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Defending Main Character Energy?

Every generation creates terms for things that are either old or new but viewed through the lens of how life works now. We’ve had many of them around...
Ian O'Rourke
2 min read

Defending Main Character Energy?

Every generation creates terms for things that are either old or new but viewed through the lens of how life works now. We’ve had...
Ian O'Rourke
2 min read

Everything Is Political

It’s a simple truth that my exposure to ‘rage’ and ‘dumb’ posts has shrunk to virtually nil since ditching X (formerly known as Twitter)...
Ian O'Rourke
7 min read

Leading With Strengths

Sometimes these 'corporate' exercises to tell you about yourself can be surprisingly prescient.
Ian O'Rourke
9 min read

YouTube at the Year End

I can guarantee that specific topics will enter my consciousness when the year ends. Always. One topic is YouTube. It’s not about YouTube; it’s...
Ian O'Rourke
5 min read

Small Talk Advice Doesn’t Work for Introverts

I’ve been researching some videos I’m deluding myself into publishing on my YouTube channel in January. They are about solo introvert travel, specifically how...
Ian O'Rourke
3 min read

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Exalted: Planning Through Structure

Welcome to the campaign diary of what’s been codenamed Fantasy Avengers. A campaign idea of superheroes in a fantasy setting has percolated within my...
Ian O'Rourke
4 min read

Exalted: Grammar of Creation

Welcome to the campaign diary of what’s been codenamed Fantasy Avengers. A campaign idea of superheroes in a fantasy setting has percolated within my brain...
Ian O'Rourke
6 min read

Tipping Is About Power

When Europeans go to colonial shores, one of the things we find perplexing at best or bloody annoying is tipping culture. I find it...
Ian O'Rourke
3 min read

Exalted: Are they Exalted?

Welcome to the campaign diary of what’s been codenamed Fantasy Avengers. A campaign idea of superheroes in a fantasy setting has percolated within my...
Ian O'Rourke
4 min read

Exalted: Sharn and Flying Cities

We discuss some world building, specifically the level a world built at and how the setting maybe structued like the Star Wars galaxy.
Ian O'Rourke
4 min read

Exalted: Some World Building

We discuss some world building, specifically the level of world building and how the setting may be structured like the Star Wars galaxy.
Ian O'Rourke
3 min read

Exalted: Inspired By Exalted

I discuss some of the early setting and history elements that might be inspired by Exalted, at least at this early stage.
Ian O'Rourke
3 min read

Exalted: A Fantasy Avengers

The journey to putting together a Fantasy Avengers campaign begins here. I outline how these blogs are to proceed. The starting gun has gone...
Ian O'Rourke
3 min read

A ‘Weight Loss’ Journey

I decided I needed to lose weight after a bit of a ‘weight shock’. The challenge everyone faces, assuming no personal health issues, is...
Ian O'Rourke
4 min read

TV Shows July to September (2023)

I watch too much TV, sometimes binge-watching a show through the night. Thanks to the blessing and curse of many streaming options, there is...
Ian O'Rourke
6 min read