Tag: Game of Thrones
Line of Duty tops list of Top 50 most re-watched box sets
Line of Duty, Friends and Only Fools and Horses are among the most re-watched box sets of the last 12 months. The top 50 binge-watched TV series during lockdown also included Peaky Blinders, Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey, according to a study of 2,000 adults. Breaking Bad, Killing Eve and The Crown also proved…
Top TV and Cinema Hits That Have Been Turned into an Online Slot Game
Online pokies have gained massive popularity all over New Zealand, with more Kiwis finding them easy, fun, and rewarding to play. Unlike in the past when pokies came in fruit symbols, now you can find any theme on your favourite pokie game. The latest inspiration is from TV shows and movie hits. Now, you can…
Ramadan means fasting and Facebook for many in Middle East, data shows
Facebook’s Ramez Shehadi (Kamran Jebreili/AP) The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, with its long days of fasting and prayer, is being reshaped by technology. People in the Middle East spend close to 58 million more hours on Facebook during Ramadan and watch more YouTube videos than any other time of…
Fender unveils three handcrafted Games of Thrones guitars
To celebrate the final season of the epic series Game of Thrones, Fender Custom Shop has unveiled three handcrafted guitars, in partnership with HBO, dubbed the Game of Thrones Sigil Collection. Each model is built to order via the Fender Custom Shop and handcrafted by Principal Master Builder Ron Thorn, who drew inspiration from each…
German students use algorithm to predict Game Of Thrones deaths
Computer science students at a German university have developed an application that scours the internet for data on Game Of Thrones and uses an algorithm to predict which characters are most likely to survive to the end of its final season. Project supervisor Guy Yachdav, from the Technical University of Munich, said survival rates are…
Britain’s Box Set habits: Is binge watching bad for our health?
Fans of popular TV programmes such as Game of Thrones (pictured above), the Walking Dead or Orange is the New Black may be familiar with the idea of binge-watching – sitting back and watching through multiple episodes of shows which carry an almost addictive quality. Following a new report released today by Ofcom examining Britain’s Box Set habits, Professor Barrie Gunter from the University of…
Game of Thrones author George RR Martin still uses DOS
The bestselling fantasy novelist George RR Martin writes his books on an ancient MS-DOS computer. Speaking on late-night US chat show Conan, the author told host O'Brien that he likes using the out-of-date operating system because it does not correct…
Blinkbox bag HBO shows: Game of Thrones season 2, Boardwalk Empire, The Wire and more
Blinkbox, the Tesco-owned movie and TV cloud streaming and digital download service, have signed a deal that will see them getting top HBO shows before they even hit DVD or Blu-ray. Blinkbox have bagged the rights to distribute the US…
Game of Thrones torrents most popular with 2012's pirates
Newly collated figures show that Game of Thrones is the most illegally downloaded show of 2012 so far. The swords-and-sorcery epic, based on the novels of George R.R. Martin has been already been downloaded over 25 million times, despite the…
