Notes From the Nerd's Notebook: Super Power Breakdown: Primordial Fire Manipulation

Good morning nerds, gamers and geeks,

Today's power to be discussed is Primordial Fire Manipulation. Now before we begin, let me just say that there are different branches of fire manipulation. For example, there is dark fire, holy fire, hell fire, esoteric fire, blue fire, white fire, et cetera. Yes, we will be discussing the different kinds of fire manipulation in other posts, but let's go ahead and get started.

Primordial Fire is the fire that was used in from the dawn of creation and is the progenitor of all fire. This means that this fire and can't be extinguished by conventional methods. Hilariously enough, other than the user willing it so, the only other way to extinguish Primordial Fire is by using Primordial Water. One place that is bathed in Primordial Fire is Muspelheim (Norse Mythology) and a few users are Surtr (Norse Mythology), Angi (Hinduism), and the Phoenix Force (Marvel Comics)

Powers that come from possessing Primordial Fire Manipulation are Fire Manipulation, Fire Energy Manipulation, Life Fire Manipulation, and my personal favorite: Ultimate Burning. Of course, this power can be associated with Chaos Manipulation, Primordial Element/ Forces Manipulation, Primordial Entity Physiology, Conceptual Fire Manipulation and Fire Embodiment. Like I said, we'll discuss the different kinds of fire manipulation, and elemental manipulations.

There is only one limitation to this power, and it is one of the deadliest limitations. Because of the fire's ancient and primal nature, possessing true control over it may be incredibly difficult and be an extreme danger to the user.

Gamer's Guide To Survival Horror: Tips for Surviving Outlast

Good morning gamers, nerds and geeks,

Welcome back to the Nerd's Notebook, and today we're turning to Chapter One in the Gamer's Guide: Survival Horror. Outlast is a horror game wherein you can't fight back, but you have to use your quick wits to survive, surrounded by insane patrons, creepy religious cults, machete wielding nudists and Piggy. In all honesty, it's a great game and it scared the absolute hell out of me. Anyway, here are some tips to get you through the game fairly unscathed.

1. Collect and Conserve Batteries: In Mount Massive Asylum, there are more than many dark areas and rooms, and more often than not, you will have to traverse the darkness with the only source of light at times being the night vision mode on your camera. To my knowledge, you can hold up to ten batteries at a time, and the night vision mode runs through the battery's life fairly quick, so you're going to have to carry more than one.

2. Don't Be Afraid To Explore: Ironically enough, you're only means of self defense are running and hiding, but you shouldn't be afraid to explore, because that is how you'll come across batteries, hiding spots, and documents that will thrust you deeper into the game's lore and story.

3. Always Stay Thinking: In this horror game, things will often go awry and you'll need to adjust your game plan just a bit in order to survive. Stay on your toes and always have a back up plan.

4. Run, Hide, and Wait For Your Life: As I have said, Outlast and Outlast: Whistleblower are purely survival horror, meaning you have literally no means of self defense. This ties into my second point;  ninety-five percent of the inhabitants of the asylum will attack you if they see you, resulting in a chase.

5. Know When To Run Past Your Foe: Many of the enemies in the asylum will kill you in three to four strikes, given their weapons are blunt. The Doctor will this massive shears will kill you in two or three strikes. The machete wielding nudists will kill you in two strikes. Piggy (and he is the easiest to discern because you meet him as the first real foe and he address you as "little pig") is a one-hit killer.