Podcast: Critics on the Throne episode 2, Laura Hudson

“Game of Thrones is not a show that shies away from showing you that characters are rrrreeeaaaal dead.” – Laura Hudson

Welcome to the second episode of Critics on the Throne, this time starring freelance writer Laura Hudson (Twitter: @laura_hudson). Hudson has written about Game of Thrones primarily for Wired, and is also a member of the Council of Editors for the Game of Thrones Compendium.

In this episode, we talk about how Laura was picked for the Compendium; comparisons between the adaptations of GOT and The Walking Dead; the strengths of the Telltale adventure game and how it “got” us once again; whether Cersei’s playing the same game as Varys and Littlefinger; the advantages and disadvantages of short-term thinking; and who we want to see winning the Game of Thrones.

Check it out below!

Direct download here.

Rough table of contents:

0-10:00 – Introductions and discussion of the Game of Thrones compendium
10:00-30:00 – Discussion of the weirdness of spoilers in terms of Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead and different varieties of adaptation
30:00-50:00 – Talking about Episode 1 of Telltale’s Game of Thrones
50:00-1:00:00 – Spoilers for Episode 1 of Telltale’s Game of Thrones
1:00:00-1:10:00 – Grand strategy and who’s playing the short game and who’s playing the long game in King’s Landing
1:10:00-1:25:00 – Spoilers for books 4 and 5, and we talk about who we want to win the Game.

Note that we did have a technical issue where Laura’s audio occasionally hiccups. Most of the time you should still be able to get the gist of what’s being said, but our apologies if it causes any annoyances.

This show was also recorded before the trailer and the second episode of Telltale’s game were released.

Enjoy!

• Published on 02/05/2015 at 11:54 PM CDT
• Last updated on 10/21/2016 at 1:06 PM CDT