Who let Tony take over the epilogue again? What’s going down at the CW? Do show need to follow their original source material?! The answers to these questions and more on an all new episode of…The Surly Nerd!

Is there room on FOX for the Key-house?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where big changes are happening. We’ve changed the show format so on top of hearing what’s new in the world of Archie in comics, you will hear about what’s going on with Archie in show form as well! We also talk about what’s going on with season 2 of Supergirl, Locke and Key getting another shot at TV and what Wolverine being rated R really means to comic movies at large.

In game industry news, we mourn the loss of Disney Infinity, talk about Capcom’s full scale offensive for Resident Evil and what improvements are being made to the ESL. We close up shop on level 2 with talk about how much the Dark Souls board game has made and what we think about there being a “no-console” future for gaming in general.

Over in the world of entertainment, we jump into the new Mummy movie and talk about how it could succeed or fail. We also discuss the upcoming ROBOCOP documentary, the I KILL GIANTS movie and the rumors of a new Dungeons and Dragons movie. Level 3 comes to and end with a discussion about foreign horror and if it needs to really be remade by Hollywood or not.

Our epilogue this week is shows and movies staying true to their source material, as chosen by Tony. 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 161: Original Sources Not Cited

In Comic Industry News – Archie, Riverdale, Supergirl, Locke and Key, Wolverine

In Game Industry News – Resident Evil, Disney Infinity, Dark Souls, ESL, No Console Future

In Entertainment News – The Mummy, Robocop, I Kill Giants, Dungeons and Dragons, Foreign Horror

Epilogue – Source Material in TV/Movies

We never need an excuse to talk about Robocop

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about The Justice League!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League

Learn about Sandman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_%28Vertigo%29

GameCakes!: http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Cupcakes-Made-Video-Game-Logos-6900190

Introductions be dammed! We’re ready to talk nerd shop – so strap yourself in for an intense all new episode of…The Surly Nerd!

If you haven’t seen Behind the Mask – get on it!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we talk all about what is going on with Marvel – post the Secret Wars reset. From there we get into what could be going on with Civil War II based on the teasers Marvel is giving us before we head into the latest updates in Superman’s universe. Comic news this week comes to a close over a discussion on the upcoming Daredevil/Punisher crossover happening and break down if these TV/Comic tie-ins are a harm to the artists creative processes.

In game industry news, we jump right into GDC 2016 where Todd Howard is getting a lifetime achievement award for his work on such titles as Skyrim and Fallout 4. Our inner fan-boys kick in as we talk about DICE 2016 and the opening panel that Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro will have at this years game summit – as well as all the news fit to talk about in regards to Titanfall 2. The curtain falls on level 2 with talks about the president of BUNGIE stepping down and our E3 predictions for this year.

Over in the world of entertainment, we get into all of the pilots being planned for the CW network. In there we talk about everything from Sci-fi shows to Riverdale – a Twin Peaks-style show that we are extremely on board for. We delve into the proposed pilot for Fox’s Exorcist TV series before wrapping level 3 up with a talk about the new wave of “future sequels”: Current age sequels that rely on the watchers to have seen a movie over 10+ years old.

Our epilogue this week is all about the genre of horror known as “the slasher” and if it has any staying power in the modern world. 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 153: Slashing Slasher Films

In Comic Industry News – Civil War II, Superman, Daredevil/Punisher

In Game Industry News – GDC 2016, DICE 2016, Titanfall 2, BUNGIE/Destiny 2, E3 2016

In Entertainment News –  CW Pilots, The Exorcist, Future Sequels

Epilogue – Slasher Flims!

 Spoilers: We can’t WAIT for Riverdale to happen

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_the_Mask:_The_Rise_of_Leslie_Vernon

Learn about riverdale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverdale_(Archie_Comics)

GameCakes!: http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Cupcakes-Made-Video-Game-Logos-6900190

If it’s X-Com, Moon Knight and Oscars you want – strap yourself in for an intense all new episode of…The Surly Nerd!

We’re nervous for the Moon Knight reboot

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we talk all about the a new art program online for aspiring comic artist and also get into Marvel Comics partnering with the Wounded Warrior project. From there we have some updates as to Moon Knights future and we close out level one with a talk about the future of DC Comics in a world of universe resets.

In game industry news, EA is bowing out of E3 proper and we try and dive into why that is. We also talk about X-Com and X-Com The Long War and what those things mean to the upcoming X-Com 2. From there we jump into the delays of Mighty No. 9 and close the curtains on level two with a discussion about the future of older game developers in a young mans game.

Over in the world of entertainment, we get into the Sundance Film Festival – both what it is and what Amazon and Netflix were doing there this year. We also get into an upcoming movie called “Dark Knight” and if it’s alright to have a film about movie theater shootings at this point in time. The tail end of our entertainment news is about Deadpool expectations and what Marvel Studios is doing to keep their superhero movies alive. Entertainment news comes to an end this week with a heated discussion about the Oscars and the controversy behind them.

Our epilogue is absent this week as we need to get on the road to PAX South. 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

Episode 152: X-Com, Moon Knight and Oscars

In Comic Industry News – Art, Wounded Warrior, Moon Knight, The Future of DC Comics

In Game Industry News – EA and E3, X-Com 2, Mighty No. 9, Game Development

In Entertainment News –  Sundance, Dark Night, Deadpool, Marvel Studios, Oscars

Epilogue – Missing!

 James can’t wait for X-Com 2

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about Moon Knight!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Knight

Learn about the Sundance Film Festival: http://www.sundance.org/festivals/sundance-film-festival

GameCakes!: http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Cupcakes-Made-Video-Game-Logos-6900190

Are we, as nerds, giant hypocrites when it comes to the things we love? Find out on this weeks episode of…The Surly Nerd!

With Kojima leaving, what will happen to Silent Hills?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! We kick things off in comics where Rat Queens has (finally) won an award and Marvel makes even more strides towards diversity and accessibility with their newest Avengers title. We close out level one covering the newest Secret Wars announcement, Hail Hydra!

In video game industry news, we talk about the newest Mortal Kombat announcements and what that could mean to the overall quality of Mortal Kombat X. In Konami’s world we hear rumors of Kojima getting ready to leave the company he has been with for so long. Will this move kill Konami or is this just a power play by the man behind Metal Gear? Over in level 3, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is getting balls deep in Henson with his new Fraggle Rock project, Romeo and Juliet is going to get the “300” remake treatment and Crash Ryan steps out of the pages of Marvel comics to come to the big screen.

We mix things up this week and merge our prelude and epilogue segments into one action packed discussion about nerd hypocrisy you won’t want to miss. As always, we appreciate all our adventurers who listen to our show every week and we look forward to your feedback on what we discuss! (info@thesurlynerd.com!)

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Episode 131: The Hypocritical Nerd

In Comic Industry News – Rat Queens, A-Force, Hail Hydra

In Game Industry News – Mortal Kombat, Hideo Kojima

In Entertainment News –  Fraggle Rock, Romeo and Juliet, Crash Ryan

Epilogue – Are we, as nerds, hypocrites?

 You should be reading Rat Queens

Read about the things we love to talk about!

The man, the legend, Hideo Kojima: https://twitter.com/hideo_kojima_en

Learn about Jim Henson Studios: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jim_Henson_Company

Bork Bork!: http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Swedish_Chef

Catwoman, Disney and, Fucking Michael Bay

The new amazing look of Selina Kyle – Catwoman

It’s an all new episode of The Surly Nerd, ready to get all geeky up in your ear holes. We jump into this week with the prelude (as always). Inside the prelude we talk about what you missed at RTX and wonder why everyone has (finally) joined us on the hating Michael Bay bad-wagon. Witness Tony have a Michael Bay crisis of faith. Things get even crazier as we discuss the possibility of an African-American Captain America. Catwoman finally gets a good female writer taking control of her comics which makes us happy. We are finally happy seeing DC moving in the right direction for many of their non-movie projects! (Now if only Disney could make some intelligent decisions with their IPs)

Eventually our multitude of rants take us to the end where we spend a long time talking about the state of the movie industry any why butts are not firmly planted in theater seats. Is Michael Bay is the only thing driving people to the movies these days? Are we resigning ourselves to a million more shitty Transformer movies? All that, with Nintendo, Final Fantasy, Disney and MORE to come! Get ready to strap yourself in for the week-in-review madness that is our show and don’t forget to send us your summer fun time pictures with your #nerdventure hashtag!

Episode 98: Summary and Time Stamps

(0:12:30) In Comic Industry News – Barnes and Noble has a celebration of pop culture, Catwoman gets a new (female) writer and Harley Quinn goes to Comic-Con.

(0:23:00) In Game Industry News – Gamestop wants to touch game developers, Miyamoto is worried that mobile games will take over Nintendo and the creator of Final Fantasy goes mobile with his newest game.

(0:41:15) In Entertainment News –  Disney wants a live-action Dumbo movie because everyone wants what Disney wants apparently, rumors abound that Falcon will don the mantle of Captain America and AMC theaters are trying to come up with a way to get more people to come to their locations in the midst of another year of domestic box office drops and Michael Bay explosions. And Michael Bay being as shitty as only Michael Bay can.

(1:11:25) Epilogue – Listen to James’ heart break on-air.

 Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of all your Nintendo-filled dreams

Read about the things we love to talk about!

More about HALO at RTX here: https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/halo-at-rtx-2014

Who IS Shigeru Miyamoto ?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Miyamoto

Taco pie is way too delicious!: http://mexican.food.com/recipe/impossible-taco-pie-3357