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.

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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What is it about great games that make them so great?

What makes some games so great?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Marvel has given up the ghost on who the new “secret” rider is. The year of weird comics continues with Marvel introducing “after-credits” scenes in their comics and an old head of Marvel has some choice words for how they feel about the current state of the industry.

Heading into level two, CD Projekt Red is finally going to weigh in on the micro-transaction debate as it pertains to Cyberpunk 2077. We also have news of the Demon’s Souls servers coming to an end with some theories about it and Sucker Punch opens up about what took them so long to announce their newest title: Ghosts of Tsushima.

Over in the world of entertainment, we finally find out who is going to be the villain of the upcoming Venom movie, as well as give our theories on how it will all play out. James Franco has announced a new X-men related film and Marvel tells us what to expect for the MCU landscape thanks to Avengers 4.

Our epilogue is week is a discussion on what makes great video games so great.

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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There was big Xbox Scorpio news this week, but is anyone really excited for it?

Are we ready for the Scorpio?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics where Marvel is finally giving us what we want in comic crossovers…a break. Sadly, this is followed up by the news that X-Men Gold #1’s release has a very BIG problem.

Heading into level two, we discuss the trademark of “Cyberpunk 2077 and break down the announcement of the all new Marvel Heroes game. We close up everything video games this week with all the winners from the BAFTA awards, and discuss why they won.

Over in the world of entertainment, NETFLIX has made a HUGE announcement on the Haunting of Hill House and we have Invader Zim coming back…for some reason. Level 3 comes to a close with a talk about the Bat-family film rumors and we toss our own theories out as to what they could do to really make DC’s films as great as Marvel’s with a few short films.

Our epilogue this week is all about the Xbox Scorpio announcements. 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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More and more television shows are cutting the cord and moving to streaming services. Is this the future of television?

Is it time to cut the cord on Television?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics where JOHN WICK is getting his own comic series – but are we excited about it? We also get down on some news about a new ROBOTECH series being helmed by DMZ creator BRIAN WOOD. Level one winds down with an update on DC’s REBIRTH and how DC seems to be doing everything right when it comes to comic books.

Heading into level two, GUILLERMO DEL TORO gives us a special holiday treat and we get into news about a new DOUBLE DRAGON game. POLAND proves how awesome they are by donating to CD PROJEKT RED for video game research and development and STAR CITIZEN becomes a central topic of discussion as they decide after 4 years to switch game engines.

Over in the world of entertainment, the force has taken another great from us – Carrie Fisher. There’s also talks about a GEORGE LUCAS-centric episode of LEGENDS of TOMORROW that has us super-excited. There’s an update on the M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN’S TALES FROM THE CRYPT series and another insightful debate over what’s currently going on in the DCEU.

Our epilogue this week is about the future of television and how more upcoming series are cutting the cord and moving to streaming. 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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Sony’s PlayStation press conference has come and gone, but why is everyone so angry about it? We delve into that and the week in geeky news on an all new…The Surly Nerd!

We’re ready Toxie!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we explore what’s going behind the scenes of Civil War II. We also have a HUGE announcement by comic book wizard, Alan Moore and news on Geoff Johns taking over as DC movie lead that might excite some people.

In game industry news, we break down the CD Projekt Red game “Cyberpunk 2077” and go into the legal battle over “No Mario’s Sky”. We also get into Nintendo’s announcements during the Apple press conference and what it means for the future of the game developer.

Over in the world of entertainment, we get excited by the news of a Toxic Avenger remake and get way too sidetracked talking about the blu-ray release of the Evil Dead remake. We wrap up level 3 with a discussion about the impact of Star Trek and why now is the right time for it to come back.

In our epilogue this week we discuss the Sony press conference and what exactly went wrong in it. 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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Where did it go wrong, Sony?