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Game of Thrones: Where’ve I bloody seen him before?

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Game of Thrones: Where've I bloody seen him before?

Much like the rest of humanity, I'm currently thoroughly embroiled in HBO's most recent hit, Game of Thrones. Based on the books by George R. R. Martin, the excruciatingly popular series follows the lives of the inhabitants of Westeros and Essos - a fictional land set sometime in the medieval ages. The series sees various claimants to the throne squabble over who should rightfully sit their arse on the big iron chair. There are also dragons, regicide, lots of bloody battles, lots of gratuitous sex (sometimes incestuous)... ...And people with guttural, regional accents telling other people … [Read more...]

True Blood set to meet the true death

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True Blood set to meet the true death

The countdown is on for the final series of HBO vampire frolic True Blood. Since first hitting our screens in 2008, True Blood has provided us older kids with a vampire series that's a bit more raunch and a bit less...Twilight? But this year, it's all coming to a bitter, bloody end. Well, we don't know about bitter, but we're guessing there'll be a fair amount of blood involved. By August 2014 Sookie Stackhouse will have served her final hamburger and shake; Bill will have brooded his last brood; and Eric will never need his roots doing again. Stop reading now if you want to steer clear of … [Read more...]