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Ciaran McGrath
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Writer of stuff, player of games, enjoyer of life. Living with cancer, trying to be a better person one day at a time.
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Share a photograph of mountains that you’ve taken.
A shot of Santiago in Chile, taken from the top of a skyscraper, showing a vista of buildings with the snow-capped Andes in the distance below a clear blue sky.
January 22, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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What’s your #ChildhoodCinema?

The old Downpatrick cinema on Market Street. First film I saw there might have been Return of the Jedi, the last was probably Dead Poets Society.
The front of a cinema in faded colours, with the word GRAND in unlit neon and a “for sale” sign in one window.
January 11, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Merry Christmas to all! 🎄
A view over a beach to a distant headland. The tide is out and the wet sand reflects the light of the early morning sun, shining through the clouds.
December 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Enjoying Chieftain on draught while I still can…
December 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Looking forward to spending some time playing Runequest: Warlords by the good folks at Volmi/Virtuos, in conjunction with @chaosium.bsky.social and Slitherine. I was lucky enough to play a small part in the initial development, and it looks like it’s turned out really well!
A screenshot of the credits from Runequest: Warlords. The text reads: SPECIAL THANKS! President and Creative Director @ Chaosium Inc.—Jeff Richard Narrative Designer, Writer @ Virtuos—Ciaran McGrath Game Designer @ Virtuosv—Gavin Crosbie Game Designer @ Virtuos—Hugo Cerruti Storyboard Artist—Serhii Sudenko
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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A movie that takes place where you’re from.
A shot from the short film “The Shore,” showing four men walking on a beach, carrying buckets and wearing wellington boots.
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Taking a break on the second day of #AdventureX2025 — more great talks and game demos fit in between them.
A tabletop still life featuring a bottle of orange juice, a packet of crisps, a brown paper bag, and the 2025 AdventureX programme.
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Maybe I’ve missed out in recent years, but I think this is the first plane I’ve been on with charging ports in the seats.
The back of an airplane seat, with USB-A and -C ports for charging.
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Off to #AdventureX this weekend. Looking forward to seeing, hearing, and learning a lot.
Dublin Airport Terminal 2 at dawn.
November 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Went for a walk. Found a tree (or three).
A stand of three trees on a grassy bank, close enough to look like one, with strong sunlight from the left and a blue sky behind. Autumn leaves stain the bank brown and gold where the shadow of the trees does not hide them.
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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The poignancy of the silent, fallen icon. What was it meant to represent?
An election poster featuring the smiling face of a bald man, with the text: ‘FOR PRESIDENT. GAVIN” It lies abandoned on a footpath, covered in a scattering of autumn leaves.
October 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Not a bad morning. #50
The Mourne Mountains, seen on the horizon, lit by the early morning sun, with fluffy clouds atop them in a blue sky. In the foreground are a slightly muddy field and a sand-and-stone beach, with a winding coastal road between the two.
September 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Sunset on the beach at Rossglass.
A low-level photo of a beach at sunset. Mountains are silhouetted on the horizon to the left, and the sky to the right of them is lit up with orange clouds. In the foreground, low waves roll in from the left, onto rippling sands, where pooling water reflects the sunset.
September 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Spotted a commuter in Phibsborough this evening. #suburbanfox
A fox walks down a railway track, balancing itself on one of the rails.
September 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Ah. That does seem to make more sense to me. Certainly hits more of my main preferences.
A list of five games and their purchase/activation dates (from most recent to oldest): Empire: Total War Retail The Orange Box Half-Life 2: Episode One Jade Empire (ROW) Half-Life 2 Retail Collectors
August 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Hmm. At least one title I’d completely forgotten I owned.
My first five Steam purchases: Gratuitous Space Battles, Portal 2, Endless Space, Crusader Kings II, and Mount & Blade.
August 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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The Mournes were wearing their winter blanket yesterday evening.
A view across field, shore, and sea to the Mourne Mountains, silhouetted on the horizon, girdled by low clouds. Wisps of high cloud hang in the sky above, and a housemartin dances in the middle air.
August 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Home provides the best sunsets. #Rossglass
Early sunset photo taken from a garden. The silhouette of the Mourne Mountains can be seen on the left, beyond a receding shoreline. On the right, the sun shines through clouds over farm buildings on the horizon.
August 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Happy arrivals in the post, courtesy of @danmcdaid.bsky.social - a particularly excellent DHII among them. #deathsheadII #DEGA
On a striped bedsheet sit two items: a hardback graphic novel entitled DEGA, and a colour drawing of the Marvel comics character Death’s Head II, saying “Expecting someone else, yes?”
August 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness.
A comic book cover titled Death’s Head II, issue 3. Text on the page reads “On the run in the far future … Death’s Head and Tuck are partners in crime”. The cover image shows a skull-faced cyborg with and sword for a hand and a red headed woman leaning on a sword beside a tree.
August 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Moonrise over St John’s Point. (With apologies for the low-light quality.)
A grainy image of a headland seen across a stretch of water. In the centre is a yellow-and-black striped lighthouse. To its left, appearing almost the same height is the red moon, still touching the horizon.
July 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Spotted in the Thomas House, Dublin.
A sticker in the format of an old-style Guinness label, but it reads Palestine Original: Freedom & Justice, Equality & Return
June 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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And then, in half an instant, the blue light was everywhere, following every path of red lightning at once, up into the blue skies and deep into the ground, until there was nothing and nowhere, only a unified whole of light that was a little red and a little green but mostly blue.
June 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Really an excellent few weeks for comics. @ryannorth.ca @al-ewing.bsky.social @kierongillen.bsky.social @denizcamp.bsky.social
A selection of comics are resting on a bed, with a copy of The Wicked + The Divine compendium propped up on cushions behind them. The comics are issues of The New Gods, Fantastic Four, One World Under Doom, The Immortal Thor, The Ultimates, The Power Fantasy, and Assorted Crisis Events.
May 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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The BBC aren’t doing a great job of indicating they’re taking trans rights seriously.
A clipped headline from the BBC News front page: “Trans former judge plans to challenge gender ruling at European court”
April 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM