We all love loot boxes, but can they be considered a form of gambling?

…but are loot boxes a form of gambling?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we have an upcoming Swamp Thing story that might break our hearts. The year of weird comics continues with “The Jetsons” being re-imagined in a darker way and we have some fantastic news about a new STORM series.

Heading into level two, Phil Spencer tells the world what the purpose of the Xbox One X is. Fortnite gets EPIC with how they are countering cheaters in their game and we discuss if piracy actually can help game sales.

Over in the world of entertainment, The Addams Family is getting a film revival in an animated form! Pacific Rim has accounted their plans for the future and Ridley Scott has way too many plans for the Aliens franchise going forward.

Our epilogue is week is all about if loot boxes in games could be considered gambling.

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The Inhumans are competing against the X-men, but this time…ON TV!

When it comes to TV, who will win?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where NYCC is in FULL EFFECT and DC’s comes out swinging as they bring back both VERTIGO and their YOUNG ANIMAL lines. Also from NYCC, we have an awesome new graphic novel from Neil Gaiman and Joss Whedon is coming back to BUFFY, for an all new comic series!

Heading into level two, Phil Spencer tells us why he thinks backwards compatibility is important and we tell you if he’s right or not. Also in gaming this week, we have a big C64 (really?) announcement as well as a TOTALLY non-political news bit about how the crew behind WOLFENSTEIN wants to “Make America Nazi-free again”.

Over in the world of entertainment, we have a TON of CONSTANTINE annoucements from NYCC. We also have brand-new revelations about the SPAWN movie and we close out level 3 with a movie near and dear to our hearts: Behind The Mask.

Our epilogue is week is all about The Inhumans show vs The Gifted.

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The creator of Playboy is passed, but is that his only legacy?

What will be his legacy?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Old Man Logan is getting an awesome prequel comic. Also, it’s been revealed that Alan Tudyk is working on an amazing Star Wars story and Steve Dillion is getting one hell of a tribute – a year after his passing.

Heading into level two, the world of gaming is changed as J.Lo has backed a major e-sports product. Also in gaming, Valve has begun removing content from Steam and we fill you in on what the hell the Ataribox is.

Over in the world of entertainment, James was right and won’t let anyone live it down as he makes more Terminator announcements. There’s also updates on what’s going on with the Dark Tower series and DC makes a fantastic announcement that might change how we see their movies going forward.

Our epilogue is week is all about Hugh Hefner and his legacy.

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It’s Harley’s 25th birthday, and we’re ready to celebrate!

It’s time to celebrate the clown princess of crime!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Batman and the Ninja Turtles are getting back together! We also have a great Rocko’s Modern Life announcement and it’s time to find out who’s taking the lead on the newest Spider-Man comics.

Heading into level two, James’ gets way too excited for a Zone of the Enders announcement, and Square Enix tells us how they plan on making games going forward. Level two winds down with a breakdown of how Steam is going to change their rating system post having issues with “review bombing”.

Over in the world of entertainment, Sabrina is coming back in a HUGE way. Our team argues about the latest Terminator news and we try and decide if we love the New Mutants announcements while arguing about Legion.

Our epilogue is week is all about the clown princess of crime – HARLEY QUINN!

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Destiny 2 takes over as James is out for the week and the inmates run the asylum!

What did you think we would talk about?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd!

This week is a bit chaotic as not only did a hurricane hit our home state, but James was out on vacation on the very same week!

Join us as we get together some semblance of an episode, with a guest host and all the weeks nerd news that we could think to rant about, on an all new episode!

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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