When are game developers not your friends?

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, Nintendo has released a new version of the Switch that has some people scratching their heads. Amazon is getting into the MMO game by launching a free to play Lord of the Rings MMO and Cuphead is coming to Netflix in a big way.

Sam Rami is talking about more Evil Dead content – but do we really need it? SDCC is right around the corner and DC takes center stage as they announce the Dark Muliverse one-shot series and we break down several upcoming titles surrounding it. Finally, Constantine is finally being moved from Vertigo to join the ever expanding Sandman Universe.

Our Boss Room this week is about the Ubisoft Assassins Creed controversy and why some game developers are not your friends.

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When does our fandom go too far?

Let’s be real, Rick and Morty fans are the worst

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Brain K. Vaughan has is planning a year long break from the series SAGA (but what does that mean for the series?) Injustice 2 is ready to finally wrap up and Wolverine is coming back in a way that has people a little worried…

Heading into level two, Cyberpunk kicks things off with tons of news about how and why some design decisions were made in the game. Bethesda has decided not to move forward with other companies playing in the Fallout universe and Bioware sets the record straight about why Anthem is being made.

Over in the world of entertainment, Locke and Key is finally getting the break that it deserves. Amazon is going all-in on a new horror series about current cultural issues and Castle Rock finally lets us know how the hell this series is going to work.

Our epilogue this week is about the pros and cons of fandom.

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Google wants to enter the arms race for consoles, but what can they bring to the table?

Join us, as we cover the week in geek news and discuss what it takes to make a great new video game console, on an all-new episode!

Should online streaming platforms be banned from film festivals and awards?

We love you, Netflix

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we give you a very special mini-epilogue this week thanks to Marvel Comics. There’s some fantastic (4) news, what’s new for the Inhumans and even the X-Men have tons talk about during this special Marvel take over!

Heading into level two, Sony is dropping the price of the PSVR but does that spell the death of VR? There’s also some sad news for Amazon’s Breakaway game and Square Enix is making some bold moves with their new gaming studio.

Over in the world of entertainment, there’s some tragic news for everyone who was excited for The Dark Phoenix and New Mutants movies. Stephen King takes over the second half of our entertainment section with news about the upcoming Tommyknockers movie and some possibly less exciting news about the upcoming adaptation of The Stand.

Our epilogue this week is about streaming services being banned from film festivals and awards.

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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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