Evening Reading - September 17, 2026

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It's nighttime in America, which means it is time for Shacknews Evening Reading.

Asif Khan September 17, 2026 8:35 PM 1

Good evening, Shacknews. It's nighttime, 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:

• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave review: A battle for all time
• Soulframe is already nailing down its storytelling formula with Warsongs Fable
• Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter review: The next one
• GTA 6: The Album announced with 34 original songs, 6 out now
• Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea opens up the farm to you and an animal buddy
• Dragon Quest series crosses 100 million units sold
• Mr. Records is a delightful bite-sized rhythm game full of charm and earworms
• Persona 4 Revival is an expected iteration on a well-worn formula, but the devil is in the details
• Hearthstone devs discuss Reign of the Black Empire, the Monk, and that one StarCraft mini-set
• Hyper Light Drifter developer on brink of shutdown after publisher deal falls through

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

This dog rocks

pic.twitter.com/QXUT0P1mCL

— Lomitos Suavecitos (@SuavesLomitos) September 16, 2026

What a good dog.

I’m crying pic.twitter.com/PzH4LFQJnH

— Quadcarl (@Quadcarl) September 17, 2026

You weren't there.

Talking to Gen Z about GTA 6 pic.twitter.com/NwnUg7fT66

— ☁Baby Blastoise☁ (@PatsOnYaBack) September 15, 2026

RIP to the GTA 1 players.

This song still slaps

Why is the title theme to Robocop on the gb lowkey the best music in any videogame pic.twitter.com/h9bZyfg7Xz

— jessie⚢ (@MaryJaneWAPson) January 22, 2026

The game was meh.

PROF spits

I like the first song.

Harry Mack for your earholes

10/10 pic.twitter.com/lNKf3i9xUp

— Harry Mack (@harrymack) September 12, 2026

Another solid video from Harry Mack.

If the NFL was Scripted...

Tom Grossi is pretty funny.

The Fed raised rates

Hard to control inflation when the war in Iran has no end in sight.

Market psychology

Arguably the greatest investing meme ever made pic.twitter.com/Mm9wYjeXI9

— Aria Radnia 🇮🇷 (@ariaradnia) September 13, 2026

It do be like that!

There you have it, Shacknews. Your Evening Reading for September 17, 2026. Please consider visiting our interactive video game map website Shackmaps to support our broader company efforts.

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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.

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