Episode 331 : Will Battle Pass Save Us
Is the Battle Pass our freedom from microtransactions?
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head right into the weekly raid (our news roundup).
Kicking things off this week, we follow up on Activision Blizzard and talk about all the news that came out about them since our last episode. We head over to the world of HBO Max with a new show being brought to us from the creators of “Riverdale” and “Sabrina”. From there we get into why Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is getting a delay and why that could be a good thing for everyone.
Also this week, Hawkeye is getting a new, really cool sounding series. Venom 2 is getting a new villain added to its ranks, and the creator of The Punisher finally speaks out about police co-opting the Punisher’s logo. We close out the news this week talking about Devolver’s opinion on the Steam vs Epic store debate, and Capcom teases us with talks about revitalizing old IPs that they own.
Our Boss Room this week is about the Modern Warfare Battle Pass and if it’s the answer to the microtransaction model plaguing modern video games.
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Episode 330 : The Great Chinese Entertainment Takeover
What’s really going on with Blizzard working with China?
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head right into the weekly raid (our news roundup).
Kicking things off this week, we come back from our break swinging as we talk about who ELSE is probably joining this years “Crisis On Infinite Earths” crossover. We get into a huge debate over Scorsese’s comment on the Marvel films not being “true cinema” and DOOM Eternal gets pushed back to 2020. We wrap up the news this week with all the PS5 reveals and what that means for the future for Sony Entertainment.
Our Boss Room this week is broken into two parts: Chinese influence on modern entertainment, and China’s influence on recent Hearthstone/Blizzard events.
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Episode 329 : Microsoft and Sony Digitally Update Us
We’re HYPED for all the Microsoft and Sony announcements
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head right into the weekly raid (our news roundup).
Kicking things off this week, we have even more CW crossover goodness on the table. Spider-man comes home and we knew it all along. We also hear rumors about a Madam Spider film, and Ghost Rider is being cancelled before he was even was given a chance to shine on Hulu.
Also this week, John Carpenter comes to the DC Universe in a huge way. Kevin Feige is stepping out of the Marvel world to try and tackle the ever expanding world of Star Wars. The news gets weird as we talk about The House of the Dead making a comeback and Medal of Honor being resurrected from the grave. We close out the news this week with a discussion about Call of Duty Modern Warfare’s microtransactions and how predatory they could be.
Our Boss Room this week is a huge talk covering all the Sony and Microsoft announcements we could fit into one episode.
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Episode 328 : When Steam Goes Gamestop
France wants you to be able to resell games on Steam, but will it work?
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head right into the weekly raid (our news roundup).
Kicking things off this week, we have even MORE announcements about the upcoming Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover and Marvel throws down the first list of 2099 one-shot titles coming out in November. We also have Fede Alvarez taking up the next installment of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Sam Rami is coming back to horror in a big way.
Also this week, we discuss what’s in store for HBO’s Watchmen series and Anthem makes some huge changes to their roadmap and we debate if it’s going to be enough to keep the game alive. Closing out the news this week we talk about a new Netflix horror show coming to us thanks to a Danish Podcast and we close out discussing the new Peacock network and the reboot of Battlestar Galactica and sequel to Saved by the Bell that’s right around the corner.
Our Boss Room this week is a discussion about France’s ruling on reselling digital titles on Steam and if it will actually work.
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Episode 327 : The Death or Evolution of Gamestop
Gamestop is making major changes, but is it enough?
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head right into the weekly raid (our news roundup).
Kicking things off this week, huge casting news comes to us about the upcoming remake of “The Stand”. We continue our King talk with his newest book getting an adaptation and Kojima open up about what real life events influenced the making of Death Stranding.
Also this week, we have Wonder Woman making her black label debut. Dragon Quest 1-3 are coming to the Switch and Project Resistance is a new Resident Evil game that you should keep an eye on. We close out the news with a discussion about Fallout 76’s new microtransactions and what they mean for the future of the game.
Our Boss Room this week is about Gamestop’s plans to change their stores to hopefully save them.
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