Supreme Court of Westeros, ruling 67

Thursday is court day!

Welcome to the Supreme Court of Westeros! Every week, three pressing questions from the community will be answered by the esteemed judges Stefan (from your very own Nerdstream Era) and Amin (from A Podcast of Ice and Fire). The rules are simple: we take three questions, and one of us writes a measured analysis. The other one writes a shorter opinion, either concurring or dissenting. The catch is that every week a third judge from the fandom will join us and also write a dissenting or concurring opinion. So if you think you're up to the task - write us an email to stefan_sasse@gmx.de, leave a comment in the post, ask in the APOIAF-forum or contact Amin at his tumblr. Discussion is by no means limited to the court itself, though - feel free to discuss our rulings in the commentary section and ask your own questions through the channels above.

One word on spoilers: we assume that you read all the books, including the Hedge Knight short stories, and watched the current TV episodes. We don't include the spoiler chapters from various sources in the discussion, with the notable exception of Theon I, which was supposed to be in "A Dance with Dragons" anyway.

And now, up to ruling 65 of the Supreme Court of Westeros! Our guest judge this week is Sean T. Collins, well known co-host of your favorite ASOIAF podcast "Boiled Leather Audio Hour", author of the blog of the same name and freelance writer.

A Flight of Links

- Why video game reviews still suck
- Examining the two-weapon-shooter
- Daenerys II
- A history of the most impractical weapons ever used
- Readworthy Twitter rant
- Making of Conan
- I recently started reading up Steven Attewell's tumblr in addition to his blog; let me point you to some interesting things. 
- Also this by Made in Myr 
- And this by Poor Quentyn
- I think this is such a bad idea, even with Neill Blomkamp.
- The Order: 1886 review
- Why are NPC still racist?  
- Wolf at the door: An analysis of Rickard Stark
- Ohmygodjasonmomoaisaquaman
- Some Alien V speculation
- Never played this game, but from this analysis it sure sounds interesting
- Forget realism, we need truth - can only add my voice to his.

Supreme Court of Westeros, ruling 66

Thursday is court day!

Welcome to the Supreme Court of Westeros! Every week, three pressing questions from the community will be answered by the esteemed judges Stefan (from your very own Nerdstream Era) and Amin (from A Podcast of Ice and Fire). The rules are simple: we take three questions, and one of us writes a measured analysis. The other one writes a shorter opinion, either concurring or dissenting. The catch is that every week a third judge from the fandom will join us and also write a dissenting or concurring opinion. So if you think you're up to the task - write us an email to stefan_sasse@gmx.de, leave a comment in the post, ask in the APOIAF-forum or contact Amin at his tumblr. Discussion is by no means limited to the court itself, though - feel free to discuss our rulings in the commentary section and ask your own questions through the channels above.

One word on spoilers: we assume that you read all the books, including the Hedge Knight short stories, and watched the current TV episodes. We don't include the spoiler chapters from various sources in the discussion, with the notable exception of Theon I, which was supposed to be in "A Dance with Dragons" anyway.
Casting Call: We're searching for guest judges again! If you like to participate, even if you have been part of previous rulings, send us an email.

And now, up to ruling 66 of the Supreme Court of Westeros! Our guest judge this week is Javi Marcos, a previous judge of the Supreme Court and one of the admins of http://lossietereinos.com/, the biggest web about ASOIAF and GoT in Spanish. He had a collaboration in the Special Edition of Tower of the Hand: A Flight for Sorrows.

A Flight of Links

- Dune (1992) review by Wertzone
- Sean T. Collins finishes his The Wire reviews
- All you ever wanted to ask about graphics, and never dared to, or something. 
- How accurate does Sleeping Dogs simulate Hong Kong?
- Interested in a Netflix series about Zelda? I'm not, but in case you are, there you go.
- Dying Light review
- Extensive Lyanna analysis
- Hillarious Jupiter Ascending review
- Samsung's smart TV introduces pop-up ads, because that's a good idea. 
- Russian astronauts have shotguns with them in space, in case they land in the Sibirian wilderness by accident. Somewhere, you hear Liam Neeson signing up for the movie. 
- The semantics behind the standalone
- Peter Molyneux imploding in this lengthy interview is hilarious
- Interesting review of 50 Shades of Grey 
- Arya VI chapter analysis

Supreme Court of Westeros, ruling 65

Thursday is court day! This week, in honor of Valentine's Day, we take in not three, not four, but five questions with a context of love. Enjoy! And don't forget the damn roses.

Welcome to the Supreme Court of Westeros! Every week, three pressing questions from the community will be answered by the esteemed judges Stefan (from your very own Nerdstream Era) and Amin (from A Podcast of Ice and Fire). The rules are simple: we take three questions, and one of us writes a measured analysis. The other one writes a shorter opinion, either concurring or dissenting. The catch is that every week a third judge from the fandom will join us and also write a dissenting or concurring opinion. So if you think you're up to the task - write us an email to stefan_sasse@gmx.de, leave a comment in the post, ask in the APOIAF-forum or contact Amin at his tumblr. Discussion is by no means limited to the court itself, though - feel free to discuss our rulings in the commentary section and ask your own questions through the channels above.

One word on spoilers: we assume that you read all the books, including the Hedge Knight short stories, and watched the current TV episodes. We don't include the spoiler chapters from various sources in the discussion, with the notable exception of Theon I, which was supposed to be in "A Dance with Dragons" anyway.
Casting Call: We're searching for guest judges again! If you like to participate, even if you have been part of previous rulings, send us an email.

And now, up to ruling 65 of the Supreme Court of Westeros! Our guest judge this week is Anton Jumelet, a philosophy student living in Amsterdam. He is usually not an active member of the fandom, but does ferociously follow everything ASOIAF-related. He is also a staunch advocate of replacing Machiavelli with Martin in all university curricula.

A Day in Life, analyzed (Game of Thrones season 5)

So, A Day in Life - a documentary covering a day of shooting of Game of Thrones - has arrived, and besides giving some interesting looks into the process of actually producing the show, it also gives us some crucial new information about the storylines playing out. I will analyze them based on the information we're getting in the trailer. 

A Flight of Links

- In case you haven't seen this yet, GRRM's original outline for the "trilogy" of ASOIAF is pretty hilarious in retrospect. 
- Here is a short analysis.
- And an even shorter by Steven Attewell.
- Wertzone is much more detailled about this.
- Sean starts reviewing The Wire season 5
- Ted 2 looks funny enough
- Does it matter that Fassbender doesn't look like Steve Jobs in his bioptic?
- Stuck in the Matrix
- American Sniper sucks and it's okay to admit that
- Everly review
- Race of the Iron Throne, Theon II
- Boy do I agree on this.
- Yahtzee analyses jumpscares
- I laughed very hard
- Very interesting essay about Rhaegar and his women, part 1
- And part 2
- Jupiter Ascending falls flat
- Compare this to this article. 
-  What I learned trying to write a muslim cop show for HBO
- The Beauty of Better Call Saul
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Supreme Court of Westeros, ruling 64

Thursday is court day!

Welcome to the Supreme Court of Westeros! Every week, three pressing questions from the community will be answered by the esteemed judges Stefan (from your very own Nerdstream Era) and Amin (from A Podcast of Ice and Fire). The rules are simple: we take three questions, and one of us writes a measured analysis. The other one writes a shorter opinion, either concurring or dissenting. The catch is that every week a third judge from the fandom will join us and also write a dissenting or concurring opinion. So if you think you're up to the task - write us an email to stefan_sasse@gmx.de, leave a comment in the post, ask in the APOIAF-forum or contact Amin at his tumblr. Discussion is by no means limited to the court itself, though - feel free to discuss our rulings in the commentary section and ask your own questions through the channels above.

One word on spoilers: we assume that you read all the books, including the Hedge Knight short stories, and watched the current TV episodes. We don't include the spoiler chapters from various sources in the discussion, with the notable exception of Theon I, which was supposed to be in "A Dance with Dragons" anyway.
Casting Call: We're searching for guest judges again! If you like to participate, even if you have been part of previous rulings, send us an email.

And now, up to ruling 64 of the Supreme Court of Westeros! Our guest judge this week is Calvin (aka KCenturion), he lives in the UK and is the copy editor for encyclopedia entries on Tower of the Hand. You can also follow him on Twitter @CassiusGren.

Telltale's "Game of Thrones", episode 2 (The Lost Lords) review

Spoilers for the first and second episodes of Game of Thrones following. 

Telltale finally released the second episode to their "Game of Thrones"-adventure game. After the first episode provided a good introduction to the characters with a shocking twist in the end, the second episode takes the pace back a step and provides a slower buildup. After the death of Ethan in the first episode, we're in desperate need of a main character who makes some tough choices, and he is presented via a little "Deus Ex Machina"-device: Rodrik Forrester is in fact not dead, but delivered literally to the Forrester's door step. From there on, he has to try to cope with the new political status quo, which, to quote Dr. Horrible, is not quo. 

"Damn", thought Jon, "I sure look good."

A Flight of Links

- More mediations.
- Holy shit

- OK, guys, Anita Sarkeesian collected all Twitter harassment she received in one week. When you click on the link, bear in mind it's from 20th to 26th January. This is fucking incredible. And not in a good way.

- Robert Rath takes a look at why Telltale's GOT is so good. Yes, Cersei will remember this.
- Marvel reboots its universe. What does it mean?