The episode I scripted for the third season of GAME OF THRONES has undergone another title change. “Chains” is out. It was a pretty good title, but an even better one, even more apt, presented itself when D&D shuffled a few scenes between episodes, so episode 307 is now…

… no, I don’t think I’ll tell. Best wait to HBO announces all ten of the episode titles. I mean, the title has already changed twice, I would rather not have to make another post if it changes again.

I lost a title, but gained a song.

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Here I am talking about GAME OF THRONES in the Hugos, and I realize that I have forgotten to mention that season two has just been released on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Well, yes, it has. It went on sale Tuesday. There was even a Monday midnight madness event in NYC, at the Best Buy at Union Square (which I almost dropped in on, as I was on my way from Boston to DC at the time, but Certain People would not let me off the Acela). They had a direwolf ice sculpture and everything.

And the sets are selling sales records too, I am told. Says so here:

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/02/22/game-of-thrones-dvd-sales-breaking-hbo-records/

HBO has done its usual bang-up job on these. Besides the episodes themselves, there’s all kinds of extra goodies: audio commentaries, histories, interviews, round tables, deleted scenes, dragon’s eggs. Also, several of the big retailers are offering special sets with exclusive content. The Best Buy sets have heraldic packaging and content no one else has, the Target boxes have stuff exclusive to Target, I think maybe there’s some exclusive Amazon stuff too, not sure. (Yes, I can hear the obsessive completists groaning. I feel your pain, guys).

So if you haven’t gotten your Blu-Rays yet, go ye forth and haul ye arse.

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Jimmy Kimmel is a huge fan of HBO’s GAME OF THRONES, so last night on his late night show, he debuted the first official trailer for season 3.

Missed it? No troubles. Here ’tis.

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Lots more to come. And March 31 creeps closer every day.

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HBO rolled out a new promo for season three of GAME OF THRONES tonight.

Did you miss it?

No problem.

Enjoy.

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It’s cold in Iceland.

(Or so I hear. Never been there myself. Really need to rectify that).

Or so we’re told, in the latest season 3 video from HBO:

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Sad to say, I wasn’t able to visit the shoot in Iceland for either season two or season three, but if we get a season four, maybe I can get over there this year.

I also want to stay at the Ice Hotel in Sweden. I must have Stark blood.

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Son of Homer.

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Here’s yet another season three preview, courtesy of HBO.

An “invitation to the set” from HBO GO.

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March isn’t that far off now. Winter is coming… this spring.

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With a few glimpses of season three.

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Our first look at the Queen of Thorns as well…

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