Evening Reading - October 13, 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:

• Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl preview: Revitalizing Sinnoh
• The Jackbox Party Pack 8 review: Eight is enough
• Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker hands-on preview: The end is near
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl review: Slimy around the edges
• Programmer gets Doom working in full color 17FPS on a Casio calculator
• Activision introduces Ricochet Anti-Cheat for Call of Duty games
• Monster Hunter Rise Steam demo launches & features rewards for the full game
• Shatner on Blue Origin suborbital space flight: 'important for everyone to have this experience'
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Frontline closed test postponed after negative feedback
• Epic Games and Innersloth tease Fortnite Among Us collaboration

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

Your daily dose of sudoku

Simon takes on a pretty devious looking sudoku today.

To celebrate Xbox's 20th anniversary this year, take a look at Craddock's excellent deep dive

As the 20th anniversary of @Xbox draws nearer, read my deep dive into its creation @Shacknews. From the early days of @Microsoft’s PC games group, to how 9/11 strengthened the Xbox team’s resolve, to the console’s historic midnight launch. https://t.co/WJGr5ZU3bp #gamedev #Gaming

— David L. Craddock (@davidlcraddock) October 12, 2021

Can't quite believe it's been two decades since I got my hands on an Xbox console for the first time.

I love a good Squid Game meme

character design in game dev pic.twitter.com/GWRscX7WXe

— Kim Parker (@thatkimparker) October 13, 2021

Here's one about game development.

Animorphs!

Don’t talk to me or my son or my son or my son or my son or my son or my son or my son or my son or my son or my son or my son or my son or my son or my son or my son or my son or my son or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/WEIzX1xoy0

— Terrible Eldritch Sword 💀👻⚔️ (@Greatbigsword) October 11, 2021

Or nesting dolls.

Classic action-exploration game experience

My Metroid Dread experience pic.twitter.com/66cd1GzWJM

— Taku (@Yotakuboi) October 12, 2021

Acquire a new thing and now go work out what to do with it.

I'm Walken here

Walken here https://t.co/crYio9doT1 pic.twitter.com/dZcFdixc9E

— Zane Schacht, Voice Ghoul 🎃 (@VoicesByZane) October 12, 2021

You're Walken there!

Running out of yeehaws for the day

i dont have a single yeehaw left in me pic.twitter.com/Nrq1cHrcpE

— evn (@cryb0i) October 12, 2021

The tank is running low.

I saw this, so now you do too

pic.twitter.com/gQInPCjHI9

— Zelda Gif World (@GifZelda) October 13, 2021

It's almost the season for all these kinds of rhymes.

You seen this latest Twitter trend?

I don’t wanna see no flags tomorrow make sure y’all wrap this shit up tonight .

— ♋︎ (@LUXURY0RN0THING) October 13, 2021

Can I mute emojis on Twitter?

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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