The Fox-Disney merger has been finalized, but X-men aside…what does that really mean?

What is the real impact of this merger?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Dick Tracy is making his way back to the world thanks to Archie Comics. Our Surly team also give you the low down on what to expect from this upcoming years Free Comic Book Day and the lawsuit over the use of the term “comic-con” comes to a close.

Heading into level two, Edios is opening up about how they will handle “online worlds” moving forward. New Zealand tell the world what they think about loot boxes and a huge lawsuit has been filed again Cloud Imperium Games, creators of Star Citizen.

Over in the world of entertainment, 100 Years of Horror is finally getting a DVD release. Netflix is about to give us a documentary on “extreme” haunted houses, and Insidious is testing some new immersion technology to try and get more people into the movies.

Our epilogue is week is all about the reality of the Fox and Disney merger.

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The Video Game Awards aired this week, but how important are they to the culture of gaming?

How important are the Game Awards, really?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Veronica is keeping the year of weird comics going strong with her newest Vampironica title. 30 Days of Night gets a re-release with new content and Wolverine decides to break into the podcast game.

Heading into level two, we have a ton of Capcom announcements from Mega Man to Street Fighter. Thanks to the video game awards, we get to talk about cross-platform play again and we find out if the Death Stranding trailer actually makes sense in context of the game.

Over in the world of entertainment, we have a surprising announcement about the plot of the upcoming Venom movie. We also have a huge discussion about the plot of the upcoming Predator film and debate if The Crow should really be remade.

Our epilogue is week is about the cultural importance of the Video Game Awards.

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Detroit: Become Human’s demo has people asking; Has David Cage gone too far?

Detroit: Become Human is not afraid to ask the big questions

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where New Mutants is getting a new series, just in time for their upcoming film. We also discuss why we are upset at CYBORG being cancelled and James gives you a new holiday themed title to pick up this week.

Heading into level two, EA takes center stage again to tell the gaming community what they do and do not want in their video game experience. Level two comes to a close with Square Enix taking center stage with more Final Fantasy XV releases coming up and they finally break their silence about why they parted way with Hitman developer IO interactive.

Over in the world of entertainment, everyone gets hyped for the latest Chilling Adventures of Sabrina announcements. Also in entertainment we find out who’s going to be working on the Masters of the Universe movie and when it is set to release. Level three closes out with Guillermo del Toro giving us his thoughts on why monster movie reboots don’t work.

Our epilogue is week is about the controversy surrounding David Cage’s newest title, Detroit: Become Human.

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What is it about great games that make them so great?

What makes some games so great?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Marvel has given up the ghost on who the new “secret” rider is. The year of weird comics continues with Marvel introducing “after-credits” scenes in their comics and an old head of Marvel has some choice words for how they feel about the current state of the industry.

Heading into level two, CD Projekt Red is finally going to weigh in on the micro-transaction debate as it pertains to Cyberpunk 2077. We also have news of the Demon’s Souls servers coming to an end with some theories about it and Sucker Punch opens up about what took them so long to announce their newest title: Ghosts of Tsushima.

Over in the world of entertainment, we finally find out who is going to be the villain of the upcoming Venom movie, as well as give our theories on how it will all play out. James Franco has announced a new X-men related film and Marvel tells us what to expect for the MCU landscape thanks to Avengers 4.

Our epilogue is week is a discussion on what makes great video games so great.

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All about Sucker Punch: https://www.suckerpunch.com

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With one battle over micro-transactions won, we have to ask…How much power does Disney wield?

Does the Mouse have more control than we think?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we follow up on what Brian Michael Bendis is doing with his JINXWORLD titles now that he is leaving Marvel comics. We also have news about a Marvel Retrospective exhibit that will be coming to Seattle, and we get one more nail in the coffin of Wizard World.

Heading into level two, we find out what’s really going on with Gamestop’s upcoming rental program. Also in gaming we have some crazy news about Injustice 2 and Tekken 7 and break down the debate over the new “safe mode” in the console version of SOMA.

Over in the world of entertainment, it looks like Nintendo is getting back into making movies and we get super excited about the Are You Afraid of the Dark film. Level three comes to a close as we discuss Danny Elfmans grievances with the state of modern superhero musical themes.

Our epilogue is week is a discussion on how much power Disney has over their properties when those properties are handled by third parties.

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!)

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All about JINXWORLD: http://jinxworld.com/wordpress/

Check out Danny Elfman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Elfman

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