Evening Reading - December 19, 2024

Hey Shacknews, 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:

• Shacknews Hall of Fame: Class of 2024
• 2025 Video Game Release Dates Calendar
• The Shacknews Awards 2024 nominees
• Sonic the Hedgehog 4 movie in the works for 2027 release
• Tokyo Clanpool review: Dungeon-crawling for national security
• All 96 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tracks Ranked
• Sony to acquire 12.05 million shares of Kadokawa in strategic business alliance

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

Peloton leaderboards get trolled

Peloton leaderboards are cooked 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/rJmWIIamAl

— vids that go hard (@vidsthatgohard) December 16, 2024

But at least these trolls are getting a good workout!

Supervillain origin story

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/b5FdXateyC

— Ace (@aceoffmeta) December 15, 2024

The Madden franchise is responsible for more destroyed friendships than even Mario Party games.

Nardwuar interviews Jack Antonoff

So much great content from Nardwuar lately. He is one of my favorite interviewers.

Muhammad Ali poem about friendship

Rest in peace to the GOAT.

Congratulations to Heisman Award winner Travis Hunter

What an emotional, charming, and sometimes hilarious speech.

Travis' mom had some wonderful things to say about her son's big moment. He is most certainly him.

The true Balatro ending

Celebrated the Balatro win at The Game Awards by beating ante 39, where the required score is so high it crashes the game.

The true ending of Balatro has been claimed. Now I can rest... https://t.co/byh4S2Yyq1 pic.twitter.com/P8tU7kRK4i

— Nandre (@Nan_dre_) December 13, 2024

What a wonderful video game. Even when it breaks from too many rounds.

Kendrick Lamar content corner

Krumpers doing Krump things.

I still miss Norm

And in music news, number one on the college charts this summer was Better Than Ezra.

And, at number two? Ezra. pic.twitter.com/oVm9zTID5W

— Norm Macdonald Joke of the Day (@NormSNLJokes) December 9, 2024

But who is Ezra better than?

There you have it, Shacknews. Your Evening Reading for December 19, 2024. Please consider subscribing to Shacknews Mercury to support our site for as little as $1/month. This will be my last Evening Reading post of the year, so thanks for reading these special Thursday night posts.

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Asif Khan

CEO/EIC/EIEIO

Asif Khan is the CEO, EIC, and majority shareholder of Shacknews. He began his career in video game journalism as a freelancer in 2001 for Tendobox.com. Asif is a CPA and was formerly an investment adviser representative. After much success in his own personal investments, he retired from his day job in financial services and is currently focused on new private investments. His favorite PC game of all time is Duke Nukem 3D, and he is an unapologetic fan of most things Nintendo. Asif first frequented the Shack when it was sCary's Shugashack to find all things Quake. When he is not immersed in investments or gaming he is a purveyor of fine electronic music. Asif also has an irrational love of Cleveland sports.