App of the Month

For all of you that get annoyed with the NYT game Connections (which I feature here back in 2023), and dislike or have an aversion to sports, the this is the game app for you!!

NYT has a new game in beta form - and as you can see, it's Connections: Sports Edition. 

When I sent the results of the first game to my friends (we play most of the NYT games daily), Jon came back with "you're making this up". 

He wishes. 

Jon might be sports illiterate. But this is possibly true of a lot of my reading audience. This is not a slam - just a statement of fact. I'm not certain. I use the word 'sportsball' a bit in my entries just to keep it generic enough for my readers. 

It isn't a lot different than non-sports related Connections. ....but we're only a few days in. I'm making a guess that the NYT is trying to snag a population who might not normally play their games. The Butch Crowd. It's certainly why I'm playing!

The version below shows one thing and not another. 

1. When first introduced last week, the game had a ticking clock. For the last three days that seems to have gone bye-bye. There was, and is, no timer on the original Connections. 

2. In the screen captures below, you see what you'd normally see in non-sports Connections. Words. But on certain days, there are not always words, but you might see a logo sprinkled in, as I did with the Detroit Tigers or the Washington Commanders. 

Your originally presented quiz. 

My first selection. 

Win!

I did not screen capture all selections because bandwidth I'm lazy.  But you get the idea. 

Mind you it's 2:07, but I had to set up and take screen shots too. And you know, I didn't want to get it wrong for my blog entry. 

Shareable results, just like the other game. 

So, finding the beta version might not be in everyone's menu?  I'm not certain if you just pay for the Games section if it is available to you. We have a Times subscription, so that is my frame of reference. 

If you're in, say Spelling Bee, in your upper left hand corner you'll see the three horizontal lines. 

Click on those.  It will bring you to the below menu. 

and BOOM - at the top, there it is. 

Click on it and have "fun".  Or, maybe you'll learn something. 

I said "maybe".