Evening Reading - February 18, 2020

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Devolver Digital confirms E3 2020 is still happening

E3 is still a go.

— Devolver Digital (@devolverdigital) February 18, 2020

Fine. Their Devolver Direct was hilarious, at least.

EXCLUSIVE: @geoffkeighley to host MuppetCon 2020 during the week of #E32020 pic.twitter.com/TdSYihMGld

— Holographic Geoff Keighley (@HologramGeoff) February 16, 2020

Great, now we are getting scooped by Holographic Geoff Keighley.

Cookies and Cream Oreo milkshake no longer for sale at Swensons Drive-In on February 25, 2020

Sadly, all good things must come to an end. Our cookies & cream #OREO milkshake will be here until 2/24. Don't fret, we have a dark chocolate treat on deck that’s sure to satisfy! Any guesses? #Swenatics. #Akron #Cleveland #Columbus pic.twitter.com/q8twuwIFzs

— Swensons Drive-In (@SwensonsDriveIn) February 17, 2020

I would have ordered a billion of these if I wasn't lactose intolerant.

Lowpoly's football game Rivals looks dope

Using animation layers to blend poses, players can now easily make high, low, and over the shoulder catches in Rivals!#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity pic.twitter.com/9Vu1K8xWid

— Ryan Kamins (@lowpoly) February 18, 2020

I am going to try it out soon.

SUPER MARIO MAKER 2 - SHACKNEWS GOTY 2019

Helpful parenting. #SuperMarioMaker2 pic.twitter.com/OrW1dc5QD6

— The Entire Sink's Gone Rotten (@joefisher) February 19, 2020

This was great.

Interesting levels popping up everyday in the Shacknews GOTY 2019.

New Dunkey video on the evolution of video game structure

I really appreciate when he does videos on topics like this.

N64-style Nintendo Switch

Got my Switch to look like the N64 controller I had growing up

Mod by @argyletoast pic.twitter.com/c2OlNDKVWK

— Saam (@saampahlavan) February 15, 2020

This custom Switch looks pretty dope.

THERE IS AN ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS DIRECT THIS WEEK

https://t.co/cZoPR1PMua pic.twitter.com/RrGhuqkVtc

— Glitch (@GlitchxCity) February 18, 2020

I’m so excited! I hope you’ll be watching with me! https://t.co/SAK7to1TC8

— Isabelle (@animalcrossing) February 18, 2020

https://t.co/WrkoJa2bI0 pic.twitter.com/bTFmflGJDr

— Productive Citizen ✌🏾💙🙏🏾👊🏾 (@technosucks) February 18, 2020

me in march with animal crossing new horizons, spongebob rehydrated, and cooking mama cookstar on the switch pic.twitter.com/DMf6d3oY9i

— sam ☾ no way way (@aonymph) February 18, 2020

I am very excited for the Nintendo Direct this week.

In case you missed it at Shacknews:

• 9to5 Elon - Episode 11: TSLA secondary offering and Bernie memes
• Ed Boon Talks Mortal Kombat 11, Smash Ultimate DLC, & more
• 8 games we want for the Nintendo Switch 2020 release lineup
• How to use The Witcher 3 cross-save on Nintendo Switch and PC
• Flip the script with this Lenovo ThinkBook Plus overview
• Legends of Runeterra patch notes 0.9.0 - Deny done dirty
• Nintendo Switch Lite coral color coming in April 2020
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo Direct coming this week
• Shack Smash Tournament Series kicks off at SXSW 2020 with $20K Ultimate Invitational
• 2020 video game release dates calendar

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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.