Evening Reading - August 2, 2021

Good evening, Shacknews, it's night time, which means 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:

• Grime review: Chiseled & polished metroidvania
• Shacknews' 25 favorite video interviews
• Hitman 3 Season of Lust includes Shacknews Featured Contracts
• Twitch is experimenting with optional stream display ads
• SkateBIRD has been delayed to September to squish final bugs
• Halo Infinite battle royale voice line discovered in game files
• Half-Life 2 fan-made remastered collection in development with Valve's supposed consent
• Jack Dorsey's Square acquires Afterpay buy-now-pay-later service in $29 billion all stock deal
• Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) Q1 2022 earnings results beat expectations
• Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) subsidiary 2K to announce new game franchise this month

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

Your daily dose of sudoku

Time to warm up those brain juices.

Now THIS is a storm

Rain Storm in Alabama outside this factory door pic.twitter.com/fVxk0fk8SO

— Learn Something (@knowIedgehub) July 31, 2021

Look at all that water.

Lorde handles the heat like a champ

not lorde just casually enjoying eating the hottest wings with barely a flinch pic.twitter.com/TDftJ8DzoQ

— chu (@chuuzus) July 29, 2021

Oh, I could go for some hot sauce right about now.

Landscaping company makes a grave mistake

The email my sister got from a landscaping company job she applied for vs. The one she sent back 💀 pic.twitter.com/W9LSjyXrBP

— 𝚍𝚊𝚗 (@dzzzny) July 29, 2021

Lessons will be learned.

Explaining Australian things be like...

me trying to explain british english to american editors pic.twitter.com/RHkcKWDmah

— Luke Plunkett (@LukePlunkett) August 1, 2021

No, we're not made up.

Try not to be too spooky in the 1600s

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/z2qioudl6I

— Big Homie 🦍. (@_KingKanis) July 30, 2021

Don't make that pencil wobble.

King of the Hill screen

pic.twitter.com/E4KWfC2CbB

— King of the Hill Screens (@kothscreens) July 30, 2021

I think this episode is when Bobby accidentally starts a protest.

Halo Infinite's technical preview was this weekend

HALO INFINITE MADE THE MOUSE AND CONTROLLER DREAM A REALITY pic.twitter.com/8OIMYQH6LW

— Tim Gettys (@TimGettys) July 30, 2021

What a wild control scheme.

That moment you learn how the slide works and realize Halo Infinite actually has INSANE movement 🤯 pic.twitter.com/Rl2Argt6BQ

— Alexander (@TheShyway) July 30, 2021

The movement is so slick.

Halo Infinite’s menu music got me like pic.twitter.com/bd1vHlstlJ

— Logan Dodson (@LoganDodson) August 1, 2021

The music is also so dang good.

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Sam Chandler

Guides Editor

Hailing from the land down under, Sam Chandler brings a bit of the southern hemisphere flair to his work. After bouncing round a few universities, securing a bachelor degree, and entering the video game industry, he's found his new family here at Shacknews as a Guides Editor. There's nothing he loves more than crafting a guide that will help someone. If you need help with a guide, or notice something not quite right, you can message him on X: @SamuelChandler