I’ve never taken one of those quizzes, but I know – and nobody can convince me otherwise – that my patronus is a dragon. I liked – no, loved – dragons before they were cool. You know, like every other person who has read A Song of Ice and Fire – not Game of Thrones, mind you – before HBO picked it up. (Yeah, that’s me, too.) I believe you all know what I mean.

So, when artist Branka of My Dragon Spirit got in touch with us, I knew there was no way we’re going to pass up on the chance to share her work with everyone.Branka has a small yet wondrous silk dragon scarf collection; and when I say wondrous, I mean wondrous. These three samples will remove all doubt.

And, pure irresistible white.

Like what you see?

There’s more in the collection – from regal blue to dainty pink – which you can browse here. You can also see more of Branka’s work online:

• My Dragon Spirit
• Facebook
• Instagram

Now here’s the part where you breathe out a stream of fire in excitement.

We’re giving away one of the scarves – any from the collection – this week.

All you need to do – meh, you already know what you have to do, so go ahead and make sure you grab all the chances you can get to win a silk dragon scarf.

This is what happens, people. When you go around on TV talk shows and doing magazine interview after magazine interview about how ambitious and amazing and genre defying your video game will be instead of focusing all that time and energy on MAKING IT. You pull a Molyneaux and end up getting so hated on when not delivering the product you promised that enough people complain and you end up cutting your own throat. Had the team behind No Man’s Sky quietly made their game, made no promises, and delivered it, there would be no problem now, but there is. So much so, in fact, the team behind No Man’s Sky are being investigated in the U.K for unfair and dishonest advertising practices used to trick people into buying a product that was not what it promised. I personally think the U.S should follow-lead.

From PC Gamer:

I can’t speak about other countries, but in the UK [there] are regulations about providing advertising material that could mislead a consumer in some way—[for example] displaying things that do not, in fact, exist,” says AzzerUK. “The ASA say they have received a number of complaints, and so the points below are not necessarily all related to things I personally took issue with, but are the issues they have picked out at the most clear-cut problems from amongst all complaints.”

So there you have it. The end result of their own hype machine. It may end up eating them alive, and deservedly so. I will admit, this whole No Man’s Sky thing almost makes me want to quit writing for this field. Truth is, I was just as hyped as all the other media because of this team’s promises (yes I am NOT naming the team or the developers behind the actual game in this article on purpose as I do not want dishonest assholes to get any more press) and I helped hype YOU cats up, which in turn, let you down. I’m sorry for any part I had in that.

I know it seems small, but for me, it feels like a kick in the dick. I don’t like misleading people because I was misled. Makes me feel like I was played as you were you, as opposed to their actual fucking game. Now here’s hoping they get held accountable so this sort of thing cannot happen again. Real developers make games and then release them with no hype needed. Just look at how close to the release date it was when we saw the first trailer for GTA V. You just shut the fuck up, make an awesome product, then release it and let IT speak for itself. THAT is how you do it.

Problem is, all developers wanna be actual rock stars now, and Rockstar are ironically the last true developer. That says it all.

You would have to be living in a cave to not have heard the eminent buzz and hype surrounding Mafia 3 right now. From the old world time it takes place in to the setting, everything about this game feels alive and intricate. Even having the balls to deal with racial issues and tensions in a videogame is impressive, but Mafia 3 doesn’t want to “another open world” game. It wants to be something more. You’ve played games before, but Mafia 3 creates a world that seems to surpass that. A world that TRULY feels alive.

What I am saying is, this may very well be the first GTA clone that may surpass the series it was inspired by.

No easy feat, but Mafia 3 has all of drooling at the idea of just how real that world looks and just how inviting  it is (even though we know a heap of bad shit will happen to us). But from setting to characters to mood and music, this is one open world beast that just may become the new king of the video game jungle.

Though I am sure I will take this back once the trailer for Read Dead 2 drops. Just being honest

Winter is coming, but you don’t have to fall prey to the cold that comes with the white walkers. You can even tip the scales in your favor by taking advantage of a not-so-honorable Stark, so your chances of not dying are higher.

Fun.com has launched an officially licensed line of DC and Marvel jackets for the season, and it’s a perfect excuse to add to your winter wardrobe.

Check them out.

Iron Man Snow Jacket

It doesn’t come with Jarvis, unfortunately, but I think it has solved the icing problem.

If you want to go undercover (but, really, Tony Stark lie low?), here’s a casual jacket

his is more to my taste, but that’s just me.

The collection has limited designs – Batman, Justice League, Marvel Comic Print – but they also have coats for kids (which are more fun).

We all know that in AMC’s The Walking Dead the truest threat does not come from the walkers (or zombies as the rest of the fucking universe calls them). As a matter of fact, last time we left the squad one of them was about to get their brains bashed in by the lovely Lucille (seriously, best looking character on show) and that was the big threat we thought we all saw telegraphed. Negan comes, Negan kills, the group meet up with Ezekiel and his pet tiger (no, really) and then all the communities wage, well, as it was called in the comic run, “All Out War”, but there is a REALLY uncomfortable and creepy aspect of the Walking Dead world they have barely even hinted at on the show. The Whisperers. If you think you know creepy in this world, the whisperers take it to whole other levels of mental depravity. They make Negan look normal by comparison.

So what are the whisperers?

Hinted at by Morgan during one of his 652 monologues about his past life and how pure he is now he mentioned humans he ran into who wore the faces of the dead. That was our first hint. You see, the Whisperers are a group in the Walking Dead universe who worship the walkers and want to be one of them, so they wear their skin, speak in only whispers so no one knows they are human, and kill the humans for the sake of the walkers. A sick and twisted bunch who do some truly depraved things (Carl’s chick eats out his emptied eye socket, no joke, in a sexuazl way, it is fucked up, and he kinda enjoys it) and while many of us were resting on the fact Negan would be the big baddie in season 7, check out the picture that Walking Dead just posted to their Instagram:

That is a head on a pike my friend. That is the Whisperers trademark to scare off humans and claim areas. Those are not zombie heads, mind you (if these are the whisperers we are talking about) so that tells us this might just be the season we get the whisperers. The weirdos who have actually figured out this is the Walker’s world so they just try to assimilate and survive in the sickest way anyone can.

Hey, everyone copes differently.

I, for one, think Carl’s chick may be one, as she leaves a lot, does weird shit, and seems to have a certain respect for the dead and the way the world runs now, but that may just be a hunch on my part that is way off. Guess we just need to wait and see if she eats out Carl’s eye socket. That is the nineteenth weirdest sentence I have ever typed for anyone keeping score.

Oh man, speaking of eye socket oral, that would be super weird to watch so I hope it happens

       

The citizens of the Seven Kingdoms are not exactly known for their chastity, but not all of our favorite “couples” have offspring – at least for now. (Let’s not count Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion.)

But why not let our imaginations run wild and put one and one together to actually see the children of Game of Thrones? I bet you’re having quite a ride thanks to your mind’s eye, but here’s an additional treat for you: a tangible visualization of the result of Game of Thrones couples – official or not .

The Children of Game of Thrones

Note: if the GIFs act up, just click on them to see the kids.

Jon Snow and Daenerys

This may totally be wrong, depending on what theory you believe, but worse comes to worst – it’s nothing new in GRRM’s world.

Tormund and Brienne

Tempting it may be to imagine Jaime and Brienne, that one look between Tormund and Brienne cannot be ignored. And, yeah, you wouldn’t want to meet their children in a dark alley.

Brienne and Jaime

Okay, the thought of Jaime and Brienne as a couple is hard to resist. The question is this: Which children would be more awesome?

Jorah and Daenerys

The King of Friend Zone he may be, Ser Jorah will always want to be with Daenerys; so, who knows if Daenerys falls to a moment of weakness?

Wait, what the….? Are they not gonna show us who……………OH MY GOD, NOT……NO…oh shit,no. Come on. NO. No. No. No. No. No.No! No!  Oh come on, don’t do this to us now. Oh good God. No, please.

Well, at least that is over……NO!!! NO, how fucking dare you guys!?NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

*I’m gonna be sick

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Wait, not…..NO, like really, REALLY NO!

Aw shit. Dude, what the fuck? Wait…not the axe…shitballs no. Please, I mean, I know I begged before but that was just pre-begging. Please NO to this. Wait, that son of a bitc…..
This is too much. Oh Maggie. My heart aches for a fictional character when there are real people in my life who need my achy breaky heart. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, why are you doing this to us, Walking Dead? Why do you hurt those who love you most?

But my God that was good TV (even though I feel like I was just beaten). Oh, and don’t even get me started on the tears shed during that ever so cruel “final supper” shot, that was just wrong on so many levels….                                          

  But I really feel like Rick’s eyes at the end of the episode best summed it all up….