Quick Links It’s a new day and that means a new puzzle wall to solve in the New York Times’sConnectionsgame. If you’re looking to save your streak and only want to nail down that last pesky category, don’t worry - we have all the hints you could need. You’ll find everything you need below, from vague hints as to what you should be looking for to the outright answers. Whether you’re looking for a nudge in the right direction or a sneaky way to preserve your blemish-free record, you’ve come to the right place....

Quick Links As you spread managed Democracy throughout the galaxy inHelldivers 2, you’ll likely want to grow your arsenal of weapons and powerful stratagems to make each fight easier. To that end, developer Arrowhead Game Studios has reinforced the hit multiplayer title with the devastating LAS-99 Quasar Cannon. This monumental weapon is one of the most powerful to be added to the game since it was released, and it’s offered to all as a free update to Helldivers 2....

Did you know there is an entire day in thePersona 5fandom dedicated to smooching Ryuji Sakamoto? I didn’t until I logged onto Twitter this morning, and by that point the celebration had already passed me by. The best boy deserves lots of smooches, so I totally understand. Persona has always had a passionate community, years before the fifth entry saw it explode into the stratosphere with millions of new fans around the world....

There’s always been a slight incongruity betweenDisney Lorcanaand its starter decks. The game itself thrives on its connection to Disney, with each new set revealed leading into speculation for which characters or movies will be coming next. Big Tink and Flounder have both become icons of Lorcana, and the reveal of Atlantis for Into the Inklands was met with excitement. Characters make Lorcana go round. And yet, the starter decks have always been all business....

Comic books andFunko Popsare so synonymous with one another that if there’s a superhero out there, they have probably been turned into a Funko Pop!, some of them multiple times. Almost certainly if that superhero was created under either theMarvelorDCumbrella. Outside of that, it might not be a certainty that your favorite heroes have Pop! figures for you to buy.Invincible, for example, currently has no Funko Pops to its name, although that is finally about to change....

A lot of iconic characters and vehicles have been turned intoLegosets, but there aren’t many sets that can boast being both of those things at the same time. You really need to be a Transformer to achieve that, and there has only been one Lego Transformers set so far. Optimus Prime, comfortably the most famous Transformer of all, is the only Autobot to have been turned into a Lego set, and right now you can get the unique set for less atAmazon....

When I try to explain the plot of the Like a Dragon series to my friends who don’t play games, I sound a little like a madman. I have to describe how throughout the series, you play as various members of the Yakuza, and a lot of really sad things happen, and there’s a lot of killing, fighting, and violence. Inevitably, after ten minutes of ranting without stopping to take a breath, I’ll be hit with, “I don’t know, sounds like a macho dude game....

Loungefly is the fashion arm ofFunko, teaming with some of the world’s top franchises to create officially licensed backpacks, wallets, and more. Working extensively withDisney,MarvelandStar Warshave a lot of Loungefly options, and they are the two franchises chosen to kick off its new Collectiv collection. Launching this month, Loungefly has revealed itsLokiand Star Wars Collectiv collections, featuring cross-body bags, hoodies, and even a varsity jacket. Everything Loungefly puts its name to is high-end, but its Collectiv range appears to take things to the next level....

Atlus kicked off 2024 in a big way, not only viaPersona 3 Reloadbut alsoUnicorn Overlordshortly after that. There’s more to come from the RPG studio too as the arrival of another title that promises to eat up tens, if not hundreds of hours of your time if you let it is now right around the corner. That game isMetaphor: ReFantazio. Atlus’s highly-anticipated Persona-style titlewill be released on June 13, 2025, and if you want to make sure you’re among the first to play it, there’s still time to place a pre-order....

Monster Hunter: World just celebrated its sixth anniversary this past weekend, and it’s seeing a massive resurgence in players. Bolstered by the Monster Hunter Wilds announcement, the 2018 game has seen more concurrent players on Steam over the last month than it has at any point over the last four years. I’ve been diving back into the hunt myself, and I’m loving it just as much as I did six years ago....

Persona 3 Reloadis a fantastic remake of one of the best JRPGs you can find right now, but some would argue that it isn’t definitive. Even though the game has been out for a month, and we’ve hadseveral claims from prominent Sega and Persona insider Midori that she’s not being added, there were some that still had a sliver of hope left thatPersona 3 Portablefemale protagonist Kotone (better known as FeMC) would be added as DLC in the future....

Only three months into 2024 and it has already been a busy one forPokemonFunko Pop!collectors.Shiny Lucario, an unexpecteddebut for Cresselia, andPokemon’s first Deluxe Pop! Momentbeing one of the first moments many of us experienced in a Pokemon game. The Pokemon Pop! train doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon. If anything, it’s still picking up speed as a first look at the next three figures has been revealed....

I got my first console, a Nintendo 64, in 1999 when I was five, and with it came a healthy collection of family-centric Mario games. My dad had an old NES that was mostly collecting dust in the basement after he showed me a few rounds of Duck Hunt, but the Nintendo 64 was the first time I felt like I wasn’t playing Dad’s games, I was playingmine. And though I loved my solo adventuring games, as soon as we got the red-yellow-white plugs sorted and the smooth, jazzy intro to Mario Kart 64 played in our living room for the first time, my family began what would become a regular routine of playing party games on the N64 together....