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Should we adapt all comics/games into film?

Should The Last of Us be adapted to film?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where the Super-side of DC is getting a huge makeover. Over at Marvel we breakdown who is Cosmic Ghost Rider and Marvel is going all-new, all-in on Black Panther comics.

Heading into level two, EA gets a little hot about their Burnout Paradise mess-up. Microsoft has opened up once again about how they plan on handling keyboard and mouse going forward and Mixer streamers now have one more way to get additional revenue from their streams.

Over in the world of entertainment, The Dark Tower has been picked up for television by Amazon. Lionsgate is going to be making a Blair Witch television series, and Mark Millar tells the world why he thinks that Marvel movies are more successful than DC’s.

Our epilogue is week about what should and should not be adapted into film.

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 Last of Us: http://www.thelastofus.playstation.com/index.html

Check out Burnout Paradise!: https://www.ea.com/games/burnout/burnout-paradise

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Is your favorite console performing well? Let’s find out in this years State of the (console) Union!

It’s time for the console state of the union

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Brian Michael Bendis is taking the DC landscape by (Superman) storm. We also find out what’s going with DC’s new YA line of books and finally get a glimpse into the Planet of the Apes story that Rod Serling once wrote for Hollywood.

Heading into level two, Nintendo tells the world how they plan to keep player retention rates up in their games while EA seems to be doing the complete opposite. Capcom brings level two to a close with their plans to double-down on their investment into e-sport…but how?

Over in the world of entertainment, our panel gets hyped for all the new promotional material coming out about the new Purge film. Jordan Peele opens up about the scene in “Get Out” that had him in tears and James Mangold (of Logan fame) explains his stance on Easter eggs and post-credits scenes in cinema.

Our epilogue is week is our console State of the Union address.

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 Capcom Pro Tour: https://capcomprotour.com/

Check out Rod Serling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling

Superhero cupcakes!: http://www.wilton.com/super-hero-cupcakes/WLPROJ-8555.html

Detroit: Become Human’s demo has people asking; Has David Cage gone too far?

Detroit: Become Human is not afraid to ask the big questions

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where New Mutants is getting a new series, just in time for their upcoming film. We also discuss why we are upset at CYBORG being cancelled and James gives you a new holiday themed title to pick up this week.

Heading into level two, EA takes center stage again to tell the gaming community what they do and do not want in their video game experience. Level two comes to a close with Square Enix taking center stage with more Final Fantasy XV releases coming up and they finally break their silence about why they parted way with Hitman developer IO interactive.

Over in the world of entertainment, everyone gets hyped for the latest Chilling Adventures of Sabrina announcements. Also in entertainment we find out who’s going to be working on the Masters of the Universe movie and when it is set to release. Level three closes out with Guillermo del Toro giving us his thoughts on why monster movie reboots don’t work.

Our epilogue is week is about the controversy surrounding David Cage’s newest title, Detroit: Become Human.

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 David Cage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cage

Check out Quantic Dream: http://www.quanticdream.com/fr/

Superhero cupcakes!: http://www.wilton.com/super-hero-cupcakes/WLPROJ-8555.html

With one battle over micro-transactions won, we have to ask…How much power does Disney wield?

Does the Mouse have more control than we think?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we follow up on what Brian Michael Bendis is doing with his JINXWORLD titles now that he is leaving Marvel comics. We also have news about a Marvel Retrospective exhibit that will be coming to Seattle, and we get one more nail in the coffin of Wizard World.

Heading into level two, we find out what’s really going on with Gamestop’s upcoming rental program. Also in gaming we have some crazy news about Injustice 2 and Tekken 7 and break down the debate over the new “safe mode” in the console version of SOMA.

Over in the world of entertainment, it looks like Nintendo is getting back into making movies and we get super excited about the Are You Afraid of the Dark film. Level three comes to a close as we discuss Danny Elfmans grievances with the state of modern superhero musical themes.

Our epilogue is week is a discussion on how much power Disney has over their properties when those properties are handled by third parties.

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 JINXWORLD: http://jinxworld.com/wordpress/

Check out Danny Elfman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Elfman

Superhero cupcakes!: http://www.wilton.com/super-hero-cupcakes/WLPROJ-8555.html