Game of Thrones

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Why do we care so much about who plays our favorite fictional characters?

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

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

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.

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

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

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?

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