Man, The Song of Ice and Fire is one giant stack of books. There are five books in this series so far, and SPOILERS there will probably be more. But we are getting ahead of ourselves. This week happens to be host to the Mecca of nerddom: Comic-Con, and because A Game of Thrones – the HBO version – is such a good show, Ser George of Martin and some of the cast sat down to talk about show stuffs.

I would feel like a total dong to simply steal quotes from the people who wrote the piece, so I will instead use what the internet calls a Hypertext Link, and send you merrily on your way to read this Kotaku article with all of the tasty bits (beware of minor spoilers). Within you will find fun anecdotes, and if you have any idea what “R.W.” stands for in the books, you will get some interesting info on how George feels about all that. I felt a chill while remembering all that dastardly business.

In our ongoing efforts to fawn over everything in and around the world of The Song of Ice and Fire, on his blog, website, online journal thing entitled “Not A Blog,” George R. R. Martin just revealed the official Game of Thrones poster that accompanies the looming HBO series. And it is, of course, wicked cool, yo.

That’s all that really needs to be said. Simply check out this bomb-ass poster and be angry that it’s not April 17 yet. That’s what I’m doing. Click on it for super-hyper-mega size.

We are very pleased to announce that Focus Home Interactive will publish “A Game of Thrones: Genesis”, Cyanide’s new strategy game, adapted from George R.R. Martin’s famous series of best-sellers novels “A Song of Ice and Fire”.

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“A Game of Thrones: Genesis” plunges you into the heart of the battles and intrigues between the Families that shaped the Kingdom of Westeros.

A realtime strategy game with all your favorite characters? Sign me up. I have a sneaking suspicion that “Genesis” will mean that any sort of single player campaign will not revolve around the actual stories themselves, but the happenings that led to them. If that’s the case, it might be a little bummer, but so long as I get to stomp some Lannisters, I will be ok.

Full Press Release.

It’s no surprise that we at P&B absolutely love George R. R. Martin’s Ice and Fire series. You combine an epic story told in a way that neither talks down to the reader nor makes things too easy over the span of thousands of pages and you pretty much have us hooked. Well it turns out that we’re not the only ones.

I have attempted to try and not get too excited about the potential release of this series since hearing about its mumblings last year. HBO has spearheaded the task force in creating the television series, having already shot a pilot in late 2009. Up until now, however, they’ve kept their secrets tight like so many three hundred foot tall walls covered in ice (THAT’S AN ICE AND FIRE REFERENCE, FYI), allowing but little information to leak out. Luckily, the Chicago Tribune has posted a few tasty bits of news for all to enjoy. In summary, they have a full cast list and a couple of quotes from George himself on the matter:

“From the start of this, I’ve told myself, ‘Don’t get too emotionally invested in this, or you will be devastated if it doesn’t go.’ Wise words, those. I’m a smart guy.

“But easier said than done. I’ve failed. I am totally emotionally invested, and if HBO does indeed decide to pass, for whatever reason, I will be gutted.

“So let’s all hope I am soon doing the happy dance instead.”

You can read the rest here.

Books:

• Leviathan
• A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)
• A Prayer for Owen Meany
• The Eyes of the Dragon
• McTeague
• The Master and Margarita

Movies:

• Man on Wire
• Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
• Avatar The Last Airbender – The Complete Book 1 Collection
• Avatar The Last Airbender – The Complete Book 2 Collection
• Avatar The Last Airbender – The Complete Book 3 Collection
• La Femme Nikita [Blu-ray]
• Ponyo
• Metropolitan – Criterion Collection

Right click and download the eighty-fifth episode here:

• MP4 291mb

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Books:

• A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)

Movies:

• Day for Night

Right click and download the eightieth episode here:

• MP4 261mb

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