Episode 346 : Press X To Jump : What Makes A Good Tutorial?

How Important Are Game Tutorials?

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 delve deep into the world of Batman – as we give everyone a huge Bat-News roundup. We also have EA coming out and talking about their plan for Anthem and it might not be as good as they hope.
Also this week, we get into E3 prep mode as we talk about Geoff Keighley bowing out from the signature tradeshow. Nintendo does confirm they will have an E3 presence even if it’s not like most people would like. We close down the news this week talking about the huge cast reveal for the upcoming Masters of the Universe Netflix show.
Our Boss Room this week is a deep dive discussion into video game tutorials and what makes for a good or bad one.
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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 308 : Games as a Service

As the term “Games as a Service” becomes more popular, it’s time to explore what it means and why so many people are talking about it

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, Saints Row is finally making it to the movies in a huge way. We have an update on what’s going on in the world of Anthem and Dragon Age 4 and Psyonix has been acquired by Epic Games…but that might not be such a good thing.
Also this week we have a fantastic update on the upcoming Hellraiser reboot. Ron Howard wants to get a Willow television series up on Disney+ and Ghost Rider is going to be making his way back on to Hulu. We close out the news this week with a discussion about Gearbox and all the problems that came out this week when they should have been talking about Borderlands 3.
This weeks BOSS ROOM is a discussion over Games as a Service: What it means, and the pros and cons of creating games using that model.
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Episode 304 : The Straczynski Theory

Has J. Michael Straczynski found the reason that DC heroes work so well on the small screen?

Does Straczynski know the secret of super heroes in film?
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).
New this week, Archie is coming back in a big way as he heads into Archie vs. Predator 2. Tim Burton finally puts Beetlejuice to rest, and John Cho is taking over space once again.
Bioware is front and center in the headlines again as they respond to articles that criticize (rightfully so) the way they treat their workers. Rounding out our weekly raid is a slew of new Borderlands news that shows us that there will be no rest for the wicked once BL3 is released.
This weeks BOSS ROOM is all about J. Michael Straczynski’s theories on why Marvel heroes work better in the movies, and DC just works better on television.
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Episode 303 : Game Sequel Expectations And You

Should a games sequel be more of the same, or try and innovate?

What do we want out of sequels?
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).
New this week, Marvel gives us all the warm fuzzies as they celebrate Detective Comics #1000. Nostalgia kicks into high gear with the Genesis Mini and Warcraft announcements. Gearbox has finally given the fans what they want with ALL the Borderlands news and EA decides it’s time to clear house.
This weeks BOSS ROOM is all about video game sequels and what fans really want out of them.
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