Defending Main Character Energy?

Every generation creates terms for things that are either old or old but viewed through how life works now. We’ve had a slew of them around work and...
Ian O'Rourke
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Fourteen Days at Sea

Last weekend I got off the cruise ship Iona, having spent 14-days on a cruise down to the Canary Islands and back. This is...
Ian O'Rourke
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The Challenges of Online Play

Since the death of the gaming group, my pattern of actual play is changing. It’s switched from regular, long-form play to two alternate methods....
Ian O'Rourke
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What The Actual Fuck!

This week has been a hard week. I’m not talking officially depressed hard, but it’s been challenging. I was ill at the start of...
Ian O'Rourke
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Andor: The Reckoning

I’ve watched the first three episodes of Andor that have been released on Disney+ and they are a glorious thing. The first season is...
Ian O'Rourke
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Gaming Group: RIP

After 2-3 years of the pandemic everyone’s lives have changed as everyone had plenty of time to re-evaluate their lives and make changes. A...
Ian O'Rourke
5 min read

Playing The One Ring

I recently got to play The One Ring a game designed to give you the Tolkien experience. I’m not a big fan of setting-heavy...
Ian O'Rourke
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S9 – The Gnoll Horde

Welcome to the ninth set of game notes of our The Rime of Frost Maiden campaign from a player’s perspective. We’ll discuss the pre-game,...
Ian O'Rourke
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Critical Role is Scripted?

And here we are again with people insisting Critical Role is scripted. This says less about Critical Role and more about the style and...
Ian O'Rourke
5 min read

The Religion of Fandoms

The discussions around Rings of Power. Where do I even start? Let’s face it, it’s not about Rings of Power specifically, it’s just the...
Ian O'Rourke
5 min read

A Star Trek Moment

As you read this the conservative leadership election is complete and the winner is announced tomorrow. This is after five weeks that felt like...
Ian O'Rourke
5 min read