Evening Reading - August 18, 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:

• Facebook accounts required for new Oculus users starting in October, existing users by 2023
• Microsoft Flight Simulator review: The killer app
• Torchlight 3 interview: How Relic subclasses are changing the game
• Minecraft welcomes you to the Jurassic World DLC
• How to install Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
• Baldur's Gate 3 early access coming to PC & Google Stadia in late September
• How to invert the camera and controls - Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
• Which version of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 should you buy?
• 6 features we still want for Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
• Untitled Goose Game to get free two-player co-op update this September
• Bear and Breakfast is a timed console exclusive that lets you transform a B&B
• 2020 video game release dates calendar

Bugsnax is not a kids game...

Wide World of Electronic Sports 🔴LIVE https://t.co/ZWTiS4BCk1 pic.twitter.com/81ljy4NAD5

— Shacknews (@shacknews) August 17, 2020

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

Have some nightmare fuel

Listen, my hips dont lie. pic.twitter.com/Nz4BamtRcT

— Aarik aka Moobs (@Adoroable) August 18, 2020

I need that Men in Black memory eraser.

Kirby is doing his best

Kirby thought the presentation was going well pic.twitter.com/LucmaGwm4j

— James Turner (@JamesTurner_42) August 17, 2020

We love Kirby.

Look at this bird picture!

A Cedar Waxwing in a Serviceberry shrub. pic.twitter.com/dSZTDURRvW

— Jocelyn Anderson Photography (@JocAPhotography) August 17, 2020

Helvetica takes amazing photos.

Music is cool

I had A LOT of requests for this one! X-Men: The Animated Series pic.twitter.com/D1W5TAAs0I

— Samara Ginsberg (@samaracello) August 18, 2020

Always nice to hear some covers of the X-Men.

when waiting for a call with @gankstrr to start there's only one song i'm gonna play (cc @YoungHorses) pic.twitter.com/ndTq0dSTPd

— Cabel (@cabel) August 18, 2020

Or Bugsnax.

Finally finished learning one of my favorite songs that I listen to when I am out of it so I can play it for myself.

Gymnopédie No. 1 - Erik Satie

Enjoyyyyy pic.twitter.com/CKLNP8WjUw

— SonicFox (@SonicFox) August 18, 2020

#KarenStrikesAgain

San Francisco, California:

COVID-19 denier upset over the park being closed approaches security with a pair of scissors...pic.twitter.com/zxJAGSDoQ4

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 18, 2020

I wonder if she has been invited to the Republican National Convention yet.

MkLeo just wins

pic.twitter.com/24RjtEiZuY

— T1 | MkLeo (@Mkleosb) August 19, 2020

I stink at Fall Guys.

Kitty cats

Goodnight! ^^ pic.twitter.com/4V1WE4ljBP

— Blaze The Cat (@SolGuardian_) August 18, 2020

They love each other.

Captain Hindsight reporting in

“In hindsight, the downvotes from people with more real-world experience than me were definitely justified,” says @PalmerLuckey pic.twitter.com/r17IcZqHpc

— Ian Hamilton (@hmltn) August 18, 2020

Upon further review, garbage company Facebook acquiring Oculus was the worst thing to happen to the VR HMD company and their early adopters.

The Valve Index jumped 4000% today on the news that Facebook announced the destruction of any goodwilll that Oculus had.https://t.co/3UtQn0bBw0

— TheValveIndex (@TheValveIndex) August 18, 2020

Frog hat!

Look at him just chilling with a frog hat 🥺 pic.twitter.com/NY6fUmUdym

— Chris DeLaBarrio (@ChrisDeLaBarrio) August 17, 2020

We could learn a lesson from this fish.

My haircut is not this cool

The colorist SNAPPED

pic.twitter.com/lWClZkRoET

— IG: theBlingAddict (@stillT0XIC) August 18, 2020

This must have taken forever.

Tony Hawk's Pro Office Chair Riders

mentally i am here pic.twitter.com/R6b2JLEwZM

— 🌺professional chadluver🌺 (@cabinetmans) August 18, 2020

Now with reverts!

There you have it, Shacknews. Your Evening Reading for August 18, 2020. Please consider subscribing to Shacknews Mercury to support our site for as little as $1/month. Here is a gif of Lola to brighten your night.

AROOOOO pic.twitter.com/bZin8mJYY8

— Productive Citizen ✌🏾💙🙏🏾👊🏾 (@technosucks) August 19, 2020

What are you up to tonight? Let us know in the Shacknews Chatty comment thread below.

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.