This guest editorial concerns a story-to-show change and thus contains major book spoilers (including A Dance with Dragons material) in its argument, so please read at your own risk. The opinions expressed below do not necessarily reflect those of WotW or its staff.
By Lion of Night
The long-awaited teaser trailer for Telltale Games’ latest foray into licensed property, Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series, is finally here.
Here’s the official word from Playstation Blog:
As Game of Thrones fans we often focus on a certain set of things. The book readers often delve into discussions of the adaptation decisions from the ASOIAF books to the small screen. All the fans, book readers or not, debate character nuance and any potential plot developments endlessly. As individuals we have favorite GoT locations and cultures that we compare and contrast. But we’re also privileged to witness a level of quality cinematography that has been, arguably, heretofore unknown in television. Hit Fix is reporting that professional cinematographers are taking notice as well. The ASC, American Society of Cinematographers, has nominated Game of Thrones and other genre shows for their TV awards.
What are some of your favorite “natural” visual scenes from the first four seasons? Although we have often discussed our favorite Special Effects scenes, what about those scenes that did not involve animation or graphic manipulation (or at least not too much, the occasional green screen is probably unavoidable)?
And speaking of beautiful scenes, Dave Hill has a new update on Making Game of Thrones (see photo at top of the gorgeous set). The blog entry really isn’t all that spoilery as they never give much detail but use your own judgement as to whether you want to read the entry or go below the cut.
There are a bunch of Game of Thrones tidbits floating around the internet in the wake of the release of The World of Ice and Fire and some of the other projects the cast is involved in. Here’s some of our favorites this week around the web.
Minor spoilery things below, so if you want to stay completely unsullied for the next season, proceed with caution.
Episode 248 – Tales of the Past
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Among the dusty ranks of Astapor, Daenerys discovers her path. Far far away, huddled in a cave, Hodor and Bran are treated to a particularly fascinating Reed-spun tale.
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Purported photos have surfaced from the new TellTale GoT based game series. Game Informer is reporting that they were posted in a Twitter feed but TellTale has not confirmed that they are official screen grabs from the game. They do say, however, that they are similar in style to TellTale’s other games and probably are legit. 
There are a total of eight screen shots that show stills of not only Cersei, Tyrion and Margaery, and others that I presume are members of House of Forrester. The article also says that the game should be released before the end of 2014.
Here are some of the most notable highlights this week in Game of Thrones news:
No one is going to know what happens, says Liam Cunningham, on Game of Thrones because viewers can’t rely on the books for spoilers anymore.
In a new interview with RTÉ Ireland, the actor admits, “We’re about to overtake the books,” with Game of Thrones heading into its fifth year as George R.R. Martin continues to write the next book in the series. Cunningham notes that Martin is halfway through writing the sixth book.
In the interview , Cunningham talks about the upcoming season and hints at major happenings, possibly deaths.
Episode 247 – High Heart
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Jaime seizes a quick opportunity to outsmart Brienne following poor cousin Frey’s descent from horseback, to be met only with more than he anticipates. Along the same countryside Arya travels further into the future, on the trail of elusive men without banners.
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Telltale Games has released information on what will be the first of six episodes in their new Game Of Thrones series. Game details have been sparse so it’s exciting to finally see an official “big” announcement. The first episode is entitled “Iron from Ice”. IGN reported yesterday that the game series is centered on a single house which we now know is House Forrester.
