Thrones, Pierces.
On the eve of Martin Scorsese’s Boardwalk Empire — premiering this Sunday — HBO shows off some of the goods in its 2011 hopper: Tom McCarthy’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones, with...
View ArticleHand of the King, Beware the Loose Seal.
I’ve been remiss here in posting anything here about HBO’s Game of Thrones, which I’ve been greatly enjoying over the past few months. (AMC’s The Killing…less so. What a disaster that turned out to...
View ArticlePlayers Two, Game On.
This can mean only one thing — invasion. Game of Thrones Season 2 reloads with Liam Cunningham (Clash of the Titans) as Davos, the Onion Knight, Natalie Dormer (The Tudors) as Margaery Tyrell,...
View ArticleBrother from Another Mother.
“The debate about the parentage of the bastard Jon Snow has been one of the biggest concerning the series. In SSM #159, George R. R. Martin admitted that Jon’s parents will eventually be revealed in...
View ArticleWhat’s the Frequency, Kevin?
And quiet ’round here once again. Several reasons this time, including an end-of-recess vacation to lovely Kauai, and a hugely busy work push upon my return. Also, I’ve been spending my off-hours...
View ArticleHalf- and Half-Man Marathons.
To follow up on items mentioned here: Two weeks ago, I did in fact finish the Baltimore Half-Marathon: Total running time was 2 hours, 3 minutes, 35 seconds, so I clocked in at just under nine and a...
View ArticleGame of Votes.
Still taking a break. Nonetheless, this was too on-the-nose not to share, for election 2012 is dark and full of terrors. Enjoy.
View ArticleThe Caesar Beyond the Wall.
As revealed at Entertainment Weekly today, joining the rest of the new Game of Thrones casts members above — Diana Rigg? Awesome. — is HBO standby Ciaran Hinds as the King Beyond the Wall, Mance...
View ArticleGame of Bricks.
“It took me and about 100 other builders a little over 4 months to build the whole thing. We estimate there are around 3000 unique buildings, all hand made and all fully decorated on the interior.”...
View ArticleThe Lion and the Mutants.
From facing off against the wolves of the north to battling a Canadian wolverine, word breaks that Peter Dinklage is set to play the villain in Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. (That may mean...
View ArticleA Song of Ice and Flynn.
Less than a fortnight before the first half of A Storm of Swords gets its close-up, HBO releases an extended trailer for Game of Thrones Season 3. Looks solid as usual, although biting Daft Punk from...
View ArticleHis Watch Continues.
Quiet around here the past fortnight or so — sorry, busy as ever. In recompense, and since there’s been very little dog-blogging in recent months, here’s Maester Berk yesterday, maintaining his watch...
View ArticleStorm of Sabers.
Sigh…nobody ever listens to Ser Akbar. This has been languishing in the bookmarks for a bit: The Star Wars v. Game of Thrones subreddit. That’s cute.
View ArticleYou Win or You Restart/Discard.
Now here’s a Super Mario land that Bob Hoskins would’ve been more at home in — Game of Thrones, Mario-style. In related news, Reddit users craft a GoT deck for Blizzard’s impressively addictive...
View ArticleValar Futbolis.
“I. I believe. I believe that. I believe that we. I believe that we will get what turns out to be an entirely acceptable result in our third group-stage game that, combined with the result between the...
View Article“Dark Wings, Dumb Words.”
By way of Do You Feel Loved, various social media networks get their Westeros sigils. Theirs is the funny.
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