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Evening Reading – September 16, 2025

By Tj Denzer

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Evening Reading - September 16, 2025

Welcome, Shackers, to the end of another Tuesday. We’re gearing up for something very big and hope you’ll stick around as always to see what’s coming, but don’t forget we still have plenty for your perusal between Silksong guides, livestreams, and maps, as well as new reviews, previews, and more. For today? Today, we’re giving it a rest, and that’s our cue for your latest Evening Reading. Enjoy.

In case you missed it at Shacknews…

EVE Vanguard’s Operation Nemesis brings the first cross-game event with EVE Online
Palworld targets version 1.0 launch in 2026
Hollow Knight: Silksong version 1.0.28626 patch notes bring additional bug fixes
Witcher creator Andrzej Sapkowski awarded Polish Medal for Merit to Culture
YouTube claims it paid out over $100 billion to creators since 2021
The Lift is a handyman simulator set during a supernatural disaster
Sky: The Two Embers – Part One review: A guiding light
Assassin’s Creed Shadows: Claws of Awaji is a family affair

And now… More stuff from The Internet!!!

The road through Silksong continues

TJ is getting caught off guard by this boss in #Silksong but is not giving up yet! 😭 pic.twitter.com/v0ucYa9zgl
— Shacknews (@shacknews) September 16, 2025

I’ll be sure to turn my audio up next stream, but we rocked two major bosses on today’s Hollow Knight: Silksong livestream. Moorwing and Sister Splinter look a little weak after that first patch, don’t they…?

Team Cherry remains good folk

To our content creating fans:@TeamCherryGames has ALWAYS granted permission for content creators to create original videos AND MONETIZE THEM.https://t.co/05gqPFcGbsIf your channel is hit with a fraudulent copyright claim, please appeal and include a link to our FAQ above. pic.twitter.com/KMZ4Rl3BEv
— Matthew Griffin (@griffinmatta) September 16, 2025

It’s good to see developers go to bat for the creators and fans that enjoy their games. Good on Griffin and the Cherry crew.

The September Nintendo Direct

Which games from the latest #NintendoDirect are you looking forward to the most? pic.twitter.com/oDUf0DzMe0
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 16, 2025

What are you most excited to play? Pokopia kind of stole the show for me, but I’m still excited for Kirby Air Riders.

RIP Robert Redford

There are certain people you know that you’re going to click with. After working with Robert Redford on Brubaker in 1980, we instantly became friends. Working with him again in An Unfinished Life was a dream come true. Rest peacefully, my friend. pic.twitter.com/gYEgi8YiFt
— Morgan Freeman (@morgan_freeman) September 16, 2025

Morgan Freeman paid respect to his co-star. Redford was pretty amazing in his roles. Rest easy, legend.

But how does it taste…?

snake shaming 😔 #mgs pic.twitter.com/ni22o2LDpE
— maddie ★ othatsraspberry (@othatsraspberry) July 16, 2022

MGS3 Snake probably has the worst kisses between all the weird animal eating and cigarettes.

Just happy to be there and alive

Krillin you’re ruining the aura farm buddy pic.twitter.com/UbeX9U62Jh
— Gazoogaloo (@Gazoogaloo) September 16, 2025

Cheers to my Dragon Ball GOAT. When you’ve died a few times, it probably feels nice to come out of the battle with a heartbeat.

Incidental defamation?

Can we charge the sketch artist with something pic.twitter.com/ZEShDLBByz
— commentary @ DeLulu (@In_LuigiWeTrust) September 16, 2025

Court room sketch artist couldn’t have blown the assignment harder.

And there you have it. That’s your Evening Reading for September 16, 2025. If you’d like to support Shacknews, consider supporting through Shacknews Mercury, where you can help the site out for as little as a dollar a month. Don’t have a dollar? Don’t need one to use Shackmaps. It’s a free interactive map service we’re spinning up to cover your favorite games, with Mario Kart World and Atomfall already available and more coming. Finally, be sure to check out Bubbletron. It’s a free browser game where you can choose from a daily randomized set of prompts to come up with the ultimate trillion-dollar startup.

That’s it for today. See you bright and early with new and stories tomorrow morning!