Episode 119 – A Recap of Thrones
A recap might be a bit too generous for this week’s podcast, but that’s what we’re going with. Reuben returns to the podcast for part Continue Reading
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That Seems Really Unlike You
That Seems Really Unlike You: AKA – The way Unbowed Unbent Unbroken SHOULD have happened Like many people watching Game of Thrones, I am less Continue Reading
Game of Thrones – The Children
This season began with Tywin Lannister, at the height of his powers, melting down the family sword of his enemy. It was easy to imagine, Continue Reading
Game of Thrones – The Watchers On the Wall
The final moments of last week’s Game of Thrones were as bleak and nihilistic as they get, reminding us in no uncertain terms that Westeros Continue Reading
Game of Thrones – The Mountain and the Viper
The task of adapting A Song of Ice and Fire to the small screen brought cast and crew any number of challenges, most of which Continue Reading
Game of Thrones – Mockingbird
There’s a sense of unpredictability hanging over Game of Thrones this season, or an instability underlying the structures of Westeros and the people propping them Continue Reading
Game of Thrones – The Laws of Gods and Men
Game of Thrones, like the books that inspired it, is a series about power and all its trappings. From the get-go, as Eddard Stark spiralled Continue Reading
Game of Thrones – First of His Name
I don’t speak German, so maybe someone who does can enlighten me – is there an enormous compound word for that feeling when a deeply Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: Breaker of Chains
There was about an hour of Game of Thrones on Sunday night, and much of it probably deserves discussion. Tywin Lannister’s history lesson, the sudden Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: The Lion and the Rose
It’s not uncommon, when you’re talking about A Song of Ice and Fire or its small-screen sister Game of Thrones, to hear some variation on Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: “Two Swords”
One can only imagine the temptation, in making a series like Game of Thrones, to instill symbolism in every little scene. The characters literally wear Continue Reading
Episode 34 – An Icy Game of Fiery Throne Songs
This week Megan, Nick, and Reuben get together to discuss the upcoming season of Game of Thrones over on HBO. In the process, they can’t Continue Reading
The future is… well, complicated.
I am a huge Star Trek geek, TNG being my favorite series. I remember as a teenager, watching in awe as the future of humanity Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: Mhysa
There’s one real issue with Game of Thrones’s habit of making Episode 9 of each season a powerful, high-budget shocker – they have to follow Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: The Rains of Castamere
I read A Storm of Swords about nine years ago, in a public library, because I had to start reading immediately, to find out what Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: Second Sons
On the surface, “Second Sons” wasn’t that much different from the last couple weeks of Game of Thrones: lots of set-up, checking around the world, Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: The Bear and the Maiden Fair
We need to talk about Theon Greyjoy. Well. That’s not entirely accurate. We don’t need to talk about Theon Greyjoy. I just feel compelled to Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: The Climb
Writing about Game of Thrones from the perspective of a book reader – let’s be clear, a babbling, frothing fanboy – it’s tempting to start Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: Kissed By Fire
Welcome to a Dorkadia review of Game of Thrones! Reuben is writing these from the perspective of a book reader & show watcher, but focusing Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: And Now His Watch Is Ended
Welcome to a Dorkadia review of Game of Thrones! Reuben is writing these from the perspective of a book reader & show watcher, but focusing Continue Reading
Winter’s Been Here
At the time you’re reading this, Game of Thrones’s third-season premiere has come and gone. Blood has been spilled, pithy witticisms have been uttered, and Continue Reading