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Evening Reading – April 22, 2020 – Earth Day

Hey Shacknews, it's time for Evening Reading. Let's officially close out our day of posting. Please take a look. SUPER MARIO MAKER 2 - SHACKNEWS GOTY 2019 [embedded content] Awesome to see Grand POOBear dive head first into the new SMB2 mushroom powerup! Fun Miyamoto quote about Minus World, from a 2010 Famitsu interview:"That's a bug, yes, but it's not like it crashes the game, so it's really kind of a feature, too!"Makes sense to me! :)https://t.co/c5ZSRjDk1k — Derek Yu (@mossmouth) April 22, 2020 How I spent my Earth Day

Evening Reading – April 20, 2020

Hey Shacknews, it's time for Evening Reading. Let's officially close out our day of posting. Please take a look. It's 4/20, my dudes! he's blazed out of his goddamn mind rn pic.twitter.com/sPz3eVl29s — Janine Sataria ? (@flaplette) April 17, 2020 Hope everyone had a safe and happy April 20th. On 4/20 Oil is $0.69 a barrel. We did it folks. We did it. pic.twitter.com/rnzCXwKIoh — Duncan (@dunkman) April 20, 2020 Oil crashes to negative prices Sure, I'll take some oil if they pay me https://t.co/DSVNAopqy1 — Maarten Goldstein (@maarten_g) April

New Gaming TV Network Hastens Launch As Esports Take The Spotlight

Ariel Horn and Ben Kusin are the entrepreneurs behind VENN (Video Game Entertainment and News Network), an MTV-style startup looking to cover all things games and esports. As other industries dial back or cancel plans due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis, the VENN founders are pushing to launch ahead of schedule, while lockdown conditions have increased the visibility of the gaming world, Bloomberg reports.With traditional sporting leagues cancelled, esports have taken the spotlight--sometimes even replacing traditional sports, as in the case of the NBA 2K20 Players Tournament or the MLB

PS5 Pre-Orders Aren’t Live Yet, But You Can Sign Up For Notifications Now

Over the past year, we've learned about the PlayStation 5 bit by bit, and the latest news brought a complete reveal of the next-gen PS5 controller, also known as the DualSense. We've still got a lot to learn about the upcoming console, including its release date and more, but if you want to be one of the first people to put your money down, then several retailers have started sign-ups to notify users when the PS5 is available to pre-order.When will PS5 be available to pre-order?Best Buy, Target, and GameStop