Episode 296 : Apex Legends And Why E3 Might Be A Bad Thing

What does the release of Apex Legends tell us about shows like E3?

Why are you not playing Apex Legends right now?
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Hellboy is celebrating his 25th birthday with one heck of a beer release. Rob Liefeld is taking us into the world of Deadpool one last time, and Donny Cates REALLY wants to reboot the Ultimates universe.
Kicking off video game news this week, a ton of class PC games such as Baldur’s Gate are about to find a new home on modern video game consoles. Microsoft Studios is changing their name for the better, and troubles are afoot over at Activision Blizzard.
Over in the world of entertainment, Sony is making their animation software accessible for the masses, so we can all make our own Spider-Verse movie. Hulu is launching 4 new animated Marvel series, and Scorsese and Hulu have teamed up to bring the legend of H.H Holmes to life.
Our epilogue this week is about the release of Apex Legends, and how it impacts major trade shows like E3.
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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Episode 293: Netflix vs The World

How can Netflix continue to grow?

What is next for Netflix?
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Spider-Man is going retro with a new mini-series about the early days of the symbiote (before Venom!). X-Men go retro as well with a special series by Rob Leifield and Marvel breaks down their first big crossover of the year.
Kicking off video game news this week, Mortal Kombat has a ton of huge announcements while EA takes away everyone’s dreams of another new Star Wars Game. 343 rounds out level two, talking all things Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
Over in the world of entertainment, Jason Reitman dropped a huge Ghostbusters bombshell this week. Netflix has a new gothic thriller that has our panel hyped and we get more creepypasta stories brought to film with “The Russian Sleep Experiment”.
Our epilogue this week is about the future of Netflix.
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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Episode 286: It’s Good When Sony Pulls Out

Is Sony pulling out of E3 a good thing?

Why is Sony missing?
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Arkham Knight is becoming Batman canon. We also have a new Sabrina series coming from Archie comics and Daredevil is getting a bad-ass new writer.
Kicking off video game news this week, Command and Conquer is coming back in a big way. Hector takes us into the world of the upcoming Valve game Artifact and Blizzard has more bad news in store for us.
Over in the world of entertainment, Devil May Cry is coming to Netflix and we are so on board. Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark is coming back in a big way and we argue about if we need Ghostbusters 3 or not.
Our epilogue this week is about Sony pulling out of E3 and what that means.
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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Episode 269: SDCC 2018

Welcome everyone to our special SDCC spectacular!

It’s SDCC time!
Greetings adventurers! This week we will be talking all-things SDCC 2018! Join us for a very special episode of The Surly Nerd!
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Episode 249 : To Adapt, Or Not To Adapt (Film)

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