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#gameofthrones There are some things we can rule out with when musing over what George R.R. Martin might develop for HBO now that he has a two year contract with them. Certainly not something comedic, he's not that type of guy. A Game of Thrones prequel of sorts though? Maybe, according to this interview with IGN. More »

#gameofthrones The next season of Game of Thrones starts on March 31, and the trailers are starting to get better and better. Seriously, every line in this new teaser is immediately quotable. EVERYONE IS MINE TO TORMENT. More »

#offtopic It's been a while since I last watched The Princess Bride, but this video by CinestirTV is still pretty clever. I'm sure many of us have reacted to Game of Thrones in the same way as the grandson, eh? More »

#gameofthrones Earlier this week, we saw Game of Thrones reimagined as a high school comedy. I mentioned that the high school in School of Thrones seemed 90s, and several of you disagreed. It only seemed 90s, but it was really much more modern. More »

#gameofthrones High school can be a cutthroat place, a den of sex, lies, deceit and backstabbing. Relationships are forged for political purposes and torn asunder under dark, mysterious circumstances. Power resides where students believe it resides. And always, a warning: Prom Night is coming. More »

#gameofthrones You don't mess with Daenerys Targaryen when she wants something. And she wants to know who the heck wins the Game of Thrones. More »

#tropes We all know the scene: It starts when a character in a fantasy story swears an oath. An oath... in blood. He dramatically unsheathes a knife, places it across his palm, and makes a fist before running the blade through his hand. More »

#gameofthrones It's appropriate in that it makes sense for the northern stronghold of Winterfell to have snow on it and the Game of Thrones season three premiere is almost here, not that we're anywhere near the holidays right now. More »

#offtopic Have you heard? Game of Thrones, the fantasy book-series-turned-television-show comes back on HBO soon. At the end of this month, to be specific. Most of the episode titles are out now, though. More »

#gameofthrones Proving that there's still life - and imagination - left in good old-fashioned print advertising, HBO took out a two-page ad in the New York Times and used it to fly a dragon right across the middle to promote the return of Games of Thrones to the TV. More »

The Xbox Live Swagfest is a way to get a free custom Xbox 360 for playing a multiplayer match - but it also illustrates how important non-game entertainment has become to the console. In order to enter the Swagfest, you have to download a special gamer pic and use it on your profile, then play a multiplayer round of Halo 4, Tomb Raider, or Gears of War 3 between now and March 11. Or, you can download HBO Go.

At the end of the period, five winners will be chosen to receive a special 4GB Xbox - bearing art from either Tomb Raider, BioShock Infinite, Gears of War: Judgment, Splinter Cell Blacklist ... or Game of Thrones on HBO. In other words, "watching HBO" is presented as equally representative of the Xbox experience as any of these AAA video games. Which is probably fairly true to life for most of us.

#gameofthrones God it just looks so so so good. Just when you think you can't get any more excited for the show to return from its too-long season break, you realise the budgets keep getting bigger and the drama keeps getting, well...if you don't know what's coming this season, look out. More »

#gameofthrones Boing Boing's Mark Frauenfelder, out of curiosity to see if there was a way his young daughter could watch Game of Thrones with him, googled the term "censored game of thrones". More »

#gameofthrones Today developer Disruptor Beams launches the open beta for Game of Thrones Ascent for Facebook, and I couldn't imagine a more fitting platform. It's got social and political intrigue, it's regularly the staging ground for massive wars, and your family members are just a click away in case you need... military support. Yes. More »

#offtopic "What is this article doing here?" you may be asking right now. "I mean what on earth?? This has nothing to do with the PlayStation 4!" More »

#keyboards In Game of Thrones, there is a throne made of swords. In Mike DeWolfe's backyard, there's one made of twenty or so PC keyboards. It's titled, "Throne of Nerds." More »

#gameofthrones This incredible, miniature rendition of Winterfell - as it's seen in the opening credits to the Game of Thrones TV show - was done by Daniel Ammann. More »

#gameofthrones Like they did in the second season, season three sees one Snow and a bunch of Wildlings return to the icy wastelands beyond the Wall. More »

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#gameofthrones I wouldn't have guessed Sansa Stark would be much of a rapper, but this clip from the DVD commentary for the second season of Game of Thrones proves me wrong. More »

#gameofthrones Hey barkeep? BARKEEP. Today has been absolutely miserable, just filled with incest, fratricide, war, betrayal, beheading, oath-breaking, and dragons. Pour me a mug of IRON THRONE BLONDE ALE. More »

#minecraft The folks behind Westeroscraft are hard at work on their ridiculous project to re-create the whole world of Game of Thrones in Minecraft. More »

#gameofthrones Random House Publishing and Fantasy Flight Games have teamed up to release A World of Ice and Fire, a stunning guide to the people and places of Westeros. More »

#gameofthrones Artist Roberto Flores continues to make dreams come true with his Game of Thrones fighting game mock-ups, this time featuring the greatest battle never seen in the books: Daenrys and her dragons up against Robert and his enormous gut. More »

#gameofthrones According to the Game of Thrones twitter profile, the third season will premiere on March 31, 2013. There will be swords. A veritable storm of 'em. More »

When the game of the TV series of the book A Game of Thrones was released this summer, Alec vanished for a few days. When we next saw him, he had the look of a man who has seen terrible things, all haunted and hollow. Turns out it’s a very long game and full of nastiness, although mostly of the intentional scripted sort. He said this: “it’s a troubled roleplaying game but also a really interesting and strong one. Every misfire is met by a triumph of some sort, and the one thing it is not is a lazy, perfunctory cash-in.” Is the new DLC a cash-in though? I don’t know! Screens and details below.

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#cosplay It's one of the coolest parts so far in HBO's Game of Thrones series, and it's now also one of 2012's coolest pieces of costume work, this couple making the smart decision to attend a party dressed not as Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo, but Khaleesi and...the poor horse. More »

#gameofthrones Take a look at the image above from retailer Thinkgeek, and consider the company's love of joking around, and you'd think it's a hoax. Especially when you look at its $30,000 price tag. More »

#gameofthrones A casting agency has put out urgent calls for extras, who will feature in the third season of HBO's Game of Thrones, currently filming in Northern Ireland. More »

#gameofthrones Just this week, I bought a pair of Converse Chuck Taylors for the first time since… maybe middle school? I'd forgotten how much fun these shoes can be, even if they are a little bit hard to get on and off every day. More »