Previews

The visions of Game of Thrones Season 5 debut

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The SightHBO’s promotional tie-in website, ThreeEyedRaven.com, began its teasing campaign tonight, sending out messages via raven (well, text message), to give viewers their first real taste of Game of Thrones season 5 footage.

The campaign is off to a bit of a bumpy start, with not all fans able to access the website and many not receiving their notification yet, but the Game of Thrones official Twitter has confirmed they are working on the issue.

Luckily several viewers have summarized the teaser footage contained in the promos.

But they had to do it quickly, because it seems that, like Bran’s visions, these visions only happen once and then they cannot be viewed again.

UPDATE: One of the teasers was captured on video, and is available below.

The comments below are gathered from WatchersOnTheWall readers, in this post:

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Press

Game of Thrones is best of the year for IMDB, E!Online, and more

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Continuing in our coverage of Game of Thrones‘s appearances on year-end lists, here are some of the latest additions:

E!Online sums season 4 up nicely in their Top 10 TV Dramas list:

“We know we are probably overreacting and being a tiny bit dramatic when we say this, but holy s–t, sometimes GOT makes us want to punch ourselves in the faces over how freakin’ awesome it is.”

IMDB has released their Top 10 Shows list, and Game of Thrones ended the year in the number one spot! The list tracks the programs that were “consistently the most popular with IMDb’s users throughout the year (and were in production in 2014) as determined by page views.” The show finished just ahead of AMC’s The Walking Dead.

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Interview

Maisie Williams on the end of Arya and how Game of Thrones changed her life

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Maisie Williams looks ahead at Game of Thrones season 5 and looks back at the recent years of her rise to fame, in The Guardian.

The 17-year-old actress will be starring in the drama Cyber Bully for Channel 4 in the UK, and has plenty of inspiration to draw from, in her own life.

Maisie tells The Guardian of how jealousy from her classmates brought about bullying and rough times for her as her fame and that of the show’s grew. She received messages calling her “stuckup”, and saying that she thought was “too good for everyone else.”

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Contest/Merchandise

The Dark Horse Giveaway Grand Finale: Great Houses of Westeros

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Throughout the week, we’ve been celebrating the Great Houses of Game of Thrones with a bounty of amazing swag provided by Dark Horse. However, there aren’t enough weekdays to properly cover each of the houses. The Starks, the Targaryens, and the Lannisters seem to get the lions’ share of the love (and the dragons’ and the wolves’ shares, as well), but there are more families in Westeros, and there are those who don’t fit into any House. There are those outcast by their noble kin and those who are something else entirely.

Today, for our finale, we’re sharing a huge amount of prizes with you, our readers, so check it out beneath the cut!

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General/News

HBO Streaming Service to Debut with Season 5 of Game of Thrones

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Game of Thrones has been one of the most pirated shows since it’s debut in 2011- a title that is due in large part to the accessibility of the show’s home network, HBO. The premium network has always been tethered to a cable package, something which, in a time when many homes are cutting the cord, has proved to be more burden than blessing.

However, cable-less Thrones fans who have previously been forced to “borrow” HBO Go passwords from friends and family or sail the their laptops through the choppy waters of Pirate Bay, will now have a way to follow the adventures of their favorite Westeros characters legally.

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Contest/Merchandise

The Dark Horse Gift Giveaway, Day 3: House Lannister

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For day 3 on our Dark Horse Giveaway Week, we’re featuring the clan people love to hate or hate to love, I’m never sure which: House Lannister.

The prizes offered today feature the lion rampant sigil and their motto of Hear Me Roar. Our grand prize winner will be taking home the Kingslayer, one of the newest figures in Dark Horse’s line of Game of Thrones collectibles.

Just a heads up that Thursday and Friday’s giveaway prize tiers will have a different format to keep things interesting. Tomorrow we’ll be featuring one character in particular, and on Friday we’re throwing a giveaway bash for several houses, with loads of prizes. So be sure to enter every day this week!

Contest rules, and details on today’s giveaway below!
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