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Icons: Season 4

11 episodes Premiered Feb 3, 2005 Updated Oct 3, 2026
Previously on Icons

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Icons Season 3.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (7): Character development & subplots
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S4·E1 Mytharc

Gran Turismo

Feb 3, 2005 · 30 min

There's no question that racing is one of the oldest and well-loved genres in the game industry, but there is one series out there that truly stands apart from the crowd in the min

S4·E2 Core

Splinter Cell

Mar 3, 2005 · 30 min

In contrast to the smooth and suave spies of lore, Sam Fisher is a grizzled, middle-aged ex-Navy SEAL who has seen and done it all, but is nevertheless a cool character that player

S4·E3 Core

Frank Miller

Mar 31, 2005 · 30 min

Fans of Frank Miller's Sin City have been for years bedazzled by the comics' bold, hard-boiled look and the gritty tales told within, but many folks are just now coming to see the

S4·E4 Core

Tim Schafer

Apr 28, 2005 · 30 min

Though he's been an influential force in games for over a decade, Tim Schafer hasn't been heard from much in recent years because he's been hard at work forming his own company and

S4·E5 Core

Star Wars Games

May 12, 2005 · 30 min

Following the debut of the first Star Wars film in the late 1970's, Star Wars games have become an almost natural extension of the series' plot and experience, feeding the frenzy o

S4·E6 Core

Ralph Baer

Jun 9, 2005 · 30 min

Contrary to what you might have been led to believe by fanboys, the father of video gaming is not Shigeru Miyamoto, Will Wright, or even Nolan Bushnell. And it certainly isn't Bill

S4·E7 Core

PlayStation

Sep 8, 2005 · 30 min

Icons digs deep to get the real history of the Sony PlayStation, starting with its beginnings as a parts-maker for Nintendo consoles and the development of a CD-based game for Nint

S4·E8 Core

George A. Romero

Oct 31, 2005 · 30 min

George A. Romero was a pivotal figure in the development horror films with his first feature, "Night of the Living Dead" in 1968. We talk with this independent filmmaker about his

S4·E9 Filler

NES

Dec 1, 2005 · 30 min

What goes into creating a next generation console? We'll go behind the scenes and talk with the production team of this exciting new project. Microsoft staffers and first-party dev

S4·E10 Mytharc

Xbox 360

Dec 4, 2005 · 30 min

Icons delves deep into the history of the NES, the console that changed the world. From its beginning in Japan over 150 years ago, through the boom years of the 1980s and 1990s to

S4·E11 Mytharc

King Kong

Dec 12, 2005 · 30 min

We look back at the cinematic fascination with this monster ape and talk with director Peter Jackson, the artistic genius behind the latest remake of this classic film.

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