I can't remember, in the series, after Catalyn gets the letter from her sister does she then say Ned has to go with the king or does she remain adamant that he stay?

One of the DJs from Edge recently announced the launch of Dance of Dragons on his show... in addition he called Bakka Books and talked to them the new book and the series... his interview (audio only) is more than a couple minutes long but contains some interesting information about the series.

http://www.edge.ca/Blogs/FearlessFred/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10260191

News on season 2.  http://ca.news.yahoo.com/two-faces-join-game-thrones-season-2-013404132.html

A 16-bit parody of Game of Thrones: http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6579356/game-of-thrones-rpg

Do NOT watch if you haven't read the book or seen season one of the HBO series.

From July 28, 2011, an hour long interview at Google with George Martin. (His least favorite scene in the tv series was Baratheon's hunting expedition - - flawed on account of budget.)

*He says the Three Stooges are in book one if you're sharp enough to spot them. And some of the religions briefly mentioned in the series are shout-outs to other writers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTTW8M_etko&feature=player_embedded

George R.R. Martin interviewed by John Hodgman (from Daily Show, or Mac and PC ads) http://www.maximumfun.org/soun.....g-america#transcript

Hah!  I can't say I like who Ned Stark was compred to, but I love the comparison itself!

Here are a whole lot of "history" videos for the Game of Thrones TV show:

http://www.edge.ca/Blogs/FearlessFred/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10380547

Sorry to just post the link for the blog itself, normally I try to get the "original" clip or movie directly from YouTube, but there are too many in this one to do that.

I found this VERY detailed map of the various journey's taken by most of the main characters (dead and alive) in Game of Thrones.

http://i.minus.com/iQdySKDRQWSFQ.jpg

FYI - there is no information beyond the trail each character follows, BUT the map does depict each POV's journey up to the end of book #5... so if you think this will somehow ruin your reading experience, don't follow that person's journey.

As a follow up to Danmick's political post back on April 29, 2012, here is how the game of thrones would be played across American (and probably in Canada these days too).  

http://www.edge.ca/Blogs/FearlessFred/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10397011

Clearly Stannis has a much bigger advertising budget than anyone else.  And he wisely didn't make a positive one about himself because let's face it, he is obviously not one of the real contenders, he's one of the wack-job's you expect to see crop up every now and again like Ross Perrot.

Here is the latest trailer announcing Game of Thrones season premier on March 31:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wBtkdje5OfY

And, if you have the time and interest, here are a bunch of links with bonus footage from the recently released DVD/BlueRays of seasons 1 and 2... I'm too lazy to give you all the youtube links individually, but the link below goes to a DJ's blog from 102.1 the Edge where he has them all posted in a single place for easy browsing...  enjoy:
http://www.edge.ca/Blogs/FearlessFred/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10509957

Nice 14-minute preview of Game of Thrones season 4: http://youtu.be/J5iS3tULXMQ

GoT Honest Trailer (with some spoilers if you haven't watched the first three seasons):
http://youtu.be/SVaD8rouJn0

Finally George RR Martin has come up with a way to finish his series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eoHTyICp3g
Hahaha.. this gave me a good laugh this morning... if you haven't seen the original movie, the whole "copy of a copy" thing was similar... good parody here!