From Shadowrun to Neuromancer, why are we drawn back into the world of Cyberpunk again and again?

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, was the Star Wars Celebration. We got to hear about the upcoming game Jedi: Fallen Order, what’s Disney+ is and is all about, and even got the lowdown on new Star Wars one-shot comics that will be coming around the corner. Marvel keeps the hype train rolling with an announcement about Sue Storm (finally) getting her own solo series.

We get critical about Robert Englunds new Travel Channel mini-series, and Poltergeist is back in a hell of a big way. Rounding out our news this week is a discussion on the Google Stadia and what the higher ups over at Microsoft’s Xbox division think about it.

This weeks BOSS ROOM is all about the genre of Cyberpunk, why it’s had a resurgence and why we just keep coming back to it time after time.

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Should comics talk about the faith of superheroes?

Does Batman’s faith matter?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Uncanny X-men is coming back in a huge (giant sized) way. Also this week, it was announced that Captain Marvel is getting a new one-shot before the release of her movie. Level one wraps up with the silliest Iceman announcement ever.

Heading into level two, Miyamoto from Nintendo has a lot to say about the current state of the video game business. Steam.tv accidentally got shown off by Valve and people are excited for it. Cyberpunk 2077 takes over the rest of level two with a huge discussion about what we can expect from CD Projekt Red’s newest offering.

Over in the world of entertainment, Hollywood seems to be having some huge issues when it comes to deciding what the rating of the Venom movie should be. James’ gets a little angry over the announcement of a Jacob’s Ladder re-imagining and everyone gets super hyped for the newest news about Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark.

Our epilogue this week is about the religious faith of super heroes.

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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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When it comes to game pre-releases, how much hype is too much?

Does Cyberpunk have too much hype?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we have a fantastic announcement about what’s new in the world of Wonder Woman. Titan is stepping up their comics game by giving fans a new look into the world of Blade Runner. Finally in level one, we talk about about the un-filmed William Gibson Aliens sequel and if we will ever see it in comic form.

Heading into level two, we have a fantastic and yet sad update on the home-grown remake of P.T/Silent Hills. E-sports takes center stage in level 2 as the Overwatch League is branching out to major networks for their finals. Level two winds down with a discussion on the failed Aliens: Colonial Marines and what one fan did to finally fix its mistakes.

Over in the world of entertainment, Ingress is going to be getting a new batch of lore thanks to a little streaming site called Netflix. Joss Whedon is back at it again with an all-new pseudo superhero show that will air on HBO and we get some interesting news about a possible new Robocop movie that has everyone on the panel really excited.

Our epilogue this week is about hyping a game too early before its release.

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If an online game is simple to play, does that make its players more toxic??

Do simple games make for toxic communities?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where there is a “grand finale” right around the corner for IDW’s Transformers comics. We also talk about the upcoming Dark Crystal comic and tell you what is in store next for both Frank Miller and DC Comics.

Heading into level two, we can’t help but get excited for more Cyberpunk 2077 news. We also get into PUBG and Fortnite mobile as well as discussing what the Fortnite devs think about the future of cross-platform play.

Over in the world of entertainment, we get deep into the docu-series “The Toys that Made us”. Men-in-black is getting a pretty awesome new cast and we get to hear Paul Bettany’s thoughts on why Marvel movies are the best superhero movies ever.

Our epilogue this week is a follow-up to our discussion about toxicity in online gaming.

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