Why Telltale's Game of Thrones might finally bridge the gap between TV shows and video games

Popular television shows have largely failed to make the jump to video games. The upcoming adaptation of the HBO fantasy drama could buck the trend.

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Video games and television have never had a particularly fruitful relationship. The small screen has butchered video games with misbegotten junk like The Super Mario Brothers Super Show and hilariously stereotypical garbage like this scene from NBC's Life.

Video games haven't treated TV all that much better. For decades, developers have been churning out mediocre-to-awful titles based on popular TV shows. But despite an abundance of source material, there has never been a truly great video game adapted from a TV show.

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.