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

All Stories

The Importance of a Meaningful Why

The importance of why in tabletop role-playing game stories for meaning, emotion and fateful conversations.
Ian O'Rourke
10 min read

MCU’s Lack of Focus

I’m a big fan of Thor: Ragnarok, despite this I chose not to bother watching Love and Thunder at the cinema. There are numerous...
Ian O'Rourke
5 min read

The Comfort Crisis

One of the five books I read over the seven days of my cruise was The Comfort Crisis. I wasn’t sure about it. I...
Ian O'Rourke
5 min read

Choose Empathy

Whenever I get a break from my normal routine I find I get through a lot of books. On a recent break, I found...
Ian O'Rourke
4 min read

Not My Wizard!

If there is one class in Dungeons & Dragons I continue to flirt with playing it is a Wizard. In all cases, when ‘I...
Ian O'Rourke
5 min read

Back To Cruising

If you’re reading this within a week of release I’m currently on a cruise ship and hopefully enjoying the Norwegian Fjords. I say hopefully...
Ian O'Rourke
4 min read

Twelve Things About Me

We played Blades in the Dark. Three days. None sessions. A whole campaign. It was fantastic.
Ian O'Rourke
4 min read

S7 – The Black Cabin

Welcome to the seventh 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
3 min read

Sayonara Critical Role

I sense a journey I’ve been on since the second half of 2015 is coming to an end. That journey is being someone who...
Ian O'Rourke
5 min read

Done With Fandom Discourse

I woke up at somewhere between five and six in the morning, which is something that seems to be happening these days. I’m hoping...
Ian O'Rourke
5 min read