Evening Reading - June 4, 2020

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:

• ICE-T Gamer Stuff livestream to headline Shacknews E4 on June 11
• Digital Extremes donates $25,000 to Black Lives Matter to combat racism
• Upload VR Showcase Summer Edition delayed amid civil unrest
• Sega pledges to make and match employee donations to anti-racism organizations
• Let's talk about This Week at Bungie - June 4, 2020
• PC Gaming Show 2020 delayed by a week amid civil unrest
• Apple CEO Tim Cook publishes open letter about 'Speaking up on racism'
• Call of Duty to crack down on racist player IDs & behavior, vows Infinity Ward
• The Pokemon Company donates $200,000 to combat social injustices
• 8 video games that need a spectator mode
• From Chaos: The Aspirational Storytelling of Life is Strange
• 2020 video game release dates calendar

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

The Washington Monument struck by lightning

🚨 The #Washington Monument was just struck by lightning

pic.twitter.com/JfxBSzjTdC

— AS-Source News (@ASB_Breaking) June 5, 2020

Impressive footage.

Secretary of State Pompeo expected to push for tighter rules on Chinese IPOs on US exchanges.

Exclusive: Secretary of State Pompeo is expected to urge stock exchanges globally to tighten rules for Chinese companies after the Nasdaq decided to do so https://t.co/Otplxy2KBV https://t.co/Otplxy2KBV

— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) June 4, 2020

The NASDAQ exchange is already taking aim on Chinese companies, and the Trump adminstration is set to escalate this ongoing trade war.

Hero of Time

We’ve seen video of “spec ops guy” throwing the cops’ tear gas back at them. Here’s what he’s all about. #DCProtests pic.twitter.com/1hV10UVYLF

— Amy Eskind (@AmyEskind) June 4, 2020

Shacknews salutes Spec Ops!

This Song Slaps So Hard

Fire.

That accuracy was impressive tbh, from a moving car!? accounted for wind, while doing a turn, empty bottle weight? 10/10 pic.twitter.com/y3t2jizPfI

— ..... (@Anti) June 5, 2020

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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.