Evening Reading - October 27, 2026

FeatureIt’s nighttime in America, which means time for another edition of Evening Reading. TJ Denzer October 27, 2026 8:30 PM 1 Welcome, Shackers, to the end of another Tuesday. It’s been another solid Indie-licious day…

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

TJ Denzer October 27, 2026 8:30 PM 1

Welcome, Shackers, to the end of another Tuesday. It’s been another solid Indie-licious day and we’re about to kick off a wonderful weekend for charity with Extra Life Game Day next week. But that’s tomorrow’s plans. Today is coming to an end and that means you get an Evening Reading to close the day of posting. Enjoy!

And now… More stuff from The Internet!!!

Fangtopia so good I forgot when Indie-licious ends

Fangtopia is a puzzle game more than a city builder, but the placement of everything feels so satisfying. Build smartly enough and you can make big plans like an island-circling railway pay off. Very fun Halloween Indie-licious. #indiegame #indiegames #indiedev https://t.co/vcxfJvsFJs
— TJ Denzer (@JohnnyChugs) October 27, 2026

It takes quite the enjoyable twist to get me to lose track of time like that on an indie game. Fangtopia is a very good, lighthearted puzzle settlement builder.

RIP to Tetsuya Chiba, creator of Ashita no Joe

【訃報】「あしたのジョー」漫画家のちばてつやさん死去 87歳 https://t.co/SkLI4zIYkI 「あしたのジョー」「おれは鉄兵」などのヒット作で知られ、文化勲章を受章した漫画家、ちばてつやさんが死去したことがわかった。 https://t.co/OjGE5TqUEQ
— ライブドアニュース (@livedoornews) October 27, 2026

Chiba created one of the best boxing animes of all time and everything like it has been chasing that high since. Rest well, legend.

Oh sweet, silly Rebecca

https://t.co/Oxeq87f8kv
— JosephFox2 (@JosephFox_088) October 27, 2026

I never understood why a teenage medic was specially equipped to arm a bomb, but I also just wish Rebecca could get better quality play in a new Resident Evil game. I can’t wait on them to fix Resident Evil Zero forever.

Classic Looney Tunes to cleanse the soul

this clip fries me every time https://t.co/x6I1dByIff
— vera || bye bye bunny (@salexangeil) October 27, 2026

Such good bits. This was a favorite.

Grand Theft Epona

"The flow of crime is always cruel..." Same Hyrule, but they have guns. #OOT #GTA6 #Zelink https://t.co/ziVsBGe0n3
— Zaeluneth 🌙 (comms open) (@zaeluneth) October 27, 2026

They might be out of Triforce, but they ain’t out of options.

John Romero wants to know if you are well

Hi Sandy. Are you well? This is wrong. On January 1, 1993, we sent a press release saying that multiplayer would be in DOOM, a full 8 months before you joined the company. We knew deathmatch would be huge. In that press release, in January 1993, we said multiplayer would be "the number one cause of decreased productivity in businesses around the world." We were sure of it, and we needed no convincing. I understand you are proud of your work on DOOM, and you should be, but please also respect the accuracy of your statements, particularly around game history. My concern is that these false statements are designed to trigger replies (like this one), reposts, and outrage discussion, all with the view of increasing your followers and subscriptions, particularly since this false deathmatch story (among others) is so easily disproved. I’ve even welcomed you to reach out to me ahead of time. You seem to appreciate game history as much as I do. Could you not also make yours accurate?
— John Romero 🤘🏽 (@romero) October 27, 2026

The “Are you well?” before the storm some say. Kudos to John for always keeping the record square in easily manipulable times.

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TJ Denzer Senior News Editor

TJ Denzer is a player and writer with a passion for games that has dominated a lifetime. He found his way to the Shacknews roster in late 2019 and has worked his way to Senior News Editor since. Between news coverage, he also aides notably in livestream projects like the indie game-focused Indie-licious, the Shacknews Stimulus Games, and the Shacknews Dump. You can reach him at [email protected] and also find him on BlueSky @JohnnyChugs.

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