Episode 343 : Sony’s Changing The Game

Will Sony’s new direction change the landscape of gaming?

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, Torchlight 3 has been announced and we could not be more excited. The developers of Hellblade announced a new experimental title and The Boys is coming back to comics in a huge way.
Also this week, more Marvel shows are getting axed from Hulu. The Witcher is getting an animated feature and Justice League Dark is getting picked back up by Bad Robot. We close out the news this week with huge esports changes coming thanks to Activision Blizzard.
Our Boss Room this week is about Sony first party titles coming to PC and what that means for the future of gaming.
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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Episode 307 : The Importance of Community Managers

What is a community manager, and why are they so important?

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, Bloodborne has entered the world of tabletop gaming in a HUGE way. We also have an update from Respawn on the status of Titanfall 3, and Detective comics took over the world of comics in a huge way last month.
Also this week, the new Persona game was announced for the Switch, but it’s unlike anything anyone really expected. We get into the world of fandom with threats made against several comics writers and Image does the unthinkable at this years Eisner awards. We close out our weekly raid this week with a talk about what gaming can do to help Alzheimer’s patients and Epic Games tells Steam what they need to do to stop getting exclusives taken from them.
This weeks BOSS ROOM is a love letter to the underappreciated job of the gaming world – The Community Manager.
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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Episode 265 : Long Live Single Player

Everyone wants to be battle royale, but who still loves single player games?

We love single player games
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Marvel is going to do some fantastic one-off comics where they “Warp” their characters together. Cross-over season has begun as the Transformers cross over with the Animated Star Trek show and The Maxx crosses over with none other than BATMAN!
Heading into level two, Gamestop is reaching out for someone to buy their company, but does anyone really care anymore? Microsoft and Nintendo continue to pick on Sony with their latest cross-platform commercials. Level two closes down with Sony announcing their new “greatest hits” line we tell you exactly what that means for the future of the PS4
Over in the world of entertainment, the book-turned-movie Nightbreed is coming back as a series from Syfy – and it’s the perfect time to happen! We have reports that Disney is no longer taking risks on new directors for the Star Wars franchise, and Sony is developing a “Silk” spin-off film!
Our epilogue this week is about the importance of single player games.
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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Episode 242 : 2018 HYPE

With 2018 before us, we are breaking in the new year happy and hopeful for the pop culture to come!

Hello 2018
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! This is a very special “one off” bonus episode, all about what’s got us HYPED for being nerds in 2018.
Join us for our our first episode of the year and GET HYPED!
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Episode 234 : The Future Of The MCU

Disney might buy parts of Fox, but what does that mean for the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

What does this potential purchase mean for the MCU?
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where New York is about to honor Bill Finger. We also have IMAGE pulling together an anthology to support the survivors of the Las Vegas shooting and James gets super excited about an all-new Bloodborne comic.
Heading into level two, we give the deets on what Super Mario Odyssey sold and cover all the big news that came out of Blizzcon. There’s also a (strangely) cool announcement from GameStop and microtransactions take center stage again as we talk about Monster Hunter World.
Over in the world of entertainment, we debate if we want/need a prequel movie to “Night of the Living Dead”. Fans finally get the Friday the 13th/Evil Dead crossover they have always wanted and arguments have to be made for and against wanting a new Twilight Zone reboot.
Our epilogue is week is all about the possible acquisition of Fox properties by Disney.
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 Bill Finger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Finger
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