Should we adapt all comics/games into film?

Should The Last of Us be adapted to film?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where the Super-side of DC is getting a huge makeover. Over at Marvel we breakdown who is Cosmic Ghost Rider and Marvel is going all-new, all-in on Black Panther comics.

Heading into level two, EA gets a little hot about their Burnout Paradise mess-up. Microsoft has opened up once again about how they plan on handling keyboard and mouse going forward and Mixer streamers now have one more way to get additional revenue from their streams.

Over in the world of entertainment, The Dark Tower has been picked up for television by Amazon. Lionsgate is going to be making a Blair Witch television series, and Mark Millar tells the world why he thinks that Marvel movies are more successful than DC’s.

Our epilogue is week about what should and should not be adapted into film.

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All about The Last of Us: http://www.thelastofus.playstation.com/index.html

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With Marvel being such a powerhouse, what is its biggest weakness?

What is Marvel’s weakness?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Chris Claremont is coming back for one heck of a X-Men wedding. Our panel tries not to get political as we discuss Image’s newest title and IDW is getting ready to bring Cthulhu to life.

Heading into level two, we find out (again) why Kick-starting games can be a bad idea. THQ Nordic gives us some great news about their newest acquisition and Valve brings the pain on a game developer who was gaming the ratings system.

Over in the world of entertainment, Ryan Murphy is setting some records with his move over to Netflix. We find out the upside to New Mutants being delayed and everyone gets geeky over why Pinhead is the greatest horror icon of all time.

Our epilogue is week is all about what Marvel’s biggest weakness is.

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All about Marvel Comics: http://marvel.com

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How has Science Fiction influenced our technology and culture?

What has science fiction given us, IRL?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Brian Michael Bendis tells us what it was like to split off from Marvel finally. Deadpool rocks our world with an all-new choose your own adventure book and Betty and Veronica come back to Archie comics to kick it old school in the post-reboot Archie world.

Heading into level two, Overwatch is giving a special present this weekend to anyone who has not played it before. Monster Hunter takes the world by storm and Sony details upcoming plans for their UI updates. Level two winds down with another conversation about micro transactions and what they mean to Blizzard/Activision currently.

Over in the world of entertainment, David S. Goyer has left the Masters of the Universe project. Our panel talks all things Five Nights at Freddy’s and there’s a 28 Months later announcement that has broken our hearts.

Our epilogue is week is all about how Science Fiction has influenced technology.

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All about Overwatch: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/

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Is your favorite console performing well? Let’s find out in this years State of the (console) Union!

It’s time for the console state of the union

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Brian Michael Bendis is taking the DC landscape by (Superman) storm. We also find out what’s going with DC’s new YA line of books and finally get a glimpse into the Planet of the Apes story that Rod Serling once wrote for Hollywood.

Heading into level two, Nintendo tells the world how they plan to keep player retention rates up in their games while EA seems to be doing the complete opposite. Capcom brings level two to a close with their plans to double-down on their investment into e-sport…but how?

Over in the world of entertainment, our panel gets hyped for all the new promotional material coming out about the new Purge film. Jordan Peele opens up about the scene in “Get Out” that had him in tears and James Mangold (of Logan fame) explains his stance on Easter eggs and post-credits scenes in cinema.

Our epilogue is week is our console State of the Union address.

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All about The Capcom Pro Tour: https://capcomprotour.com/

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In a post-Destiny world, what will it take for Anthem to succeed?

We are excited for Anthem

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where X-men blue gets a roster change and we get to see into the world of Old Woman Laura. Also in comics we have an alliance between Marvel and NASA and huge news for DC as they enter their New Age of Heroes.

Heading into level two, Paragon is coming to a close and we have the results of the Game Developers State of the Union. Blizzard is taking harsher action against toxic players on Overwatch and a lot of people are upset with Microsoft’s move to allow new games into Xbox game pass.

Over in the world of entertainment, things get surly(er) as we breakdown the latest Robocop movie news. There’s a ton of Pet Semetary news to get into and the world gets ready to spend time with Mr. Rogers again.

Our epilogue is week is all the upcoming game Anthem and what it will take to succeed.

As always, we appreciate all our adventurers who listen to the show every week and we look forward to your feedback on what we discuss! (info@thesurlynerd.com!)

Grab a drink and settle on in for this weeks action packed episode of…The Surly Nerd!

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All about Anthem: https://www.ea.com/games/anthem

Check out The ISS Marvel contest: https://www.spacestationexplorers.org/marvel/

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