I quite enjoyed how quickly it was brushed over given much book readers have salivated over it…

This record got an absolute pasting from pitchfork and stereogum, and I'm sad to say it's deserved. What the hell happened?

I'm not saying she shouldn't have been affected by what she's been through. I'm saying the (recent) journey getting there and what it's resulted in is boring as hell. I'll reserve full judgment until the inevitable reunions, but her remaining time will have to be really great television for me not to think they…

Yeah, but it was only after her interminable assassin training storyline that her personality altered beyond recognition. And not for better.

Probably not a popular opinion but I wish Arya had been killed off already. She hasn't had an interesting scene in literally years, and her assassin-God status has changed her personality so much she might as well be a new character. I find it really hard to engage with her storyline beyond a diminishing sense of…

Yeah, that was crap. A lot of 'that's it?!' murmurs at my viewing party.

This is one of those games I didn't enjoy at the time, has improved somewhat in my memory, and I bet the moment I'd try playing it again I'd be reminded of why I didn't like it.

It does look stupid. If you can't make it look like something other than a Scooby Doo reveal, just don't show it. Fantasy is never the 'what', it's the 'how'.

I thought last season was mostly terrible, but this was a solid opener. Much stronger dialogue than last year, which was my main worry since the show overtook the books. I still don't really care about Dany, but the North and Kings Landing were absorbing.

Eh. I'm loving this series, but 'you couldn't do any better!!' ain't a great counterargument to artistic criticism.

Didn't notice, but I suppose we all look slightly younger when lying down as gravity goes in a more flattering direction.

Never, I hope. Unless it's a slow motion scene of him crashing his motorcycle.

As far as 'exposition' episodes go, this was definitely more enjoyable than last week's. I dig the Vegas stuff, and it's fun seeing an absolutely, unrepentantly horrible villain in the Horne kid. I've also accepted that if Agent Cooper ever returns there'll probably be so few episodes of him it won't really matter…

As with Tomb Raider, there was definitely a clunkiness to the controls of this series that felt like a deal-breaker to me. I never quite trusted the character to function in exactly the way the controller had commanded. I feel like when gaming finally got over that it really moved forward.

You guys really should just give NerdWriter his own column for all the times he's been featured at this point.

Oh yeah, I remember when they were filming this movie they blew up a double-decker bus on London Bridge - quite a few people thought it was a real attack.

FWIW taking place almost entirely from Laura's POV is exactly why it's so great.

Did he actually say he was retiring last time, or did he just not act for a long time?

I think they should just give into fan service: the whole show is basically one giant 80s nostalgia fan service anyway and the central 'mystery' is so paper-thin it's not like people are tuning into that next season over the characters and aesthetics.

Don't worry, I know I'm in a minority as far as that damn show goes. The reception of the second season will be interesting, though.