Just when you thought this was going to be a normal, boring Friday comes this bit of awesome. That’s right folks, the first “official” Game of Thrones season 5 trailer is here!

It’s got everything you could hope for: action, drama, suspense, fights, boobs, dragons, romance and whole lot more. Looks like this upcoming season is gonna be pretty damn cool.

Check out the trailer after the break. We’ve given you two ways to watch. A YouTube version and the version posted to the official Game of Thrones Facebook page. You’re welcome.

Look for Game of Thrones to return to HBO for its fifth season on April 12.

If you don’t like the TV series Game of Thrones, well, what the heck are you doing here anyway? Perhaps you would enjoy another site? I’m sure you haven’t seen all the cat videos yet.

For the rest of you (with taste), it’s almost time. Almost time for Game of Thrones to return for a new season on HBO. And yes, we’re pretty excited.

As you would expect, HBO has been building up massive hype for the new season with a series of trailers, the first of which dropped in January. Now, the network has released its fourth and final trailer for the upcoming season. And yes, we’ve got it for you.

The Game of Thrones season 4 premiere is called “Two Swords” and will air on April 6 at 9/8C. Check out the trailer after the break.

In case you haven’t been watching, we need to alert you to the fact that HBO’s True Detective is a great show. But you can’t really be surprised, it is HBO after all. They have some other great shows you may have heard of like The Sopranos or Game of Thrones.

But if you really haven’t been watching, here’s a bit of info about the show:

True Detective is written by Nic Pizzolatto and directed by Cary Fukunaga. It centers on two detectives, Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson), whose lives collide and entwine during a seventeen-year hunt for a serial killer in Louisiana. The investigation of a bizarre murder in 1995 is framed and interlaced with testimony from the detectives in 2012, when the case has been reopened.

In truth, that description doesn’t really do the show justice. It’s way more complicated than that. And awesome on so many levels.

If you have been watching (good for you) you know this Sunday brings a brand new episode, which we have a preview for after the break. Look for True Detective Sunday at 9/8C on HBO.

One thing we really love around here is a good, gritty detective story. If it’s well done it can be riveting to watch and as the story unfolds the revelations can often be shocking and very satisfying. That’s one of the hallmarks of a great show.

A prime example of this is HBO’s latest drama True Detective, which stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey and is written by Nic Pizzolatto. We won’t spend a lot of time describing the show, but instead will say this: you should be watching it.

It’s that good — especially if you’re a fan of the aforementioned gritty, detective stories. This one’s got grit to spare.

We’ve got a preview of the second episode to share with you today. Check it out after the break.

True Detective airs Sundays at 9/8C on HBO.

One press release says it all:

Telltale Games and HBO announce Partnership to Create Games based on Game of Thrones. 2012 Studio of the Year and HBO Global Licensing in multi-year, multi-title partnership to Create Games Based on Emmy Award-Winning Television Series.

Though I have never been an adventure game player, I instantly fell in love with Telltale’s The Walking Dead. It was one of the licensed games to nail it on every count. There references to the world I knew were there, but never forced. The story stood on its own as well for those who didn’t know the source material intimately. The characters were emotionally engaging. And I didn’t want it to end.

And now they are going to do that with something I love almost as much as the original Walking Dead comics. Well to that I say, “Bring it on.” In 2014, Telltale will embark down what will no doubt be an emotional journey in the world of Westeros with Game of Thrones. One thing that both Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead have each taught me is that bad things happen to good people, especially when I begin to really like them. In a way now, I almost dread the heartbreak that this game is going to bring upon me.