Jason’s Mask, Freddy’s glove, the Lament Configuration. Strap on your favorite horror props, adventurers – and get ready for an all new episode of The Surly Nerd!

Why is horror iconography so important?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics, where the Kingsmen series is finding a new home. We also have a big Walking Dead spin-off announcement and get into what’s in store in the all-new Hellraiser anthology.

Heading into level two, Blizzard is making some huge changes across all of its games, but is it what the players want? We also hear about SEGA’s new mobile plans as well as what real life events influenced the story of DETROIT.

Over in the world of entertainment, we break down what “Mega-City One” will be about and get excited for even more “IT” news. Level 3 comes to a close with a debate over the future of the VENOM movie franchise.

Our epilogue is week is all about Horror iconography, and why it’s so important. 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 The Lament Configuration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemarchand%27s_box


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In a world where horrible things happen every day, how can horror ease our minds?

The Babadook brings comfort

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comic news where we finally get a breakdown of what the Venomverse is all about. Also, comic retailers tell us what the state of the industry looks like right now and Wizard World announces who their very first “Hall of Legends” inductee is.

Heading into level two, we find out what this new “Steam Direct” program is and tell you where you can watch Sony’s E3 show! Level two wraps up with a breakdown of the Nintendo Switch’s new online service.

Over in the world of entertainment, TALES FROM THE CRYPT is finally dead, NOS4A2 is getting its own AMC series and we argue over if a Sin City show is a good idea. We close out level 3 with a discussion on movie trailers and how we really feel about them

Our epilogue is week is all about how horror, is actually really good for us. 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 NOS4A2 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOS4A2


Check out The Venomverse: http://marvelcomicsfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Venom-Verse

Batman cupcakes!: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/batman-cupcakes

How do we separate art from the people who create it?

One of the new propaganda posters for the Nightwing series

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics where Image is going all out to celebrate pride month! We also have DC creating a new, fantastic sounding Elseworlds title, and we talk about the death of Black Panther and The Crew.

Heading into level two, Square Enix says goodbye to the Hitman franchise. We also break down what’s happening to the Mass Effect franchise as well as what Valve would like to do to make the Steam store accessible for everyone.

Over in the world of entertainment, we finally find out what the Purge TV series is all about and Ridley Scott tells us what made him change the content in Alien: Covenant. Level three comes to an end with some amazing Judge Dredd news, and we give our theories as to what we would like to see in it.

Our epilogue is week is about a discussion about how we separate the beliefs of an artist from the quality of their content. 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!

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about Judge Dredd : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Dredd

Check out H.P Lovecraft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft

Batman cupcakes!: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/batman-cupcakes

Why is pop culture so important during turbulent times?

How can comics help us heal?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics where IDW is getting ready to publish new Disney Books and DC is creating a new line of superheroes. Marvel however, seems to want to bring back the past and it could mean jeopardizing the diversity they have been working so hard to create.

Heading into level two, Nintendo is ready to break our hearts again with an SNES classic announcement. Konami tells us why they still hate us with Bomberman announcements and we get into a big discussion about the new regulations being put in place in DOTA 2

Over in the world of entertainment, Hulu has announced that they are working on a pilot for Locke & Key as well as dropping a trailer for an all new Batman/Bill Finger documentary. We wrap up level three with an announcement by Netflix that’s 105 million dollars in the making.

Our epilogue this week is about the importance of pop culture during difficult social times (warning, this topic is a bit more serious than our usual fare). 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!

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about DOTA 2 : http://blog.dota2.com/

Check out Locke & Key: http://www.idwpublishing.com/trending_titles/locke-key/

Batman cupcakes!: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/batman-cupcakes

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!)

Grab a drink and settle on in for this weeks action packed episode of…The Surly Nerd!

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about The Scorpio : http://www.xbox.com/en-us/project-scorpio

Check out Marvel Heroes Omega: https://marvelheroes.com/about

Batman cupcakes!: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/batman-cupcakes