铁杆粉丝的福音——“冰与火的游戏”上线

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A Game of Thrones Android app guides you through the world of Westeros and beyond  Mobile

Perhaps the second screen experience for HBO megahit show A Game of Thrones provided through Xbox 360's SmartGlass functionality and HBO Go's iPad app isn't enough for you? And maybe you want a bit more of a George R. R. Martin touch to your Game of Thrones book companions? This week's release of "A Game of Ice and Fire" for Android -- the previously iOS-only Game of Thrones app that acts as an "official guide" to the series and its myriad characters / relationships / political struggles / etc. -- is clearly for you. And yes, it goes beyond what just the show covers; it can even be customized for spoilers based around how far you are.

The initial cost to download is nothing and comes with several characters as well as a companion for the first book, but for books two through five you'll need to grab the upgrades: $1 apiece, or $5 for those four plus an additional "InfoPack" which would otherwise cost $2 by itself. Those $2 "InfoPacks" include, "new characters and places and additional data and background info" (whatever that means), and more are expected in the future. The third season of A Game of Thrones kicks off on March 31st, and wouldn't you know it, this app is perfectly timed to accompany it. That's what we call synergy. Head to the Google Play link in the source link and grab it for free, or risk *paying the iron price.

*Thankfully, in this case, that price is just potentially looking ignorant about A Game of Thrones. So ... not that big of a thing, actually.

3 月 31 号，HBO 巨制《权力的游戏》第三季将会与观众见面。对粉丝们而言，除了充满惊喜的剧集之外，还有更多的内容值得期待。比如卡牌游戏，比如周边产品，比如客户端。

目前《权力的游戏》已经登陆了 Xbox 360 的 SmartGlass 以及 HBO Go 的 iPad 客户端，不过这些周边产品对许多铁杆粉来说还是太少了。这些粉丝不仅仅需要在各种地方使用各种设备观看剧集，他们需要更多——爆料、文化背景、花絮以及官方预告等等。

据 Engadget 报道，HBO 本周放出最新应用——“冰与火的游戏”（A Game of Ice and Fire）这个应用可被看做是《权力的游戏》系列的“官方指南”，用户可以在上面看到小说中的角色介绍、角色关系图、国家间的纷争等信息，当然，各种抢先的剧集爆料是必不可少的。

当然，想成为一名铁杆粉丝是需要付出代价的。

用户可以免费获取第一本小说的相关信息，若想看到第二到第七本小说的内容就需要付费了。“解锁”每一本小说需要支付 1 美元，直接支付 5 美元就可以解锁小说全集，还可以获取“补充包”，而这个“补充包”单卖 2 美元。

“补充包”中包含了“新角色，新场景，新资料和新背景”，让用户在第三季开播之前抢先获取更多信息。
《权力的游戏》（Game of Thrones）是一部中世纪史诗奇幻题材的电视连续剧。该剧以美国作家 George R. R. Martin 的奇幻巨作《冰与火之歌》七部曲为基础改编创作，目前已播完两季，第一季于 2011 年 4 月 17 日首次公映，第二季于 2012 年 4 月 1 日正式上映。

HBO 获得了小说作者的授权，电视剧版本从 2007 年 1 月开始制作。此外，HBO 还聘请了美国语言创作协会（Language Creation Society）的语言专家 David J. Peterson 为电视剧创造了一套拥有“独特的发音方式、超过 1800 的词汇量和复杂的语法结构”的多斯拉克语。