Evening Reading - April 28, 2026

It's nighttime in America, which means time for another edition of Evening Reading.

by · Shacknews

Welcome, Shackers, to the end of another Tuesday. We hope you enjoyed the content and news of another stellar day, including the latest Indie-licious interview, our Steam Controller review, previews including Directive 8020, and more. We’ve always got more to share, so we hope you’ll stick around while we prepare it in between all of the news. For now, it’s time to bring another fine day of posting to a close. Here’s your latest Evening Reading.

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It was, once again, another Tuesday

Poor Chun-Li, but it’s always another Tuesday when you’re cashing Bison Bucks.

A xenomorph on a high school budget???

It’s more likely than you think! But also cool as hell that Sigourney Weaver showed up to give it her blessing.

When the feast is over, there’s only the grind

Personally, if I had to work in a white collar cubicle, I would also spit corrosive acid at the walls.

Diana is taking over all the best Capcom accounts

I gotta admit, I love this trend of little Diana invading all of the Capcom social accounts. Too cute.

30+ and creaky as old floorboards

This is true, but there’s far more joint popping and cracking involved.

They forget where we came from

I am always perplexed at people that go out and yell at bands like Rage Against the Machine for “getting too political as they got older.” What were you listening to?

Watch your back, cat owner

Oh? You were minding your own business? Unforgiveable, says cat.

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