Monthly Archives: November 2016

Gunlord’s Dissertation Saga, Episode 23 (Season 2): A brief respite…VERY quickly ended!

Pretty good times recently. I got sick for a couple days from last Friday to this Thursday, but now I’m feeling better, and on Thursday  I had a nice thanksgiving dinner with my family. I’m definitely thankful for the nice relaxation I got done, which consists of… WATCHAN: Not much this week either, my family […]

Gunlord’s Dissertation Saga, Episode 22 (Season 2): Review and Ideas

Productive week, my friends! Here’s what I’ve been doing: What I spent a bit of time on: WATCHAN:No Jojo this week. Instead, I checked out the Japanese dub of Cromartie High School! It’s one of the most well-known comedy anime, about a bizarre high school for delinquents where the protagonist is the only sane guy. […]

Gunlord’s Dissertation Saga, Episode 21 (Season 2): The beginning of progress

Hoo boy, what a week. I gotta be honest, I didn’t get as much done on my dissertation as I hoped…BUT I did receive a major kick in the ass to get me in gear, so from Wednesday to today I got some good work done, and I think I’m poised to get a lot […]

Hisou Kihei X-SERD Guide

Hey guys! Here’s something I’ve been working on recently: A guide to the recently translated X-SERD game! I put it up on GameFAQs, but I also backed it up here, so here you go: Hisou Kaihei X-SERD Walkthrough, v.1.00 November 5, 2016 By Gunlord Copyright: Gunlord, 2016 through 2017 ~Table of Contents~ [000]: Author intro […]

How to Write for Black Library

Originally posted on Robbie MacNiven:
If there’s one question I get asked more than any other, it’s “how do you become a Black Library author.” That’s totally understandable, given that at the time of writing I’m one of Black Library’s newest recruits, and until I was chosen I’d been trying via the selection process for a…

Gunlord’s Dissertation Saga, Episode 20 (Season 2): Nothing doing!

Damn, sorry, my friends. I got barely any work done on my dissertation this week! I did go to the library and pick up a couple of other books, but not much else besides that. I didn’t waste it away on absolutely nothing, as I did a lot of what I consider good writing. I […]

New Right, Far Right, Alt-Right? Donald Trump and the Historiography of Conservatism

Tropics of Meta I recently had a conversation with a colleague about the most frequent cause of my current existential dread election and I half-jokingly remarked that Donald Trump’s outlandish candidacy almost made me miss George W. Bush. She laughed and said that Bush had made her feel the same way about Richard Nixon. We […]