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Game of Thrones Watch: Dragons and Eagles and Bears, Oh, My!
There was a menagerie of zoological references in an episode that showed how people could be animals—sometimes, literally.
Game of Thrones Watch: The Game Is the Game (of Thrones)
Like HBO's The Wire, "The Climb" showed how individuals get sacrificed by organizations: not bureaucracies and drug gangs, but royal houses and religions.
Game of Thrones Watch: Fire and Reign
Why is fire so important in Game of Thrones? Because it's like magic: a means through which something material becomes intangible. Also, it's freaking awesome.
Follow the King’s Roadmap: Game of Thrones Web App Rules
As a rule, I avoid covering marketing stunts, but as an exception to that rule, I'll do so when the stunt turns out to be genuinely helpful.
Game of Thrones Watch: That’s What the Money’s For!
It's not just about swords or dragons. Last night's Game of Thrones showed that in Westeros as in our world, money has great power—and has its limits.
Game of Thrones Watch: Speak Softly and Carry a Big Crossbow
An episode focusing on the dispossessed and losers of war suggests that in Westeros, war does not take place only on the battlefield.
To Celebrate ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 3 Premiere, Fill Your Horn With Ommegang’s Iron Throne Ale
It's the right blend of bitterness and
Game of Thrones: A Graphic Refresher
Thoughts, sketches and questions about the last two seasons, in anticipation of the next
What Game of Thrones Would Be Like with Super PAC Ads
Ever wonder what Game of Thrones would look like if all the twisted, gnarly politics in the show were real and each candidate was waging a veritable mudslinging...
Own the Game of Thrones Iron Throne for $30,000
There are two kinds of people in this world. First, there are the people who possess an extremely vague understanding of what Game of Thrones is about and have...
TIME Plays the Game of Thrones, and Lives to Tell the Tale
“When you play the game of thrones,” George R.R. Martin’s adage goes, “you win or you die.” Or you get mired in an eight-hour stalemate. We got ready for...
From Bleak to Bleaker in A Game of Thrones the Roleplaying Game’s New Trailer
Developer Cyanide releases a new trailer for its upcoming roleplaying take on George R.R. Martin's fantasy epic, A Game of Thrones, this one set in Riverspring,...
Winter Is Coming Back: Preview of Game of Thrones Season 2
HBO has given an April start date for the second season of Game of Thrones, and this new promo video, which aired last night before Boardwalk Empire, offers a...
Winter Is Returning: Game of Thrones Season 2 Hopes and Fears
I’m still at South by Southwest, so posting is going to be pretty light through Wednesday, but I wanted to point you to a roundtable I did with some fellow Game...
Video: Game of Thrones Reloads for Season 2
Before last night’s debut (or re-debut after the December preview airing) of Luck, HBO shared another trailer for Game of Thrones, returning April 1. As usual,...
Where the Wildlings Are: In Game of Thrones, the Anarchists Have More Fun
Wildlings are savages without morals, scruples or loyalties, Theon Greyjoy told us on last week’s episode of Game of Thrones. The irony, of course, was having...
Watch a New Game of Thrones Season 2 Trailer
For those who got upset about certain events at the close of the first season, the trailer closes with a line all should heed: “Anyone can be killed.”
Game of Thrones Watch: Suffer the Children
A setting-things-up episode involved a lot of storylines about children and parents, the complicated ways in which characters hurt the ones they love and how the...
George R.R. Martin Claims Two 'Game of Thrones' Scripts Were Stolen
The author of the Song of Ice and Fire series is mad and he's enlisting the help of his fans to help him catch an (alleged) thief. George R.R. Martin is the...
Head-on-a-Pole-arizing: HBO, Game of Thrones Apologize for Decapitating George W. Bush
A recent study shows HBO embraced by Democrats and disdained by Republicans. Here's something that is probably not likely to ameliorate that situation: putting...
