Evening Reading - November 18, 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:

• Stray on Switch is a solid port that doesn't compromise the experience
• Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake review: Guess who's back, back again?
• Rise of the Golden Idol review: Marvelous mind games
• Sorry We're Closed review: Oozing with dreadful charm
• Luma Island review: Fortune and glory, kid, fortune and glory
• Petit Island review: A pawsitively fun adventure
• Half-Life 2 tops record concurrent players following 20th anniversary update
• The Game Awards 2024 nominees & how to vote
• Guilty Gear Strive Version 14.1 patch notes aim to fix what the last update broke
• US Senator urges Valve to moderate hateful content on Steam

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

Your daily dose of sudoku

Time to unwind with some tricky puzzle solving.

A look inside El Salvador's prisons

What an intense and wild prison.

The old Half-Life 2 demo

2004 was a banger year of games.

Have you watched the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary doco yet?

I'm going to settle into my couch and watch this.

Remember all those spinoff Sims games?

I love that they still exist. I wonder if we'll see them on GOG at some point?

Does Las Vegas suck?

Why does no one refer to it as LV like you do with Los Angeles?

The battery bar was great

My fingers got sore from pressing the nodes though.

Wait... is this a thing?

Can you really solve intolerance by overwhelming the system with it?

GMTK has released his game

A game about magnets and solving puzzles.

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Sam Chandler

Head of Guides

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