The Brilliant Game Design of Game of Thrones | Game/Show | PBS Digital Studios

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Is Game of Thrones Perfect Game Design? Subscribe to PBS Game/Show! http://bit.ly/1BPJ2VE Tweet at us! https://twitter.com/pbsgameshow ↓ More info and sources below ↓ ~ This Episode Contains Many Spoilers!! ~ Game of Thrones Season 5 has come to an end, and what an insane end it was! While we were picking our jaws off the floor, we here at Game/Show started thinking: is Game of Thrones an example of good game design? Or is the game in George R.R. Martin's novels just an extended metaphor? How do we define good game design, and how can it be applied to other media outside of games? Learn something, Jon Snow, and let us know what you think in the comments! ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------ Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gameshowpbs Email us! pbsgameshow [at] gmail [dot] com Follow us on Reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsgameshow ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------ ASSET LINKS: 00:42 Every On-Screen Death In ‘Game Of Thrones’, Seasons 1~4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOcYHrqQL9Q 00:55 George R.R. Martin: The World of Ice and Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcy-EhkHXnE 1:00 Speed Level Design Winter Road [Unity 5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4mL08lWPB8 3:34 boom headshot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olm7xC-gBMY The Boardgame Remix Kit: http://www.boardgame-remix-kit.com/ ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------ COMMENTS: TotalBiscuit, The Cynical Brit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeLPNVmzerg&lc;=z13lzz2wtxezyff3w22pznijysqezhrpk04 Eric Eldridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeLPNVmzerg&lc;=z12yiduqavfftj04a04cd3dx4zzfinnaylk0k Travis Bewley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeLPNVmzerg&lc;=z12pdrtx0vininu4u04cfzqrbqfdwx0xj3c The Internet Peasant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeLPNVmzerg&lc;=z13rfnmiwxuwcblh404cghxb0zr1hbcypig ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------ MUSIC: "Oh Damn!" by CJVSO https://soundcloud.com/downpitched/cjvso-oh-damn "Digital Sonar" by Brink "Mindphuck" by Known To Be Lethal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr7l9yBw "After Hours" "Lakes" by Chooga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hnsQc9ST0 "Beautiful Days" by Extan https://soundcloud.com/extandnb/beautiful-days "Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix" by Foniqz https://soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/foniqz-spectrum-subdiffusion "Good Way Song" by Electronic Rescue "Alice y Bob" by Javier Rubio and Parsec https://archive.org/details/escala19_vvaa_escala_no_uniforme "Sleet" by Kubbi https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet "Toaster" by Kubbi https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster "Patriotic Songs of America" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet http://freemusicarchive.org/music/New_York_Military_Band_and_the_American_Quartet/Edison_Amberol_457/cusb-cyl3890d "Lets Go Back To The Rock" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider "Run" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider "Fame" by Statue of Diveo https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352814/statueofdiveo "Freedom Weekends" by Statue of Diveo https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352814/statueofdiveo ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------ Hosted by Jamin Warren (@jaminwar) See more on games and culture on his site: http://www.killscreendaily.com Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)