Evening Reading - January 9, 2025

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:

• Nightdive Studios staff on its 2024, gaming at large & the studio's future
• Shacknews Top 24 Games of the Year 2024
• Assassin's Creed Shadows delayed to March 2025
• Xbox Developer Direct will cover Doom: The Dark Ages and South of Midnight this month
• Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta Test 2 start & end dates
• Splash Damage cancels Transformers: Reactivate and confirms layoffs
• All Elemental Progenitors in Warframe
• Helldivers and Horizon Zero Dawn movies in development

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

I won F-Zero 99 twice over our Holiday break

My F-Zero 99 career is set to boost to new heights in 2025.

 Nora Kelly Band - See You in Hell (from Lost Records: Bloom & Rage)

Looks like this next DONTNOD game is going to have a solid soundtrack.

Chick Fil-A employees always say "my pleasure..." OR ELSE

pic.twitter.com/9Z4hNIoeS9

— Bilbro Baggins (@Jbanklestankle1) January 8, 2025

Chick Fil-A takes politeness very seriously.

Dick Vitale is kicking cancer's ass!

Dick Vitale announced that his vocal cords are cancer free and that he can return to ESPN courtside in the near future! 🙏 pic.twitter.com/2Na44GGMsV

— College Basketball Report (@CBKReport) January 8, 2025

Hell yeah!

Words of wisdom from Katt Williams

Speaking the truth? In this economy?

Facebook ditches fact-checking and loosens hate speech guidelines

Here is the full video from Mark Zuckerberg announcing the end of censorship and misinformation policies.

I highly recommend you watch all of it as tonally it is one of the biggest indications of "elections have consequences" I have ever seen pic.twitter.com/aYpkxrTqWe

— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) January 7, 2025

Kate Knibbs posted a very solid article breaking down the consequences of these guideline updates at Facebook, pointing out that hate speech directed at members of the LGBTQ+ community will now be allowed on the platform as well as some racist rhetoric surrounding the topic of illegal immigration. 

It's extremely troubling to see one of the largest sources of information on the Internet ditch fact-checking in favor of X-style Community Notes, especially when Facebook is also developing an open source large language model while operating multiple AI chatbots. 

NES crashes still hit different

If you aren't watching Poo's "The Game No One Can Beat" series, you are missing out.

Nobody's perfect

A.I. has a point.

There you have it, Shacknews. Your Evening Reading for January 9, 2025. Please consider playing Bubbletron to show your support of all of our Shacknews efforts across the Internet.

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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.