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Greetings, Spider fans and true believers! I come in with another round of news, memes and entertainment. This is the Friday edition of Evening Reading!

In case you missed it on Shacknews:

And, because it’s the weekend, go find something to play!

Around the gaming horn

Let’s focus tonight on some of the stories we missed at the THQ Nordic Showcase.

The future of THQ Nordic looks bright.

And now… Other stuff from the internet!!!

Peacemaker auditions

The auditions for the part of Eagley get intense.

The past, present and future of bricks

LEGO builds on its 90th anniversary with a rare glimpse into the company’s Danish headquarters.

Eight years? Really?

This year, the big outcry in pop culture is the cancellation of Batgirl. Eight years ago, video games were dealing with something similar when fans were treated to an exciting demo that turned out to be a collaboration between Hideo Kojima, Guillermo del Toro and Norman Reedus. Just when everyone got excited about the entire PT project… well… it didn’t happen.

Eight years later, we still wonder what could have been. So does GDT.

Rumbleverse: Week 1

Let’s take a look at the first week of Iron Galaxy’s new Battle Royale!

Splashing other players on the wall has proven to be a popular tactic and has been spread throughout the game.

Grapplers can do a lot, but they can’t swim.

Don’t “STOP” what you’re doing, Mustard!

I may be an old fashioned wrestling fan, but I don’t recall chairs ever being able to do that.

Some real Hancock vibes go here.

And finally…

Boingy boingy boingy!

Nothing but the Hotfix

For this week’s Hotfix, we take a look at a game that surprisingly hasn’t seen many speedruns yet: the single-player Pokemon Legends: Arceus. The target time is currently at 3:55:00, so let’s see if Halqery can crack it.

GDQ’s Hotfix airs every week and you can watch them all on the Games Done Quick Twitch account.

This week in Shaqnews

Shaquille O’Neal’s advice column didn’t go where I expected.

IT’S STILL REAL FOR ME, DAMMIT!

Guess who’s back!

Tonight in video game music

From GameChops Radio, get started with this funky album full of mixes of some of the best games from the 1990s.

That’s your Evening Lecture to send in this second weekend of August! Keep the spirit of the classic Evening Reading alive by jumping in the comments about what you see here or whatever randomness you want to discuss. Join the conversation and dive into the Shacknews Chatty comment thread below. I’ll see you all next week!

Senior editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since he picked up his first NES controller at the age of 5. He has been into games ever since, but only briefly left during his college days. But he was withdrawn again after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, spending most of his time helping the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a huge fan of platform games, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling story behind it. Because what are video games if you can’t enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?