A fun little fact some of you fans of Game of Thrones might not know, is that the actor who plays the gentle giant Hodor, Kristian Nairn, is also a DJ.

Nairn has the upcoming season of Thrones off due to his storyline being further along than other characters, so he’s instead focused on an international DJ tour called “Rave of Thrones.”

The “Rave of Thrones” shows have been selling out all over, unsurprisingly. Thankfully, if you’re not able to make it to one, you can now get an idea of what it’s like. A video has been uploaded of how the event kicks off, which involves a little pre-show LARPing, some epic music, and perhaps a certain iron throne. You can check it out below.

According to Kristian Nairn, the actor who plays fan-favorite Hodor on HBO’s Game of Thrones, neither his character nor Bran Stark (played by Isaac Hempstead-Wright) will appear in season five of the show next year.

Click on over to the other side to read a quote from Nairn revealing the news, but be warned it could be considered semi-spoilery if you’re highly fearful of such things.

If you’ve not yet heard of the Oculus Rift, you will soon enough. Basically, it’s the virtual reality system we’ve all been waiting for for so very long now. A quick search over at YouTube will deliver to you hours of entertainment as people try various video games and other things out using the device.

In addition to a new type of video game experience, demos have been created to show off what the Oculus can do. The most popular of which lets you watch a movie in a virtual theater, but there are plenty others such as a wingsuit flight or a lunar flight simulator.

Recently at SXSW three cast members from HBO’s Game of Thrones got to try out another Oculus demo, one that lets you ride the winch elevator at Castle Black to the top of The Wall. Continue below to see a pair of videos of the experience, as well as a brief chat with the actors.

Game of Thrones The Complete Third Season
Blu-ray/DVD/Digital | DVD l Limited Edition
CREATORS: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, George R.R. Martin (author)
STARRING: Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Richard Madden, Emilia Clarke, Michelle Fairley, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Natalie Dormer, Stephen Dillane, Conleth Hill, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington, Maisie Williams, Iain Glen, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Jack Gleeson, Sophie Turner, Diana Rigg, Alfie Allen, David Bradley, Liam Cunningham, James Cosmo, Rory McCann, Gwendoline Christie, Carice van Houten, Joe Dempsie, Charles Dance, Kristian Nairn, John Bradley, Michael McElhatton, Sibel Kekilli, Finn Jones, Oona Chaplin, Rose Leslie, Iwan Rheon, Ian McElhinney, Ciarán Hinds, Paul Kaye, Hannah Murray, Kristofer Hivju, Ellie Kendrick, Thomas Sangster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Tobias Menzies, Natalia Tena, Richard Dormer, Mackenzie Crook, Clive Russell, Art Parkinson
HBO
RELEASE DATE: February 18, 2014

It’s cold and dark and depressing outside as many of us fight through the dead of winter, but excitement is starting to build in the land of television as Game of Thrones begins to take over once again. It started with the first trailers and behind-the-scenes special for season four. It continues with the release of season three on Blu-ray today. And officially hits its full stride on April 6th with the start of the new season, as the show looks to continue its dominance over others as the best on TV today. The warmth of the sun is not far off now. For us anyway; we know what’s coming for Westeros.

With one of the most shocking sequences of events in TV history setting the internet ablaze with reactions, memes aplenty, and much discussion, season three continued to set the bar extremely high and continued bringing new fans to the series with no signs of slowing down in sight.

Remember last year when we showed you the progress of a group of friends who were building a full-scale replica of the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars? At the time it was mostly smaller pieces of various sections of the ship, with a good amount of the cockpit completed.

Fast forward to now and Chris Lee, Greg Dietrich, and friends are still far from completing the full Falcon. But much work has been done on the aforementioned cockpit—so much so that they were able to bring it to the Geek Media Expo in Nashville to show off. While there (and unbeknownst to them), Hodor (Kristian Nairn) and Irri (Amrita Acharia) from HBO’s Game of Thrones stopped by and took a picture inside the Millennium Falcon. You can see the image below!