By Fern Connections are important. Nails connect boards to make a house, your phone is pieces of metal, glass, and plastic, all connected by wires, glue, and screws. People connect with other people to form communities. Connecting requires you to, well, connect things. Sometimes that’s easy, and takes little effort…

By Fern I remember my first season playing League of Legends at the collegiate level here at Southern Virginia University. It was…rough. Very rough. We had some good players on our team, but I was not one of them. Every team we played against was just better. If we didn’t…

By Fern You can tell a lot about a man by looking at the sandwich he eats. Take Joshua Jennings, for example. A former basketball player turned Rocket League player, Josh Jennings is a dedicated and hardworking man, and his sandwich needs reflect that. “A cold sub sandwich with lots…

Spring, 2019. In a large classroom in Landrum. Just under 20 students gathered around 10 laptops to play, and watch other students play, League of Legends. Some of the students had played the game before, some had just started playing that day, in that room. There was a buzz of…