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Resident Evil 4 Remake: What Does the Post-Credits Scene Mean?

A new scene could hint at changes in future Resident Evil remakes.

Resident Evil 4 Remake is out, and it’s excellent. The survival horror game has a darker and moodier tone than the original, which was released back in 2005.

The remake, out Friday, makes improvements to the game’s mechanics and other optimizations as well as several changes to the storyline. One big one is a post-credits scene that could have ramifications in future Resident Evil game remakes.

Developer Capcom hasn’t yet confirmed there will be remakes for Resident Evil 5 or 6, but it’s remade the first four games in the popular series.

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Albert Wesker returns

One major Resident Evil character missing from RE4 Remake is the series antagonist, Albert Wesker. He’s one of the puppet masters and main villains of the series.

It’s not until the post-credits scene that Wesker shows his face in RE4 Remake. It’s revealed that Wesker hired female spy extraordinaire Ada Wong to steal the amber, which is the source of the Las Plagas parasite that infected the villagers and cultists in the game.

In her escape helicopter, Ada asks Wesker what he plans on doing with the amber. Wesker gives a supervillainous speech that the amber will lead to the loss of billions of lives. Ada then forces the pilot to change course in a change of heart.

In the original RE4, Wesker is seen in multiple scenes talking to Ada about her mission. She also confirms her success to him on her escape helicopter but doesn’t force the pilot to turn around.

How does this change Wesker’s plan?

In the original Resident Evil canon, Wesker becomes a major player working in the shadows. His organization tracks down bioweapons across the globe and tries to steal samples in order to replicate these weapons. This ultimately leads to his demise in Resident Evil 5, when Resident Evil 1 protagonist Chris Redfield takes him down.

With Ada backing out of Wesker’s plan in RE4 Remake, this could change how the story plays out in a future Resident Evil 5 remake.

Capcom has yet to confirm it’s working on remaking RE5, but it seems possible given it remade the first four games in the series.

What was the original Resident Evil 4 post-credit scene?

The original RE4 had a completely different post-credit scene. In the original, Leon has a final report with Ingrid Hunnigan, the federal agent providing him intel on his mission to rescue the president’s daughter.

After confirming he’s saved the president’s daughter Ashley, he noticed Hunnigan doesn’t have her glasses on. He compliments her looks and attempts to get her phone number, which fails miserably, leading to Leon saying «Story of my life.»

RE4 Remake comes out on Friday for $60 on PC, PS4, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Oct. 22 #598

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Oct. 22, No. 598.

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Today’s NYT Strands puzzle is a fun one — I definitely have at least two of these in my house. Some of the answers are a bit tough to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Catch all.

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: A mess of items.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

BATE, LICE, SLUM, CAPE, HOLE, CARE, BARE, THEN, SLAM, SAMBA, BACK

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

TAPE, COIN, PENCIL, BATTERY, SHOELACE, THUMBTACK

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is JUNKDRAWER. To find it, look for the J that’s five letters down on the far-left row, and wind down, over and then up.

Quick tips for Strands

#1: To get more clue words, see if you can tweak the words you’ve already found, by adding an «S» or other variants. And if you find a word like WILL, see if other letters are close enough to help you make SILL, or BILL.

#2: Once you get one theme word, look at the puzzle to see if you can spot other related words.

#3: If you’ve been given the letters for a theme word, but can’t figure it out, guess three more clue words, and the puzzle will light up each letter in order, revealing the word.

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Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Oct. 22, #1586

Here are hints and the answer for today’s Wordle for Oct. 22, No. 1,586.

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Today’s Wordle puzzle features some letters I don’t often guess, but it’s not terribly difficult. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.

Today’s Wordle hints

Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats

Today’s Wordle answer has one repeated letter.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

Today’s Wordle answer has one vowel.

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter

Today’s Wordle answer begins with S.

Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter

Today’s Wordle answer ends with T.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer can refer to an action displaying spectacular skill and daring.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is STUNT.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

Yesterday’s Wordle answer, Oct. 21, No. 1,585 was DETOX.

Recent Wordle answers

Oct. 17, No. 1,581: GROSS
Oct. 18, No. 1,582: HAVEN
Oct. 19, No. 1,583: IDEAL
Oct. 20, No. 1,584: LIMBO

Quick tips for Wordle

#1: Check our list ranking the popularity of all the letters in the alphabet and choose your starter words accordingly. (TRAIN, STERN and AUDIO are good.)

#2: Don’t forget that letters can be used more than once.

#3: Many words are similar. You don’t want to use up multiple guesses that don’t advance your cause. So if the puzzle is STA_E, don’t guess STARE, STATE and STALE. Guess something that uses that R, T and L, like TWIRL.