With the sixth season of HBO’s Game of Thrones landing late next month, we’re poised to enter a new era for the smash hit fantasy series. With the show now officially having surpassed the books, the days of anyone having the inside scoop of what awaits the cast of Game of Thrones, ...
Read More »‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Posters – Everyone Dies
It’s become a running gag among fans of Game of Thrones, both the hit HBO show and the novel series it’s based on, that prettymuch everyone you like is at risk of being killed off at any moment. Oh yes, we’ve all seen the countless memes, tweets and various gags along ...
Read More »Donald Trump Invades ‘Game of Thrones’ in New Video. Can we Go Back to Joffrey?
The fictional universe of Game of Thrones is home to a lot of nasty individuals, many of them seemingly caught up in a demented game of one-upsmanship with their peers to see who can be the most needlessly cruel and bloodthirsty. Especially since the Freys really took center stage, the villains ...
Read More »New Promos for ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Promise Dark Days Ahead
Here’s the general rule for what to expect if you’re a character in Game of Thrones: Terrible things are gonna happen to you, you’re probably gonna die, and even if you don’t you might wish you had. Oh, and there’ll probably be naked people. While the new promos for Game of Thrones ...
Read More »The Top 5 Gaming Disappointments of 2015
Not many people were disappointed in the failure that was Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5. It’s hard to disappoint fans when we expect failure. Before we can be disappointed, first we have to believe in the product that you’re selling to us. Below is not a list the worst games ...
Read More »Telltale’s ‘Game of Thrones’ and the zombification of the adventure genre
Since 2012 many publications have been crediting Telltale Games with the revival of the adventure genre. Despite this, I haven’t touched The Wolf Among Us or Tales from the Borderlands, and I only played through one chapter of The Walking Dead before deciding it wasn’t compelling enough for me. Despite ...
Read More »‘Game of Thrones: The Ice Dragon’ goes out hard and heavy
The final episode of Telltale's Game of Thrones series seems to fully put a cap on this story, and it isn't hard to see why. After a very mixed bag of ups and downs, the story of House Forrester will probably be remembered with feelings of vague positivity but not much else.
Read More »VOD: With the power of editing, King Joffrey is a true hero
Say what you will about Joffrey Baratheon, Game of Thrones hasn’t been the same without him. Arguably one of the most hated characters of any TV series ever, Joffrey is so unpopular that actor Jack Gleeson has said he’s been verbally attacked in public for his performance. But what if ...
Read More »The top five most ridiculous ways that popular culture has changed while we’ve waited for Final Fantasy XV
A couple of months ago on the Sound On Sight gaming podcast, Open Source, myself and Mike, one of the co-editors of the gaming section, entered into a bet. “I’ll be playing Final Fantasy XV in 2015″, he said. Once I’d stopped laughing, the battle lines were drawn. “If Final ...
Read More »‘Game of Thrones: A Nest of Vipers’ finally kicks this thing into gear
After a couple of somewhat lackadaisical episodes, filled with table-setting, stage-dressing and a series of questionably relevant choices, Telltale's Game of Thrones is finally pulling the curtain back with episode 5, which is certainly the finest to date.
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