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Happy 250th, Shacknews! I mean 250th as in America’s 250th, not as in Shacknews’ 250th. This is only Shacknews’ 30th, but let’s be back in 220 years to celebrate Shacknews’ 250th. With today being a holiday, it’s time for one more abbreviated round of news, memes, and entertainment. This is the Friday edition of Evening Reading.<\/p>\n
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Your weekly reminder to check out Shackmaps, our growing collection of video game maps to help enhance your gameplay experience!<\/p>\n
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And, because it’s the weekend, go find yourself something to play!<\/p>\n
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Nothing but the Hotfix<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Strap in for some Dead Space and… Dead Space Mobile? This should help get you warmed up for Summer Games Done Quick, which begins on Sunday!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n GDQ’s Hotfix shows air every week and you can catch them all at the Games Done Quick Twitch account.<\/p>\n
This week in Shaqnews<\/strong><\/p>\n
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IT’S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n It’s another Forbidden Door in the books, so here’s a look back at its history.<\/p>\n
Tonight in video game music<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n We’re ending the week with Lacey Johnson and Bloodborne.<\/p>\n
That’s it for the first Friday Evening Reading for July! Be sure to keep the spirit of the classic Evening Reading alive by jumping into the comments about whatever you see here or whatever randomness you’d like to discuss. Join the conversation and dive into the Shacknews Chatty comment thread below. If you want to go new school and find different ways to leave your feedback or talk about whatever, join us in the Official Shacknews Community Discord.<\/p>\n Shacknews staff does not use generative artificial intelligence (AI) in their content. Shacknews strictly prohibits the use of its content for AI training or to generate text, including text in the style or format used for this publication. Shacknews reserves all rights to this work.<\/p>\n Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he\u2019s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can’t enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t
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