Game of Thrones

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• By Ian Hurley
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Why do we care so much about who plays our favorite fictional characters?

• By Rick Paulas

The presidential candidate has cited Game of Thrones' Jon Snow as an inspiration. But we all know how that storyline ends.

• By Seth Masket

Winter is coming, but no one seems to care. Sound familiar?

• By Wes Judd

A strange Indiegogo campaign bent on preserving a vestige of Icelandic history inspires Justin Taylor to track the story all the way down to the determined goat farm at its source.

• By Justin Taylor

Male entitlement fantasies are part of a climate in which women are displayed as objects for the sexual fulfillment of men.

• By Sezin Koehler

Fantasy worlds are never just fantasy. They appeal to us because they refract our own histories and speak to contemporary interests.

• By Benjamin Breen

After his character's death on Game of Thrones, Jack Gleeson is giving up acting. Could this be the beginning of a trend for not-quite-A-list stars?

• By Noah Davis

Why does infidelity figure so prominently in TV's latest golden age?

• By Kevin Lincoln