Some people are dedicated to their craft on a level I can’t even comprehend, and I’ll never stop having respect for those crazy so and so’s. The people who recreate major cities, both real and fictional, in Minecraft, for example. But once in a while you see something takes your breath away even here on …
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 of 2015, but 5 games …
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 all their praise and game …
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.
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.
Stop me if you’ve heard this before in the past three months: live-action remake of an animated Disney movie. Following other films such as Dumbo, Pinocchio, Mulan, and the “Night on Bald Mountain” scene from Fantasia, the House of Mouse is set to bring Sword in the Stone to reality with a live-action remake of …
Part Three of Sound on Sight’s list of the Best TV episodes of the year so far includes entries from Game of Thrones and Inside Amy Schumer.
An especially brutal final chapter exposes the season’s (and the series’) greatest virtues and flaws.
After last week’s brutal and hard-hitting climax at the wildling fort of Hardhome, a jaw-dropping scene that has literally been built upon and foreshadowed since the opening moments of the first episode, fans could be forgiven for expecting this week to pale in comparison. Luckily “The Dance of Dragons” only amped things up further in preparation for the finale, building an hour that encapsulates what may be the most horrifyingly emotional moment in the shows history and then matches it with a scene of triumph so glorious that the audience is shaken to the core.
“The Gift,” spent plenty of time setting up several major storylines; Cersei was imprisoned for her sins against the church, Stannis was gearing up for battle, Samwell Tarly had to deal with the death of Maester Aemon, Jorah helped Tyrion finally meet Daenerys face-to-face, Sansa tried to escape Ramsay’s grasp and Jon Snow and Tormund headed north. Last week on our Game of Thrones podcast, I discussed why I enjoyed “The Gift” so much, and it all came down to balance. The best episodes of Game of Thrones give viewers a bit of everything they’ve come to love about the show: betrayal, family values, justice, judgement, principles, politics, love, death and a some well choreographed fight scenes. This week we get all that, and then some.
Telltale’s Game of Thrones series continues to struggle as it passes its halfway point with the latest episode, Sons of Winter. What’s really unfortunate about this serialized gaming experience is how much the comparisons to both the HBO television series from which it takes its name, and Telltale Games’ previous titles like The Wolf Among Us, and The Walking Dead continue to hurt it rather than help it. Alas, even as a slight improvement on the previous installment, The Sword in the Darkness, it still falters nearly as often as it soars.
Winter is coming, and things will only get worse. At the wall, Jon Snow leaves on a mission without the full support of his men. Ignoring Ser Alliser Thorne’ advice, the Lord Commander follows through with his plan to free Tormund Giantsbane and join him in rescuing the Wildlings north of the Wall. Notice how the camera once again lingers on Ollie in the background, further proving my suspicions that the young boy can’t be trusted. Is mutiny on the horizon?
We all knew that an arranged marriage between Ramsay and Sansa was never going to go well, but I underestimated the level of discomfort that awaited viewers this week. Her marriage to Ramsay Bolton this week not only led to the most depressing moment of the entire series so far (and that’s saying a lot), but it is also one of the most unnecessary scenes of the series. We’ve seen enough pain and suffering born on the aftermath of weddings since the first season, starting with Daenerys’s marriage to Khal Drogo; later the Red Wedding, Sansa’s marriage to Tyrion, and eventually Joffrey’s fatal Purple Wedding. Some have tried to step in and defend the series and the plenty of very notable scenes that were mishandled. This week’s scene however was deliberate, and I don’t think any of us anticipated it being this cruel. Sansa and Ramsay’s union went too far, even by Game of Thrones standards. We all watched Sansa get raped and I’m not entirely sure what it brings to the show. As I’ve stated many times on our podcast, the nature of episodic television reviews means that we don’t know where this will lead. Is there a reason for this scene to exist other than to shock viewers? Maybe there is. Maybe this will lead to Sansa giving birth to a son – a son born of rape – much like her husband was born of the same sin. But that just isn’t enough to redeem a series that has been a repeat offender when insisting on raping their lead female characters time and time again, without any interest in exploring how this emotionally impacts these women. I have to ask, is it worth my time to continue to watch a show that makes me feel so terrible once the credits role?
A relatively quiet episode finds room for plenty of strong developmental character moments.
Game of Thrones Season 5, episode 2, “The House of Black and White,” pushed several storylines forward and made some noteworthy changes from George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” series. “High Sparrow,” focuses on these changes as Jon Snow struggles with his new leadership within the Night’s Watch; Cersei meets the High Sparrow; Arya grows impatient doing menial tasks in the House of Black and White; and Tyrion searches for more comfortable surroundings on a long trip with Varys.
The season five premiere of Game of Thrones had a lot of work to do, reintroducing us to a large ensemble cast while establishing several new story-lines for major characters. While “The Wars to Come” was busy with several key players including Jon Snow, Stannis Baratheon, Daenerys Targaryen, Tyrion and Cersei, there was little room for some of our other favourite characters to shine, and one (Arya) to make even a slight appearance. Luckily, episode 2, “The House of Black and White,” found ample time to focus on Arya Stark’s journey to Braavos. Meanwhile Pod and Brienne run into trouble on the road when crossing paths with Little Finger; Jamie heads to Dorne to bring his daughter back home safety and Stannis offers Jon Snow a deal to become king of Winterfell.
After one major character was knocked out of Game of Thrones yesterday, it seems like a veteran of the show is also being knocked off of one of the biggest blockbuster projects in Hollywood. The Hollywood Reporter reported on Monday that Michelle MacLaren, who is a veteran director of Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad, …
After four extraordinary seasons, we’ve come to expect great things from HBO’s flagship series including dragons, impressive world-building, damsels in distress, femme fatales, epic battles, well choreographed action, blood, death, sex, black magic and lots of nudity in between the dirty politics. “The Wars to Come” (a line heard several times throughout the episode) was a solid, modest season opener, but as with every season premiere, there seems to be something lacking.
Remember that story about Netflix working on a live-action Zelda series? It had many people pretty excited – but as expected, none of it was true. Speaking to Time, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata squashed every rumour saying, “As of now, I have nothing new to share with you in regard to the use of our …
As part of an April Fools’ joke, blogger Julien Knez pretended that he interviewed a hipster who “only watches movies on VHS, and it might just be the best gag published on any blog this year. Knez actually went through the trouble of creating nine completely convincing VHS packages for movies and shows using the …
When the idea of melding the rich world of Game of Thrones with Telltale Games’ unique talent for storytelling was initially proposed, it seemed like a match made in heaven. What better place than Westeros, a locale bursting with lore and dripping with morally murky situations, for a new Telltale series. Unfortunately, more and more as this series continues, it is beginning to appear as the weakest link in the Telltale chain thus far.
New elements come in fast and heavy for the second of six planned parts in Telltale’s Game of Thrones series. First up is the introduction of Asher Forrester. Only vaguely referenced in the first chapter, Asher takes a central role here as the sole Forrester situated in the faraway land of Essos. Much like Daenerys Targaryen, though, his story seems to bear little effect on what is occurring in Westeros (at least for now). Still, it’s an intriguing introduction, and his task to find an army to take back to Westeros will be no easy one.
We may not be getting a new book in the Game of Thrones series, but it looks like more work by George R.R. Martin will be headed to the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter reported on Monday that Resident Evil star Milla Jovovich and Shameless actor Justin Chatwin will lead Martin’s In The Lost Lands. …