No more having to fight over the remote!The popular dating app OKCupid is celebrating the return of the final season ofGame of Thronesin the best way it knows how — with love.For the first time, the app will match daters based on their favorite television shows, starting withGame of Thrones. Users who answered “yes” to the question “Do you watchGame of Thrones?” will now have a badge prominently featured on their profile, letting potential matches know of their devotion to the HBO mega-hit.OkCupid predicts 20% more likes and 15% more conversations for those with the badge.Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke.Helen Sloan/HBOThe new app feature is coming just in time: the eighth and final season of the hit showpremieres April 14.The following episodes will air over the course of the next five Sundays, with each one increasing in running time.RELATED VIDEO: Kit Harington Says He Totally Lost It Over ‘Game of Thrones’ Ending: ‘I Blubbed My Eyes Out’Kit Harington, who stars as Jon Snow on the series, said thefinale certainly doesn’t disappoint.“[HBO] went balls out, I think is the term,” he recently toldVariety. “They could have easily set the same budget as they did for season 7, but they went bigger.”On the last day of shooting, Harington said hecouldn’t contain his emotions.“[It was] a huge heave of emotion. I’m just blubbing,” he said. “The end of Jon’s journey, whatever that may be … I was satisfied with how his story ended.”Game ofThronesreturns April 14 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.
No more having to fight over the remote!
The popular dating app OKCupid is celebrating the return of the final season ofGame of Thronesin the best way it knows how — with love.
For the first time, the app will match daters based on their favorite television shows, starting withGame of Thrones. Users who answered “yes” to the question “Do you watchGame of Thrones?” will now have a badge prominently featured on their profile, letting potential matches know of their devotion to the HBO mega-hit.
OkCupid predicts 20% more likes and 15% more conversations for those with the badge.
Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke.Helen Sloan/HBO
The new app feature is coming just in time: the eighth and final season of the hit showpremieres April 14.
The following episodes will air over the course of the next five Sundays, with each one increasing in running time.
RELATED VIDEO: Kit Harington Says He Totally Lost It Over ‘Game of Thrones’ Ending: ‘I Blubbed My Eyes Out’
Kit Harington, who stars as Jon Snow on the series, said thefinale certainly doesn’t disappoint.
“[HBO] went balls out, I think is the term,” he recently toldVariety. “They could have easily set the same budget as they did for season 7, but they went bigger.”
On the last day of shooting, Harington said hecouldn’t contain his emotions.
“[It was] a huge heave of emotion. I’m just blubbing,” he said. “The end of Jon’s journey, whatever that may be … I was satisfied with how his story ended.”
Game ofThronesreturns April 14 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.
source: people.com
