The best place for him is to stay on the ship and be ignored. I talked to him for one game to see how his character is like and to gather information. After that I just ignored him in any other games I played.
Gromnir is a smart man, right on the mark. If you lose yourself playing the game in it's fantasy world and enjoy the character that you are playing who cares if it's a so called real RPG.
PC Gamer is good, Computer Games is one I like the most. They mentioned some of our Baldur's Gate mods in their magazine. CGW I buy because it has some interesting articles on games but it is not a favorite.