Werthead

@werthead.bsky.social

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Science fiction and fantasy blogger (Wertzone, Atlas of Ice & Fire), one-time Hugo Award nominee.

The new Malazan world map.
Richard Franklin as Captain Yates and John Levene as Sergeant Benton in the 1971 Doctor Who story "The Dæmons". Captain Yates has a bright orange jacket on and they've just flown in a helicopter apparently called "G-UNIT."
Noma Dumezweni and Alexander Skarsgard as Mensah and Murderbot in the Apple+ TV show "Murderbot." Dr. Mensah is saying "That's sad."
A model kit of a VF-1A Valkyrie fighter from the 1982 anime Macross in Fighter Mode. Better-known in the west as a Veritech fighter from the redubbed version, Robotech (1985).
Two guys in Weynon Priory in Oblivion Remastered. One of them is saying, "Lots of dogs in this town. Lots of sheep too. Of course. I prefer the taste of sheep."
What happens if you overlay the Song of Ice and Fire timeline on our own, taking the present as the start of the book A Game of Thrones.
My list of games on Steam by hours played, with the Top 10 in order being Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition (381 hours), Cyberpunk 2077 (230 hours), BattleTech (224 hours), Fallout 4 (209 hours), Skyrim (139 hours), XCOM Enemy Unknown (136 hours), Battlestar Galactica Deadlock (135 hours), Baldur's Gate III (102 hours), Grand Theft Auto V (98 hours) and Death Stranding (96 hours). Note that Skyrim and Skyrim Special Edition are listed separately, their combined playtime would be 186 hours.
Lance Reddick in Season 3, Episode 1 of CORPORATE, giving his horrifying speech on the future of television: "There will be sequels, prequels, reboots, remakes and ill-advised spin-offs with side characters that cannot possibly carry their own series. We'll give the fans everything they want, and much, much more. We'll use an algorithm to churn out hundreds of scripts a day at virtually no cost. And sure, you'll complain about how it used to be better, but that anger will unite you. And you'll keep watching, hoping it will end, begging for it to end, and then you'll all die. And your children will watch it too, and so on. We're going to milk that creative IP until the UDDER RUNS DRY! "This is the future of content, and CONTENT WILL NEVER DIE!"
A still from the latest episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, with Boimler and Mariner meeting some Klingons, with Boimler proclaiming "Ah, this is gonna be Klingon as hell!" As indeed it is.
Ron Donachie and George R.R. Martin in McHughes, Belfast, during the filming of the GAME OF THRONES pilot, 3 November 2009.
Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner in Easons Bookstore, Belfast, during the filming of the GAME OF THRONES pilot, 3 November 2009. Photo by me.
George R.R. Martin and fellow SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH author Matthew Hughes in Easons Bookstore, Belfast, 3 November 2009, during the filming of the GAME OF THRONES pilot. Photo by me.
A screenshot from MechWarrior 5: Clans, with a member of Clan Smoke Jaguar claiming, "If ComStar ever crosses us, we will crush them just as easily as any other freeborn."