On the off chance that you aren’t excited for next week’s launch of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, take a gander at this trailer, it should do the trick. After playing the demo, I would describe Reckoning as a cross between Fable and World of Warcraft, but with better combat.

Join us as we dig in and digest chapters Bran II – Catelyn III this week. Things are really heating up on the pages of Westeros y’all! Bran takes a spill, Dany gets hitched, Catelyn does nothing for a while and Tyrion and Jon become best buds. We had an enlightening conversation (live broadcasted on …

We are joined once again by the lovely, talented, and all around swell guy Kristian Nairn on this bonus episode of Cast of Thrones. As you no doubt know, Kristian plays the cuddly Hodor in Game of Thrones (the TV show, books don’t have actors…smh.) We sat around the virtual pub and chatted about a …

It has been over a month since the last set of video gaming lightning deals on Amazon. Today they are back, and while they leave a little to be desired, the deal of the day – Dead Island [X360, PS3] for $25 – does a good job of making up for it. Check out the schedule and our educated guesses for the games on sale.

Win the CD Version of A Dance with Dragons which retails for $70.00. There are two boxes, the first of which is signed by the man himself, George R.R. Martin. To enter, review our podcast on iTunes, and then copy and paste that review in a reply to this post. That is pretty much it! …

or: Cast of Thrones Book club Episode 1: The Beginagaining We are delighted to introduce our very first episode of the Cast of Thrones Book club. Each week we will go through about eighty pages of Game of Thrones and provide amazing insights as well as a few jokes. This week we read from the Prologue …

Personally, I didn’t get to play Dark Souls, Saints Row the Third and Deux Ex: Human Revolution last year, and I could knock out all three of those for less than $80. This Buy Two Pre-Owned Games, Get a Third Free sale is not good for my wallet.

GameStop has a bunch of this past year’s big releases on sale for $10 to $30 off. Okay Assassin’s Creed Revelations is $30 off, and everything else is $10 to $20. There are some excellent titles to choose from though, like Batman: Arkham City, Gears of War 3 and Need for Speed: The Run all for $39.99 each.

We were all a little sad when Max Payne 3 was pushed back to May 15, 2012. Then we watched this video, about Max’s “targeting, weapons, and tactical movement”, and we became downright depressed. Look at how slow that Bullet Time™ is! It’s so slow! It is strange to think of Rockstar making a game with amazing shooting, but it isn’t strange to imagine Rockstar owning the month of May once again.

As what will almost certainly be one of the last first party games created for the Nintendo DS, Kirby Mass Attack is a fitting tribute. It is effortlessly charming, deceptively simple, and absolutely adorable without going into the realm of cavity-causing sweetness. It allows you to choose your own level of engagement, whether that is to romp though without a care in the world, or to take on the challenge of getting every collectable and gold medal. Which ever way you go, you are sure to have a great time with Kirby Mass Attack.