Ned meets the Lords of the Small Council, Bran wakes up with no memory of his "accident", Catelyn and Rodrik try to sneak into the capital, Daenerys learns that she is with child, Jon embarrasses the other recruits, Arya refuses to forgive Sansa for the tragedy on the Kingsroad, Jorah rides for Qohor, Tyrion meets with the Commanders of the Night's Watch, and Arya meets her Dancing Master.
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Game of Thrones S1E2 "The Kingsroad": ToB Breakdown rewatch
Julian and Dan are back to break down Episode 2: "The Kingsroad" in which: the Royal procession prepares to leave Winterfell, Dany tries to cope with the Dothraki lifestyle, Tyrion decides to visit the Wall, Jon Snow bids farewell to the Starks, Robert and Ned butt heads over the Targaryen threat, and Sansa finally meets her prince, only to see his true colours on the Kingsroad.
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Game of Thrones S1E1 "Winter is Coming": ToB Breakdown Rewatch
Surprise! Happy Valentines Day, Game of Thrones friends. With the final season not set to premiere until 2019 the wait for season 8 feels unbearable. Fortunately, Julian and Daniel are here to ease the pain and deliver some Game of Thrones goodness during this "long night". Join the guys as they break down every single scene from Game of Thrones inaugural season, and bath in the nostalgia of what became the start of a phenomenon.
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Episode 109 - Super Bowl Trailers
After a short week off the guys are back at it with another busy episode. The Super Bowl took place over the weekend and with it came some impressive trailers for the years biggest movies. Garnering most of the attention was Solo: A Star Wars Story, as this was the first we've seen of the film with only a few months away from release. Of course there were also some great spots from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Avengers: Infinity War and Mission Impossible: Fallout. Julian, Dan and Jeremy break down each trailer and much more on this week's Tower of Babble Podcast!
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Fireside Chat - The Value of Sports
It's not often that we talk about sports here at the Tower of Babble, almost never actually. It's not really in our wheelhouse. That being said, we do discuss entertainment here and what is sports if not entertainment. So with that in mind, join Julian, Daniel and Jeremy in this bonus episode of The Tower of Babble Podcast as they discuss the value of watching sports versus more artistic forms of entertainment.
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ToB Games - Tobies 2017
With the calendar having officially rolled over to 2018 it's only appropriate that we look back at some of the best games of the previous year. Julian, Daniel and Jeremy discuss some of their favourite games of 2017, including Horizon: Zero Dawn, Middle Earth: Shadow of War, Mario Odyssey and much more. The guys then turn their gaze toward the future and look forward to some of the big games coming down the pike in 2018. All this and so much more on another episode of ToB Games!
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Episode 108 - The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards
Once the holidays are over things move quickly into awards season. Often considered the precursor to The Oscars, The Golden Globes are one of the year's biggest award shows. The ToB Crew is here to break down the results from this year's ceremony as well as touch on a few news bits that have surfaced in the new year.
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Episode 107 - The 2017 Tobie Awards
It's time again for one of our favourite shows of the year. The episode where we talk about the best shows and movies that we saw in 2017. Previously it would have simply been called the "Best of 2017" but this year we would like to introduce you to "The First Annual Tobie Awards!", or "The Tobies" for short. It's essentially the same thing, we discuss our favourite shows and movies of the last year, but now it has a more official name. Join Daniel, Julian and Jeremy as they discuss the best of the best in what was a great year for both film and television.
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ToB Interlude - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Another year, another Star Wars movie. Last year we took a detour back to the days of The Empire in Rogue One, this year we return to the trilogy started by J.J. Abrams in The Force Awakens. This time it's Rian Johnson at the helm as Rey, Finn, Poe, Leia, Luke and more return for another instalment in the core Star Wars saga! A film that has turned out to be fairly polarizing among fans. Julian, Daniel and Jeremy give their take and break down every scene on what might be the biggest movie of the year.
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ToB Games - Uncharted Retrospective
The ToB Crew returns with another exciting episode of ToB Games. This week the guys discuss the continuing drama surrounding loot boxes as well as a few news bits out of PSX, including Dreams and Death Stranding. Afterwards, Julian, Daniel and, Jeremy look back at the Uncharted series as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. Uncharted has found a way to ingrain itself as one of gaming's most proud franchises and in turn deserves nothing less than the full ToB retrospective treatment for this milestone.
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