27Feb

Episode 298 : Dumbing Down Foreign Film Remakes

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Does America need an influx of foreign films?

What’s your favorite foreign film?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Betty and Veronica are about to make some fantastic new friends. DC is finally jumping on the whole zombie craze, and Blade Runner is coming to comics in a big way.

Kicking off video game news this week, Reggie Fils-Aime is finally going to be leaving all of our lives. The FTC is finally getting involved in the loot box controversy and Microsoft is ready to bring mods to modern console gaming.

Over in the world of entertainment, Eli Roth is releasing more History of Horror in podcast form. The Haunting of Hill House is officially getting a second season, and Neil Gaiman is bringing back one of the greatest Jim Henson properties of all time.

Our epilogue this week is all about bringing foreign films to America.

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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02Aug

Episode 220: Git Gud: Balancing Multiplayer for Scrubs

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How important are tutorials and training for multiplayer games?

How much training should a multiplayer game give you?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where the Teen Titans are taking over Americas libraries. We also have a huge Nightmare Before Christmas announcement, and news about DUNE coming back to comics.

Heading into level two, we break down what the Sega Genesis Classic and Atari Classic consoles are. We also get into anything and everything Ubisoft with news about Skull and Bones and why they are excited for the Xbox One.

Over in the world of entertainment, we have the Scary Stories books making a HUGE comeback, and John Wick is getting an expanded universe. Level three comes to a close with a mega talk about AMC and what shows they are investing in right now, and what’s new with the Terminator franchise.

Our epilogue is week is all about teaching multiplayer to new players, versus letting them figure it out for themselves.

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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16Jun

Episode 164: Microsoft Won E3! (…or did they?!)

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E3 is here, spread some cheer and have a beer (with us) – on an all new episode of…The Surly Nerd!

This is the RE we deserve

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! We’ve taken out the prelude this week to get right down to the news.

Over in comics, we talk about the Scarlet TV series, the 30th anniverary of Transformers: The Movie and the all-new Josie and the Pussycats. We also dive into the new Justice League Dark animated feature and close out level one talking about the new Black Panther comic and the toll that the job of comic producer can take on a person.

Over in the world of entertainment, we have Hulu making a new horror anthology, who has been cast as the roll of Pennywise in the “IT” remake and Eli Roth talking about why it is important to keep making offensive movies. Level two winds down with a talk about China’s influence on modern Hollywood movies and if we should be worried.

In game industry news, E3 is in full swing and we break down anything and everything that happened during Microsoft and Sony’s respective shows.

Our epilogue this week was cancelled due to 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!)

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

Episode 164: Microsoft Won E3! (…or did they?!)

In Comic Industry News – Scarlet, Transformers the movie, Josie and the Pussycats, Justice League Dark, Black Panther

In Game Industry News – E3

In Entertainment News – Dimension 404, IT, Eli Roth, China

Epilogue – None