Bonus Level: Microsoft Xbox One Announcement!
Microsoft just wrapped up their announcement of all the Xbox One news you could ever want…pre-E3. We take you through what they had to say and tell you what we think about the future of Microsoft on this very special Bonus Level of…The Surly Nerd.
In level 1, Comic Industry News: Mark Miller and the end of Kick-Ass, James Robinson leaving not only Earth 2 but also DC Comics, we discuss Merida becoming a Disney princess, Rob Liefeild’s new Kickstarter, and a Nebraska library being asked to pull “The Killing Joke” from their shelves.
In level 2, Entertainment News: The Gremlins remake, who is joining the set of Star Wars now, Syfy calling it quits on Warehouse 13, the end of Zombieland, the Wonder Woman series, Assassin’s Creed the movie, Red 3 and the end of How I Met Your Mother
In level 3, Game Industry News: The price of Nvidias new handheld, layoffs at Trion studios, new Xbox controller rumors, speech recognition in the PS4, the Ouya at E3, Nintendo cracking down on youtube posters as well as their E3 strategy, EA’s new studio for Star Wars and their desire to get rid of online passes as well as what they think about the Wii U
We close out this week as always with our Drinks at the Inn segment where we talk about EA pulling away from Nintendo and what that means to the future of the Wii U. Sit back and grab a drink as we get a bit rant-y on this week’s episode of…The Surly Nerd
This weeks music (in no particular order)
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In level 1, Comic Industry News: Masters of the Universe vs DC, Deadpool giving away money, Angela as part of the Marvel U, Code Monkey Save World and Spider-man’s new costume.
In level 2, Entertainment News: Thief of Always, Community renewed, the plot of The Crow, Simon Pegg’s opinion of the new Star Wars movies, where Episode VII will be filmed, Paramount selling off their Marvel licenses, the fate of the Avengers cast, and Kevin Feige’s advice for DC’s JLA movie.
In level 3, Game Industry News: The new Xbox’s name, Xbox’s opinions about being “always online”, how Sony feels about being “always online” with their new console, new Star Wars domains registered, the head of EA sports selling his stock, dealing with multiplayer in the new Wolfenstein, WOW subscription losses, Half Life 2’s newest update, and how Microsoft and Sony will be approaching the next generation of gaming.
We wrap up the week with a discussion about television viewer entitlement in our Drinks at the Inn segment, so grab a seat and settle in with all of here on…The Surly Nerd
This weeks music is brought to you by James, he forgot to make a list, so enjoy.
Thanks for listening and remember to follow us on Twitter and Like our fan page on Facebook! Please help us out and rate & review our podcast on iTunes. It helps a lot! If you would like to contact us, you can always leave a comment here or send an email. Stay Surly my friends.
In Game Industry News: The price of the new X-box, Gearbox and SEGA being sued over ALIENS, Keyboard and Nyan Cat suing Warner Bros, Nintendo trying to justify the Wii U to everyone and putting the DSi XL and 3DS up on their marketplace, Sony exes giving up their bonuses for the company, a sequel to Eternal Darkness and Bethesda’s new play test lab.
In Entertainment News: Sam Mendes not wanting to come back to Bond, the Dark Tower on Netflix, Luke Evans as the Crow, the Chinese not taking to the additional Iron Man footage, which heroes have come back to Marvel to be filmed, what mutants will be coming to The Avengers and Mark Hamill discussing how he would like to see the new Star Wars movies presented.
In Comic Industry News: What is going to be changing in the world of the X-men and Wolverine, X-factor ending, Earth 2 getting a new Batman, a new all-digital Superman, DC protesting a parody site, and a crowdfunding project to expand a Chicago library.
We close it all out with our usual rants during Drinks at the Inn on this weeks…The Surly Nerd
This weeks music (in no particular order)
Deana Carter w/ Shooter Jennings: Good Hearted Woman
Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Kyle: You’re Still On My Mind
The Proclaimers: (I’m Gonna) Burn Your Playhouse Down
Joey Harkum: He Stopped Loving Her Today
Thanks for listening and remember to follow us on Twitter and Like our fan page on Facebook! Please help us out and rate & review our podcast on iTunes. It helps a lot! If you would like to contact us, you can always leave a comment here or send an email. Stay Surly my friends.
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In Game Industry News: The status of Xcom Declassified, who won’t be attending E3, when Microsoft will tell us about the next Xbox, lack of Monster Hunter on the Vita and what’s going on with the World of Darkness MMO
In Entertainment News: The Amazon set top box, the Scream TV series, Hellboy 3 news, who else has joined Days Of Future Past, the rights to Daredevil, Zack Snyder on the JLA and 21 Jump Street vs TMNT
In Comic Industry News: Why a Wonder Woman movie is hard, the newest HALO comic, Dark Horses new upcoming books, the end of Locke and Key, Mars Attacks vs Dredd, Apples new video game to comic technology and Marvel’s newest Disney cruise
We wrap up this weeks show with a pre-E3 discussion during Drinks at the Inn so grab a drink and settle in with us here on…The Surly Nerd
This weeks music (in no particular order)
Thanks for listening and remember to follow us on Twitter and Like our fan page on Facebook! Please help us out and rate & review our podcast on iTunes. It helps a lot! If you would like to contact us, you can always leave a comment here or send an email. Stay Surly my friends.