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Salazar Is Fancy Gothic fancy, to be specific. Other Resident Evil villains tend to be so bland, but this guy spices things up. From the first moment he was introduced to the screen, we went, "What the hell?" And then we loved to hate him. Do I even hate him? I don't know if I can. He’s Got Character He might be a small guy, but that's probably what makes him creepier than other villains. You know what you're getting with Mr. X. He's big, he's strong, he's fuckin’ everywhere. Salazar ? He's a dwarf with superhuman Las Plagas capabilities, security cameras, and minions. He wears makeup and colonial garb , laughs like a maniac, and you never know what he's gonna do next. He’s Got a Castle Yeah, a whole-ass castle and tons of wealth. Where did it come from? This booby trapped, historical masterpiece makes me want a full rundown of the Salazar family history . What dirty secrets do they have? Probably some pretty dark stuff. When I play the game,...

Research on reflective writing indicates that the mental health benefits are outstanding. Yet the world is in a state of major mental health crisis . Not that I would say journaling or creative writing is a cure-all solution. All I know is that zero of the people surveyed throughout my life are even trying it. I rarely come across someone who even reads regularly. Unless they are doing it and they feel like nerds, so they don’t admit it. Typical. Today I’ll give you nerds some pointers on how to get started with a writing habit and the benefits to look forward to. Keep in mind that I’m just a boy. Just a writer. Not a professional. This is all my opinion and some stuff I’ve read on the internet. Kinda like everything else on the web. So do not trust me. I always post my sources at the bottom of my writing. Writing Changes The Unseen We live in a world driven by performance and appearances. How fit are you? How good are you at what you do? How much shit can you take? While strides hav...

Prose, plot , and characters are the most important aspects of a good story. However, I believe that characters come first. People create conflict and drama that keep stories interesting, just as they do in real life. You can write characters long before your story’s plot is ever more than a hazy idea in your mind. In fact, it may be beneficial to do it this way. I find that, if I know my character, I can throw them into any scenario and the story unfolds without me having to conjure up ideas beforehand. A fully fleshed-out character profile will often guide the writer because how that character would react to events becomes more clear. I spend most of my writing time developing my characters before I throw them into my plot. Some of these may seem like obvious tips if you’re more than a novice, but this is a rewritten article from my early days. Also, I’m not an expert. I’m just a boy. Just a writer. Give Your Character a Desire This is step number one. Your character will not seem ...

The first step to becoming an actual writer is to start. If you ask for advice on how to start writing, you’ll be met with a flood of: “Just write!” “Just write the first draft !” Well, apparently it’s that easy...and it isn’t. I believe that the entire list of reasons we writers use to justify not writing boils down to one mental dilemma. That dilemma is the subconscious fear to not do anything at all that isn’t going to be accepted by others or pretty in nature. We're Taught to Just Do Things Right When I think about it, it was never really impressed upon me how to truly write a draft when I was in school. It was just, “Make sure your final report is polished.” Naturally, kids want to get done with their homework as soon as possible. So I would simply make as few mistakes as possible, go over it once, and turn in something that was going to get a good grade. I’d be damned if I was going to waste my time, and I’d be worse than damned if I got a bad grade. Parents of overachievers...

An Awesome A.I. Survival Tale [Warning: No Humans Survive] Sea of Rust is a page-turner that will make you laugh, entertain the hell out of you, maybe make you cry, and then leave you deep in thought about our collective future as human beings. This book begins with the death of the last miserable human, and it’s more relevant to our time than ever. Artificial intelligence is on the rise and people wonder what will happen when it becomes so advanced we can’t control it. Will it create a utopia ? Will we coexist? Will it destroy us? Cargill’s novel begins with the latter, painting a dystopian future for both humanity and our A.I. counterparts as they battle for their own freedom against mainframes that seek to absorb them into collective hive-minds. Like the era of humans before them, robots battle over scarce resources while giant, corporate-like supercomputers vie for complete control of Earth. Sea of Rust is an action-packed sci-fi adventure that will leave you asking whether s...