, got the ball back, and threw down the slam 🤯💥 pic.twitter.com/ZgUK1CK2Tk

— Fastbreak Hoops (@FastbreakHoops5) August 28, 2024

Shaq enjoyed making other big guys look silly on the court.

IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!

Ezio Auditore da Firenze has been watching your work, Mr. Ospreay.

Tonight in video game music

OC ReMix and Nintendo Force have joined forces to create this new tribute album for the late, great Satoru Iwata.

That's it for the last 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?