Today I am merely reposting an essay I just read from Frontline Gamer.
He uses the Imperium of Man as an extended metaphor to talk about the history and current troubles of GW. This is great. Rarely do we get something so far above the petty GW sucks/ WHFB is too random/ 40k isn't for tournaments bullshit.
This is probably the best gaming related essay I have ever read.
http://thefrontlinegamer.blogspot.com/2011/09/is-imperium-metaphor-for-games-workshop.html