Evening Reading - October 7, 2024

Good evening, Shacknews, it's nighttime, 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:

• Metaphor: ReFantazio review: Kingmaker
• Undisputed review: A fringe contender
• Silent Hill 2 review: Insanity magnifique
• Infinity Nikki is a whimsical adventure powered by magical clothes
• Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero review: Resurrected by Shenron
• Google faces injunction in North America open Android to alternative app stores
• Ubisoft has seen the buyout news & 'regularly reviews all strategic options'
• Bugsnax SteamVR gets free beta to celebrate Young Horses anniversary
• Halo Studios reveals Project Foundry and move to Unreal Engine 5
• Epic aims for up to 50 third-party games on its EGS mobile app by early 2025

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

Your daily dose of sudoku

There's nothing quite like relaxing and watching the lads at Cracking the Cryptic solve puzzles.

Champutee gives us a deep dive into Flipnote Studio

This dude's channel is taking off.

I would personally love to have this collection

I wonder what the PAL version cost would be. Probably something insane. There are just so few PAL versions of games.

NES, SNES, and Game Boy prototypes!

More retro gaming goodness.

Not a big fan of pure reaction videos, but I always like to hear Aztecross' thoughts

Destiny 2 is in a tough position right now.

Coffee inventions!

Do you have any odd coffee tech?

Every Frame a Painting takes a look at Billy Wilder

There's something so special about classic films.

I legit want to do this

Hide and seek in Super Mario 64 seems so tough, at least as someone who has never tried speedrunning it.

This is from a year ago, so I wonder what it's like these days

Who'd of thought floppy discs would be making a comeback?

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Sam Chandler

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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 Head of Guides. 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