This week on The Surly Nerd…

In Technology News: Developers chime in on the Ouya, Apples phone powerplay and new additions to Apple TV. Gabe Newell talks about the Apple threat, and Sony finally stopping production of the MiniDisk.

In Game Industry News: Zynga developers jumping ship, Epic Mickey studio Junction Point closing down, Capcom discussing rebooting Resident Evil, Nintendo trying to get in touch with independent game developers and what the final game in the EVO tournament will be this year. We wrap up gaming news with Biowares love of beer (something we appreciate) and more PlayStation 4 discussion.

In Entertainment News: New news on the X-men and Spider-man film fronts, a little talk about S.H.I.E.L.D and HIMYM, a Boondocks movie…maybe, Rodriguez wanting to make a Han Solo movie, the future of the Justice League movie and Evil Dead getting an NC-17 rating.

We close out the show with Drinks at the Inn as always, so grab yourself your favorite beverage and curl up with all of us here at…The Surly Nerd.

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It’s week 3 of our “IN THE MONTH OF MADNESS!”. We have a hell of a show lined for you this week. After our prologue segment we head into level 1: Technology news where we discuss a wide range of topics from Twitter censorship to child labor in China for the Wii U to the moving of Pirate Bay from physical servers to the cloud. A little talk about a next generation Sony move controller ends level one and leads us into level 2: Gaming industry news.

We start off this week with some more Mechwarrior Online and Prey 2 news. We chat a bit about the Nintendo Wii U touchscreen controller and where you can go with it and about the future of the Old Republic. We wrap up level 2 talking about layoffs at Lionshead and then it’s just a hop, skip and a jump into level 3: Entertainment news.

In level 3 we go over how well Walking Dead did its first week on the air in a year, talk about the direction of the new Marvel movie properties.  We chat about what the Dark Knight producer thinks about the Avengers, where the He-Man and James Bond films are going.  We close up the week talking about the Kickstarter for the movie The Goon and then in our Drink at the Inn segment we talk ALL about how amazing Creepshow is and why you should love it!

Grab a drink, toss your earbuds in and settle in with all of us here at: The Surly Nerd

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This week on The Surly Nerd we kick off our “In the Month of Madness”. We start off with technology news where we chat a bit about Microsoft, Redbox, Google and all about Apple. We move from there to level 2: video game news where there is some talk about plans for the next Xbox, why people are leaving Bioware, and Cliffy B leaving Epic Games. We close level 2 with some Halo 4 News and why Halo Wars bombed in Bungies eyes.

In level 3: entertainment news we start off with a dash of comics news. We chat a bit about what’s going on with the Fox Marvel movies, the new Superman movie and the Wizard of Oz. We close out the week with our first In the Month of Madness movie, Hellraiser where we talk all about why we love that film and franchise so very much.

Grab a drink or two, pull out your favorite puzzle box and listen to us rant your ears off on this weeks: The Surly Nerd