Thug Notes Gives You A Break Down of "Game of Thrones"

Few book series have achieved the universal popularity managed by George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, particularly when you consider the brutality with which is treats both its cast and its audience. With everything from a TV show to roleplaying games dedicated to the world Martin created, it can be tough to keep track of the vast plots and confusing series of events going on in Westeros (not to mention the rest of the world).

Don't worry, Sparky Sweets is here to lay it down straight and simple on you.

Bitches get shanked, the end.

For those of you who aren't familiar with the good doctor's work, Sparky Sweets is the host of Thug Notes, which is part of the Wisecrack channel on Youtube. The series takes some of the densest and dankest books in all of classic literature, and breaks them down into terms we can all understand. With old standbys like Shakespeare's Othello, and some more recent tales like At The Mountains of Madness, you're in for a treat when you pop on over to Thug Notes.

Seriously, check out the break down for Game of Thrones.

It only gets better from there! Especially since Wisecrack also boasts additional shows like 8-Bit Philosophy and Earthling Cinema, which are pretty damn entertaining in their own rights.

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Daffy Duck Shows You How To Be An EPIC Wizard!

Fantasy roleplaying games have steadily wormed their way into common culture over several decades. From movies and novels to television shows and video games fantasy RPGs have left indelible marks everywhere, and on practically everything.

If you needed further proof of this fact, here is Daffy Duck as an epic level wizard.

This clip is taken from the 17th episode of this particular run on Merrie Melodies, a show which has never been shy about paying homage to pop culture. If you are from a younger generation you might not remember the starts of the silver screen like Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre showing up in every other cartoon, but you might remember similar celebrity cameos in Tiny Tunes.

We've come that far. Daffy being an epic wizard on a mind quest is something that the writers and animators never even considered the audience wouldn't get. In short my fellow culture warriors, we have won.

Mostly with the aid of a Daffy wizard.

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Rage of Thrones (I Read The Fucking Book!)

We've all heard about the man ruining all of the new fans' experiences with HBO's classic show by publishing a novel series full of spoilers. A no-name, relatively unknown author by the name of George R. R. Martin, the story was first broken by Underground Magazine here.

We all know why this is funny, but there is something to be mad about in every joke. This week's Improved Initiative pays homage to all the geeks out there who, rather than becoming hipsters now that their genre is popular, react instead with the proper amount of rage that no one cares about their favorite stories until there's a special effects budget. We present to you the video for Rage of Thrones from the Axis of Awesome, whose Youtube channel may be found here.

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