Evening Reading - November 22, 2024

Hello, Shacknews. One week until the holiday! Until then, let's bring you a round of news, memes, and entertainment. This is the Friday edition of Evening Reading.

In case you missed it at Shacknews:

• Shack Together 041 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, The Game Awards Nominees, NVIDIA Report, feat. Sam Chandler
• 5 vicious little guys in video games

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

• Weekend Console Download Deals for Nov. 22: Black Friday is underway
• Weekend PC Download Deals for Nov. 22: Black Friday sales begin

Around the Gaming Horn

Here's some rapid-fire news to wrap up your week.

No wonder it feels a bit crowdy in the Zone. A million copies were sold, and much more stalkers joined the artifact hunt with Game Pass.

This is just the start of our unforgettable adventure. The Heart of Chornobyl emanates stronger with each of us.

Thank You, stalkers! ☢️ pic.twitter.com/zslF7I8vR1

— S.T.A.L.K.E.R. OFFICIAL (@stalker_thegame) November 22, 2024

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: 1 million served.

Take another look at Hazard, the latest hero coming to Overwatch 2. He's available to play this weekend!

SILENT HILL 2 Patch Notice 📣

We released a patch today addressing some in-game issues, including graphical issues, when playing on PlayStation 5 Pro.
Make sure to update your game to version v.1.1.248,905 for the latest.

More details - https://t.co/cBnjzidVru#SILENTHILL pic.twitter.com/yqRuvIJlwz

— Silent Hill Official (@SilentHill) November 22, 2024

And a new patch has hit Silent Hill 2.

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

Today in Bubbletron

Be sure to play Bubbletron today!

A Wicked lesson in movie etiquette

If you go to a Wicked showing and start singing they should be allowed to beat you with popcorn bags. Them babies came to hear Ariana Grande and Cynthia Eviro, not Pam from the community theater troupe. GROW UP.

— Ash Parrish (@adashtra.bsky.social) November 22, 2024 at 2:38 PM

Related to conversations around singing in Wicked, I just feel like since the pandemic, people forgot how to go to the movies. The amount of people on their phones, talking, singing, is astounding. When I saw the Substance some person just answered the phone? ON SPEAKER? DURING THE MOVIE?

— Carli Velocci 👽 (@carlivelocci.com) November 22, 2024 at 2:21 PM

There's a reason they do specialized "sing-along screenings" and it's because nobody wants to hear the most annoying high school girl who wants to inform everyone in the theater that she's a soprano who knows every word

— juan barquin (@woahitsjuanito.bsky.social) November 22, 2024 at 2:18 PM

Having seen Wicked this week, fortunate enough to not have to endure this phenomenon, I endorse all of these sentiments. I must stress how vital it is that you not be That Guy™. Don't be That Guy™! You know who I'm talking about!

Duncan on some fools

Elle Duncan responds to the backlash she's received: "You want to call me disrespectful to Daniel Jones? Am I more disrespectful than the Giants making him a scout team safety? Am I more disrespectful than all of those same fans that are in my mentions right now who booed him… pic.twitter.com/G8uJlmP0FJ

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) November 22, 2024

We haven't seen nearly enough of this ESPN lately, so it's nice to see someone just go off.

Nothing but the Hotfix

We love randomizers here at Shacknews, so we're checking out this Donkey Kong 64 run where everything has been randomized.

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

This week in Shaqnews

Inside the NBA somehow keeps this feud going.

IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!

AEW Full Gear is tomorrow night and we go into the show with some November Rain.

Tonight in video game music

Super MadNES has announced they're making a new album of classic arcade covers. To give you a taste, here's Shadow Soldier from Ninja Gaiden Arcade.

That's it for the fourth Friday Evening Reading for November! 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?