Evening Reading - May 5, 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. It’s been a packed couple of days for Shacknews, and especially for me. I got to celebrate the 200th episode of Indie-licious. It’s been a little over 6 years since I started the livestream and we’ve played a lot sense. We also had some awesome LEGO Batman content launch today. There are a lot of earnings to cover this week and we’ll be following up on all of that, but for now, it’s time to bring another day of posting to a close. Here’s your Evening Reading.

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Tune into the Shacknews E4 Indie Showcase 2026 on June 3!

We’ve locked in a fantastic collection of games. I can’t wait to share it with you all next month.

It was, once again, a Tuesday

Tuesdays should pay extra Bison Bucks. It’s only fair.

Build a baddie

I want to know what that bear said that made that clerk go, “y’all can’t come here anymore.”

Meeting the evolution about 10 stops down the path

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Four more legs than that snake was expecting to see.

The Chonkinator

When I finally give up on trying I’m going to put a machine like this together, but for chicken nuggets, and direct the trough towards my mouth.

Elon’s being a weirdo again

Shockingly, not even the creepiest thing Elon Musk has done with Twitter accounts, but still pretty creepy.

Ice Cold Beer

I love finding this machine working in the wild. It’s such an interesting mechanical game.

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Have a good evening. We’ll see you in the morning for more posts and updates.

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