A Collider opinion piece argues that the Game of Thrones franchise should produce a video game to make amends for what the author considers its greatest failure: the mishandling of the White Walkers and the Night King in the show's rushed final season. The writer suggests following the model of Harry Potter's Hogwarts Legacy, which successfully expanded that franchise's world through a game, as a way to finally explore the White Walkers' history and origins.

The article contends that Season 8 crammed both the White Walkers' storyline and Daenerys' "Mad Queen" arc into six episodes, resulting in an underwhelming, poorly lit Long Night after six seasons of careful build-up. It notes that HBO was aware of the problem, having shot a pilot for a prequel titled Bloodmoon, set during the Age of Heroes and starring Naomi Watts and Miranda Richardson, before cancelling it just before greenlighting House of the Dragon. With the current House of the Dragon season renewing interest in Westeros, the author argues a game could give the villains the depth the series denied them.