How far would you go to make the perfect video game?

Is crunch time important?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where The Predator is getting ready for his grand comics come back! DC also breaks the news that the Young Animal imprint is going away. Level one comes to a close with Marvel making an awesome post-free comic book day announcement.

Heading into level two, after all our E3 pre-coverage last week, Square Enix has a couple huge announcements hidden for all of us. Sony lets everyone know what games are going to take center stage at their E3 show and the NES classic is coming back in stock!

Over in the world of entertainment, Guillermo del Toro has teamed up with Netflix for a series that we are way too excited for. We also hear what the new Harley Quinn movie is going to be like and there’s a new Stephen King adaptation right around the corner that shows that this might just be the year of Stephen King.

Our epilogue this week is about gaming crunch time.

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This week we celebrate the big 250!!!

Time to get crazy with 250!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! This is a very special “one off” bonus episode, with questions taken live from the audience and some sent in by our fellow adventurers!

Gear up and join us for an all NEW episode!!!

How has Science Fiction influenced our technology and culture?

What has science fiction given us, IRL?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Brian Michael Bendis tells us what it was like to split off from Marvel finally. Deadpool rocks our world with an all-new choose your own adventure book and Betty and Veronica come back to Archie comics to kick it old school in the post-reboot Archie world.

Heading into level two, Overwatch is giving a special present this weekend to anyone who has not played it before. Monster Hunter takes the world by storm and Sony details upcoming plans for their UI updates. Level two winds down with another conversation about micro transactions and what they mean to Blizzard/Activision currently.

Over in the world of entertainment, David S. Goyer has left the Masters of the Universe project. Our panel talks all things Five Nights at Freddy’s and there’s a 28 Months later announcement that has broken our hearts.

Our epilogue is week is all about how Science Fiction has influenced technology.

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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.

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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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