New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for May 08, 2025

Quick Links Strandsis back with one more challenging puzzle, this time for Jun 30, 2025. If you want to try out anextremely difficult puzzle game, this is a great one to start with. To win, you need to use every single letter just once while finding all nine of the themed words inside. But if it’s a little too challenging for you, no problem either. This article will help guide you; it contains everything you need to win today, including general clues, word spoilers, an explanation of the puzzle, and even the full answer if you want it....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Ronald Curtis MD

Niantic Bans Newly Added Pokemon in Pokemon GO

Summary Niantic has banned Morpeko fromPokemon GOChampionship series events until further notice, which includes the 2025 Gdańsk Regionals as well as the League events that will take place after the announcement. Morpeko has quickly gained popularity in PvP due to its unique set of abilities, and it seems like the developers might implement some balancing changes to make the Pokemon ready for competitive play inPokemon GO. Pokemon GOfans have tons of exciting events in the month of October....

July 22, 2025 · 3 min · 530 words · Alec Moore

Oda Reveals One Piece Volume 110 Cover And It's Mind-blowing

Summary One Pieceis one of the most popular anime series in the world. So, whenever there is an announcement linked to the series, fans are always excited to learn more about it. The announcement about the One Piece animegoing on a long hiatus till April 2025shocked the fans to the core. The anime has been releasing high-quality episodes every week, which is why viewers are sad to see it go on a break....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Steven Solis

Pokemon Fan Shares Frankenstein Figure That Mashes Up the Starters

Summary APokemonfan got a bizarre Frankenstein-style figure of the Gen 1 Starters for their birthday and has shared it with the game’s community. While a bit odd, the creativePokemonfigure has drawn a lot of attention and found fans. Pokemonhas a surprising amount of spooky influences in it that are perfect for the Halloween season. This has led to numerous fans dressing up asPokemon for Halloween, celebrating the holiday with fan art, and more....

July 22, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Carl Bailey

Pokemon GO Wild Area 2024 Adds New Event Pokemon

Summary Niantic has announced some new Pokemon that will be featured inPokemon GO’s Wild Area event, including a Snorlax clad in a studded jacket and both Pikachu Pop Star and Rock Star. While Pikachu Pop Star and Rock Star were available inPokemon GOin the past, this is the first time that players will be able to catch this particular costumed Snorlax in the game. With the start of theMax Out season inPokemon GOthis September, there has been a constant influx of new events in the mobile game....

July 22, 2025 · 3 min · 578 words · Mark Suarez

Questions We Have After Smile 2

Summary It seems like only yesterday, but the firstSmilemovie was released in 2022. So, avid fans of that horror film have been itching for a sequel for a bit now. Technically,Smile 2does pick up where the first movie left off but there are not a lot of factors that newbies would be lost on beyond the first ten minutes. Viewers may have questions about that intro but there are more prevalent ones at hand involving all of the characters inSmile 2....

July 22, 2025 · 4 min · 833 words · Amy Fernandez

Resident Evil 4 Remake Reaches Impressive Sales Milestone

Summary TheResident Evil 4remake has crossed an impressive threshold of 8 million copies sold. However, while it’s nothing to scoff at, the game still has a long way to go to even reach the top five in sales ofResident Evilgames. TheResident Evil 4remake was a big hitwith fans and critics, bringing back when one ofResident Evil’s most-loved adventures and giving it a fresh current-gen overhaul. It was a difficult task, for sure, but one that Capcom had already proven it was capable of with the prior remakes ofResident Evil 2and3....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · Sharon Martinez

Roblox: Super Treehouse Tycoon 2 Codes

Quick Links Super Treehouse Tycoon 2is anadventure tycoon gamewhere you will have to collect and sell honey to build a dream house on a tree. As with otherRobloxtycoons, your income will be very small at first, and you won’t be able to progress quickly. Instead of waiting for a long time to accumulate currency for upgrades, you’re able to redeemSuper Treehouse Tycoon 2codes. This way, you will instantly receive rewards, including Honey, the local currency, which you can spend on building up the area and increasing your income....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Charles Stanley

Rocket League: How To Get Nightmare Before Christmas Event Items

With Halloween being right around the corner, games likeRocket Leagueand its sister gameFortnitehave been releasing Halloween-themed items in their online shops.Rocket Leaguehas yet again releasedNightmare Before Christmas-themed decals and car accessories to its players since having similar collaborations in past years. Each item of the collab is limited to only being available for another week before they leave and will not be available until next year or maybe not again since some items from previous years haven’t yet returned toRocket League....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Misty Williamson

Rumor: Hogwarts Legacy Has '10-15 Hours' of New Content on the Way

Summary According to a new report,Hogwarts Legacyis getting new DLC and a Definitive Edition release.Hogwarts Legacywas the best-selling new video game release of 2023. The wildly successful game is playable on most modern gaming platforms, which has helped it reach a huge audience of players. Considering the dizzying success ofHogwarts Legacy, one would think that WB would want to capitalize with paid DLC. However, no substantial paid DLC has been officially announced forHogwarts Legacyto this day, with most reports indicating that developerAvalanche Software is now focused on the inevitable sequel....

July 22, 2025 · 3 min · 618 words · Deanna Novak

South Park: 10 Saddest Episodes, Ranked

South Parkis well-known for itsunique humor in the controversial episodesabout everything and everyone. However, writers Trey Parker and Matt Stone created some ofSouth Park’s saddest episodesthat caught viewers by surprise. According to the fans, the majority of thesaddest episodes onSouth Parkincluded Kenny and Stan, covering topics such as grief, body shaming, mental health, and divorce. Spoilers included This article addresses sensitive topics such as grief, poverty, loneliness, body shaming, family dysfunction, and religious beliefs....

July 22, 2025 · 8 min · 1574 words · William Rodriguez

Space Marine 2 Players Make Fallout-Inspired Armor

Summary The iconic armor ofWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2has inspired some players to bring a touch ofFalloutinto the game via special paint jobs. The customized armor sets shared with theSpace Marine 2community are based on similarly recognizableFalloutpower armor. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2is making waves in both the gaming industry and theWarhammerfan community, as the most vivid recreation yet of Games Workshop’s legendary wargame franchise. Developer Saber Interactive employed modern high-quality graphics tech to make the game look as close to theWarhammer 40,000lore as possible....

July 22, 2025 · 3 min · 550 words · Stacey George

Spider-Man Fans Should Give This Noir-Themed Destiny 2 Hunter a Look

Summary A cleverDestiny 2player turned their Hunter into the popular Marvel character Spider-Man Noir using various armor pieces and ornaments. Despite being a first-person shooter game, a big part of the fun inDestiny 2lies in creating fun outfits and builds that reference other franchises. Spider-Mancharacters are ever famous and with theSpider-Noirlive-action series on its way, the superhero has experienced a rise in popularity. Spider-Man Noir, otherwise known as Peter B. Parker, lives as an investigator from New York during the 1930s....

July 22, 2025 · 3 min · 496 words · Linda Martin