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    Ultimate Kingdoms by Legendary Games

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    Writing
    Another gaming-related book in my library that I also supported on Kickstarter when it was running.  This is a handy tool for world building and setting up underlying rules of how things work... even if you aren't talking about it. It makes your created work function in a consistent way.  This makes it believable in your writing bubble.  This helps immersion in the story world.  I find this worth it, but only for really big world builders.
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    Nobody Saves the World

    By Myr,


    Gaming
    This is a cute little game.  fun to play as light entertainment. It is also not expensive or free with Xbox Game Pass, if you are on that. I tried it because you needed to play one of the top ten games on game pass for the reward points. more than worth it and I wouldn't have checked this out if hadn't been for Game Pass and the reward.  But I tried it out on Cloud gaming and liked it so I installed it and spent a couple hours unwinding with it.
     
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    Uncharted (Movie)

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    Movies
    I'm not going to complain about a movie with Tom Holland...
    This movie is entertaining as a stand alone thing.  I've only played the game a little bit, so I'm not as married to the source material.  That said, it is a rip-off of Lara Croft's Tomb Raider which is itself a rip off of Indiana Jones.  I'm sure there is a deeper dive there too.  To be fair, I like all the franchises and pretty much most things that fit in this sort of genre. (Don't get me started on National Treasure )
    Enjoyable flick.  Don't think too hard on the physics.
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    The Positive Trait Thesaurus

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    Writing
    The Positive Trait Thesaurus: a Writer's Guide to Character Attributes by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi.  As you might guess, Positive Traits is the opposite of yesterday's Negative Traits.  Like yesterday's book, this should be in your library too.  Also with yesterday, this helps you fill out your character and make them more well-rounded.
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    The Negative Traits Thesaurus

    By Myr,


    Writing
    The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Flaws by Angela Ackerman &  Becca Puglisi is another great book in the Thesaurus series.  As the subtitle tells you, this book focuses on character flaws.  Like the other books in the series, the book gives a lot of details around different flaws and common interactions and conflicts that result from those flaws.  This book is very helpful for adding depth to characters you are writing.  Another one to have in your library if you are interested in growing your writing skills.
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    The Emotional Wound Thesaurus

    By Myr,


    Writing
    The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: a Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi is another book in the Thesaurus series that helps writers round out their writing.  This one is focused on traumatizing your characters and giving you all the dirt on what that causes. This gives you plenty of drama related to the trauma, what results from it, how to overcome it and the traits and behaviors a character would have when they suffer from it.
    Strongly recommended for authors that want to add depth to their characters.
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    The Occupation Thesaurus

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    Writing
    The Occupation Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Jobs, Vocations, and Careers by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi is another book in the Thesaurus series of writing support books that gives you details on various occupations. Common traits, common skills, common conflicts they are involved in.  A great resource for making a more well-rounded, less cliche characters.
    Definitely another one a writer should be keeping in their library.
     
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    Hades (Game)

    By Myr,


    Gaming
    This is a very addicting game.  You play as long as you can survive, die and start over.  What keeps you going is finding out the story, which is really quite interesting.  The music is cool and the voice acting is top notch.  Excellent game. I sunk a LOT of hours into it as a way to unwind after a long day of work. 
    Pretty inexpensive too.  And it's on all platforms, I think.
    worth checking out!
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    Ghostbusters: Afterlife

    By Myr,


    Movies
    I figured I'd wrap up the current 3 movie timeline.  (For the record, the money-losing disaster that was the start of the Hollywood crap show of the last few years "Ghostbusters 2016" is not part of canon at idiot director Paul Fool's insistence)
    This movie is kind of an apology from Sony for the above mentioned crap show.  It has plenty of little fan thank yous.  And the main plotline is actually a pretty touching tribute. 
    Also of interesting note, they forced Bill Murray to appear in the 2016 crapshow by threatening to sue him... he appeared in this one because he wanted to. 
    I think this movie is also the bookend of the 2016-2021 run of the "destroy and subvert everything that came before" with the 2016 crapshow Ghostbusters.  I have no idea why huge companies by these popular franchises and they set up to piss off the fans and expect that attract more new ones? 
    Good movie. A good example of how to not lecture your audience...
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    Ghostbusters II

    By Myr,


    Movies
    Ghostbusters II was not quite as good as Ghostbusters, but it was still an enjoyable movie.  Well worth watching nonetheless.  Funny.
    I love the ghost train and ghost titanic.
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