Spoilers Ahead: Do not read if you haven't already seen this week's episode of Game of Thrones, "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken." You know you spend too much time mired in internet outrage culture when one of the most unsettling scenes on TV this year is unfolding right in front of ...read more
Don't even bother reading if you haven't already watched last night's 'Game of Thrones' episode, 'The Mountain and the Viper,' and still plan to. If you have seen it, read on. Also, if you don't watch the show and want to understand why those of us who do feel as if we're in an ...read more
**obligatory spoiler alert ** Here’s the latest GOT dispatch from the vomity brain of Salon: Not only was the scene in which Jaime Lannister raped his sister, Cersei, “glamourized,” as they reported earlier this week, but some viewers are pretending that it wasn’t rape at all, ...read more
*** Spoilers Ahead *** So let's talk about that scene from Game of Thrones, the one that Jezebel called "unnecessary and despicable" and that led the Huffington Post to clutch a big handful of Arianna's pearls and demand to know whether the show had finally "gone too far." ...read more
Game of Thrones is an awesome show, but man does it get confusing sometimes. One can barely keep up with what's going on in the real world, much less George R.R. Martin's (and that's not even considering the Marvel and DC Universes...and DC's parallel universes...and Marvel's ...read more
The Honest Trailer series is a little like the Bad Lip Reading series: It almost doesn't matter what they're taking aim at, it's always worth watching. And with Game of Thrones sidling up to our doorstep this Sunday to try to lure us back into a perennially abusive relationship ...read more
Hope you celebrated Presidents Day with booze and lethargy like our forefathers intended! Here's what's happening on the interweb: 1. Dear 1%, This Is Why We Hate You A reporter for New York Magazine crashed the annual black-tie induction ceremony of a secret Wall Street ...read more
ArcAttackMusic is a geeky good time. In addition to Tesla coil music, the performance art group makes experimental robotics. Here is "Freebird," and they also do "Sweet Home Alabama," but you'll have to find that link yourself. Until then, just know that winter is ...read more
It's Monday and so it's back to the grind with you, gerbils. Here's a couple of headlines and some assorted stuff from around the internet to get you through the day. 1. Gold Rush 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle cleaned up at last night's Golden Globes, while on the TV ...read more
Just when you thought the Bad Lip Reading guy couldn't possibly top himself, he comes up with something like this: a trailer for a comedy movie about a wacky Medieval theme park -- using footage from 'Game of Thrones.' Behold: Medieval Fun-Time World... "Listen, so, I give ...read more
Here's what you should be reading instead of contemplating how drunk you'll be by 5:15pm: 1. He Owns the Night Dave Itzkoff wrote a really great little book on coming up through the ranks at magazines like Details and Maxim -- it was called Lads -- and he's turned into one ...read more
*There Will Be Spoilers* I've mentioned this once before but right now it seems especially appropriate: My mother has a thing where she refuses to watch movies and TV shows that are excessively violent. No matter how fantastic a movie or show is -- how well it's reviewed, how ...read more
This weekend sees the return of HBO's epic television series Game of Thrones. Those who are still uninitiated in the wheeling-and-dealings of the Seven Kingdoms must look upon their friends' excited talk of 'the Dothraki' or 'the Night's Watch' with a mix of confusion and ...read more
