Essays – Lagrandil

Overachieving Gamers and How To Cope

So, why do authors run role-playing games? Because it is good practice for job skills. Case in point: These days

On Google+ (where I do most of my networking) I have been discussing something that does not quite rise to

I’m thinking of adding a new page to the site. I used to have a lending library next to the

A friend and I sat down and watched the indie gay/bullying film Camouflage written, directed, and starring Kyle T. Cowan. Mr.

I have compared indie sci-fi author Christopher Nuttall’s Ark Royal series to the beloved anime Space Battleship Yamato (which was released in North

In machining, a closed loop system is a fancy way to describe a servo motor. It doesn’t just move, but

I love a good Apocalypse, not so much because I want to watch the world burn down (though the CNN

The self-appointed Office for Intellectual Freedom has accumulated a list of the most-banned books of the last decade. Surprisingly enough

A note to start off with: Jim Butcher made an excellent point in a lecture at this year’s WyrdCon that

A friend of mine e-mailed me earlier this week about David Weber’s fall from the height of military sci-fi to