Is it real, or is it HBO? Thoughts on the battle for Winterfell in Game of Thrones

A shot from the battle for Winterfell on Game of Thrones (photo courtesy HBO)

American football was once described as a cross between chess and medieval warfare. Given that we can now easily acquaint ourselves with the sport of football if, by some quirk, we don’t grow up knowing what it is, we might instead wonder what medieval warfare was like. The answer is now simple: it was like the battle for Winterfell in Game of Thrones Season Six, Episode Nine, which was presented last Sunday. (The e...