I took the author's tone as more tongue-in-cheek there, partially because literally nobody wants to watch Varys ride on a ship for hours and also partially because he'd need to transport himself from Mereen to the Enterprise's transporter pads to Dorne to get it all done in the timeframe presented.

In terms of "pure" character development, I get what Martin wants from Penny, but oy. When people say "without further ado," by "further ado" they mean Penny.

-I've given up all hope of Lady Stoneheart; it seems more likely to me that Mel just shlupps back to Braavos or whatever and leaves the story than that she runs into Stoneheart.

Well aware, and was trying to imply it without totally opening up the can of worms. I subscribe to that one, personally, but I'm surprised how many artists trying to show how Tyrion "really" looks always get his eye colors wrong. I actually fully expect a Dany/Jon Snow (or Jaehaeris or whatever his name actually…

I was surprised at the expected rape, too, because I saw it much more like you saw it: horrible grinding of limbs and bits, for a long time.

I'd only add that polygamy is hardly unheard of among the Targaryens; Dany could marry Tyrion too. I also expect a peasant uprising in the wake of the destruction of the church, personally.

I played Doom for years before I heard about this book. The times, they have changed.

I appreciate the article's approach to this, but it still reminds me of "material" like The Tick: The Game. On the surface, it seems manifestly doable: he's a big nigh-invulnerable thumper/doofus, so adding a goofy facade (silly names, "SPOOOON!") to a solid brawler seems like an easy design choice. But the basic…

Polite…spies. Oh dang. Didn't even think of that.

I've been wondering. I agree, people can sell what they want to sell for, and I'm entirely in favor of that. But they all suddenly shifted to not decreasing their prices incrementally the way they had been, and all at the same time. It smells fishy to me for sure.

That's actually the best explanation I've heard yet. Some of his choices have been downright bizarre (like the Waif the episode after she stabbed Arya? Come on now.)

A kindred spirit! #shedsasinglemanlytear That's exactly how I try to shop, too: a set, limited budget that ends up covering a variety of gaming experiences, be it by genre, dev size/type, publisher or what have you. That's a great haul for the money, too. Sheesh, replying as a second upvote for you my friend. I…

Actually, I'd change my answer to what you said. Watching the American election fiasco, it was nice to assume that at least everyone else was basically sane.

Any country that can be so well-known for being polite and also so well-known for having seriously tough soldiers is one to watch out for. (See also: the Finns. Is it the cold or something?) I'm an American and/but I'm a history buff, and Canadian troops in WWII were intense. Leo Major, holy crap…

Hah! I think I'm having a Internet Nuance Dum-Dum Day today. Didn't even think of that.

I was so surprised at how strong Transformed turned out on PC. Runs great, looks great, fun design, and it has some intangle Sonic-ness to it about how it looks like you hit a wall but you just keep pressing forward…

Huh. Interesting idea. I could see that too, now that you say it. I still think that Sansa and Jon will unify the North in a parallel to Tyrion and Dany, though.

Kevan, some BoBs, dead churchites, the field for sure. Brienne is waaaay too high on this list, Melisandre is way too low and the field is easy money. I don't think the wildfire is a red herring but I do think it's too soon. If I had to guess, I'd guess a slaughtered church followed by a peasant revolt followed by…

I said this last week too, but I really expect the show to lapse to a far more conventional plot structure now, with the pivot being Jon Snow's death and resurrection.

Much agreed. Putting her on the list after Dead Man Walking Lannister made no sense to me at all.