Evening Reading - August 7, 2026

Taking a break from the QuakeCon action to bring you some Friday night fun.

by · Shacknews

Happy QuakeCon, everyone! It's that time of year to celebrate all things Quake and, to a lesser extent, all other things id and Bethesda. Let's take everyone into this fabulous weekend with a fresh round of news, memes, and entertainment. This is the Friday edition of Evening Reading.

In case you missed it at Shacknews:

Your weekly reminder to check out Shackmaps, our growing collection of video game maps to help enhance your gameplay experience!

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

Around the Gaming Horn

Here's some rapid-fire news to wrap up your week.

If you missed it earlier today, be sure to catch up with everything from the THQ Nordic Showcase 2026.

Explore a new world in this latest look at Star Trek: Outposts Unknown.

Serious Sam is exploring the multiverse in just a few weeks.

Finally, let's take a peek at landspeeders in Star Wars: Galactic Racer.

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

Today in Bubbletron

Be sure to play Bubbletron today!

Nintendogs

I'm all about more pets in promotional materials.

Clipped?

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— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing.bsky.social) August 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM

Catch up with the latest on the Clippers/Kawhi Leonard saga.

Nothing but the Hotfix

The Hotfix is going for a drive.

GDQ's Hotfix shows air every week and you can catch them all at the Games Done Quick Twitch account.

This week in Shaqnews

Shaq still got hops!

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— Leigh Ellis (@leighellis.bsky.social) August 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM

Gotta get those last dunks in, because you never know if he'll become the Big Arthritis.

IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!

AEW's partners at CMLL invited them back out to Arena Mexico.

Tonight in video game music

We really do need more mixes of modern indie hits like Gravity Circuit.

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