Jonesy89: The latter, I think. That said, Game of Thrones suffers a terminal case of what I like to call "Martin's Paradox", a plot-oriented version of Zeno's Paradox. Zeno's paradox is the idea that when you close in half of the distance between two points repeatedly, you constantly get closer but gradually slow down and never get to your destination. Martin's series is so bloated that man of his plot lines seem to never get any closer to finishing, despite getting some development over time.

There's an episode of South Park that has a similar take on the series. Two of the boys go to Martin's house to find out how the series ends because of reasons, and get invited in to wait due to one of the boys getting low blood sugar. Martin ostensibly orders pizzas to fix the blood sugar problem; when asked how the plot line involving dragons ends, Martin commences on a rambling synopsis of everything else going on in Westeros, no matter how inconsequential (also a lot of dick related stuff, because the writers of South Park think that a handful of onscreen male genitalia = dicks everywhere). This goes on for hours, during which Martin calls in an a capella choir to do a parody of the theme song for the show (again, dick oriented). Throughout the entire period, the boys keep asking when the dragons are coming, to which Martin says "don't worry, the dragons are coming, they're on their way"; the boy with low blood sugar also asks about when the pizzas are coming, to which Martin keeps responding, "the pizzas are on their way". Right as the boy with low blood sugar is about to pass out, the other boy demands to know when the pizzas are coming because of the other is almost about to faint, to which Martin responds by picking up the phone and asking what pizzas the boys would like.

sunshinecorp: Those three episodes of South Park (it was a trilogy) were my favorite in all of the show.

ddickinson: Do you think it would have been an improvement over the book if it was a series of movies and not a T.V. series? Or is the reason why the T.V. series improves upon the books because of the fact that the T.V. series has enough time to tell the story at a slower pace, including more details, characters and plot elements? Something that movies are unable to do due to time limitations.

Jonesy89: Sadly, I only ever saw the first one. Now I really want to fix that.

sunshinecorp: The one you just described was the second one, I guess you saw the middle of the trilogy. But yes, as a whole it makes much more sense than just dicks. :D
The viewing sequence is: Black Friday / A Song of Ass and Fire / Titties and Dragons

Jonesy89: Actually, I'm pretty sure the one I saw was Black Friday; it ended with Martin announcing he was pushing back his release dates yet again, iirc.

Mrstarker: Sure, but you'll still know the plot, so watching a movie is like a big spoiler, isn't it?

TullyFernado: MRA

HypersomniacLive: I can see though how it might not work the same way for others, it's all a very subjective experience.

HijacK:

Piranjade: I like to play strategy game but mostly only with friends. Because that's when I have a relaxed atmosphere and can enjoy playing with other people.
I mostly prefer TBS over RTS but I also enjoyed Command & Conquer (still have the boxed version - yay, nostalgia), Dune and Startopia.

ddickinson: It's possible that I enjoy strategy a little more than most girls because I grew up with three brothers, all of which loved strategy games (and table top games, like Warhammer). I suppose that had I not had access to these games and had I not enjoyed playing them with my brothers, then maybe I would not be such a fan of strategy games. But who knows, it's just as likely that I would enjoy them no matter what.

LinustheBold: The "quote" there is one that Klumpen made up.[...]The rest, as I say, Klumpen made up - it's a lie, nothing more.

Jonesy89: The latter, I think. That said, Game of Thrones suffers a terminal case of what I like to call "Martin's Paradox", a plot-oriented version of Zeno's Paradox. Zeno's paradox is the idea that when you close in half of the distance between two points repeatedly, you constantly get closer but gradually slow down and never get to your destination. Martin's series is so bloated that man of his plot lines seem to never get any closer to finishing, despite getting some development over time.