Evening Reading - August 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:

• Shacknews Twitch Highlights: Fall Guys beta, Ghost of Tsushima, and Grounded
• Sports games that need to be rebooted
• 4YMM levels are the best thing going in Super Mario Maker 2 today
• Shack Chat: What would make you buy an Xbox Series X?
• Fairy Tail interview: Building a fantasy with producer Keisuke Kikuchi
• Microsoft Flight Simulator preview: Next-gen arrives ahead of schedule
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate update 8.1.0 patch notes adds Small Battlefield stage
• Fall Guys got review bombed & then 'positive review bombed' during server downtime
• Carrion recently changed its suggestive Nintendo Switch icon
• 2020 video game release dates calendar

Who else wants this Xbox?

The Wide World of Electronic Sports 🔴LIVE https://t.co/ZWTiS4BCk1 pic.twitter.com/RQzRU4fxJ1

— Shacknews (@shacknews) August 3, 2020

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

Advice on being a father

Real talk pic.twitter.com/ODATO83aI0

— Anwar Carrots (@AnwarCarrots) August 3, 2020

Sounds like good advice to me.

Sacred Heart: A Scrubs Video Game

This side-scrolling beat-em-up pits Turk and JD against The Todd and all sorts of other good stuff. I'm no Superman, but this game looks pretty cool considering it was the product of a game jam.

Phil Schiller moves to new Apple Fellow role

This is a big deal for @Apple. I know both of these men well. ⁦⁦⁦@pschiller⁩ has been at the core of the entire Apple renaissance. And Greg Joswiak is a really smart, capable executive who has launched many historic products. Congrats to both! https://t.co/0gfGchFRjc

— Walt Mossberg (@waltmossberg) August 4, 2020

Greg Joswiak will succeed Schiller as Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing.

Cognitive Dissonance with the Jaboofer in Chief

.@jonathanvswan: “Oh, you’re doing death as a proportion of cases. I’m talking about death as a proportion of population. That’s where the U.S. is really bad. Much worse than South Korea, Germany, etc.”@realdonaldtrump: “You can’t do that.”

Swan: “Why can’t I do that?” pic.twitter.com/MStySfkV39

— Axios (@axios) August 4, 2020

We are in big trouble, America.

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Asif Khan

Luminary

Asif Khan is the Luminary 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.