It’s time we look to the future…of gaming!

Where is gaming headed?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Masters of the Universe is headed into an AWESOME crossover with the Injustice comics. We also have Marvel launching their new True Believers line of Fantastic Four comics and Ohio is getting an exhibit dedicated to MAD Magazine.

Heading into level two, EA takes center stage as A Way Out is a breakout hit. We also dive into what to expect from Anthem’s DLC and the gang gets introspective as they discuss the possibility of a new Bioshock game.

Over in the world of entertainment, NOS4A2 is in the works over at AMC (and we could not be more excited). Apple is developing Issac Asimov’s “Foundation Trilogy” for television and Neill Blomkamp is looking to crowdfund an entire dang company!

Our epilogue this week is about the future of gaming.

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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Should online streaming platforms be banned from film festivals and awards?

We love you, Netflix

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we give you a very special mini-epilogue this week thanks to Marvel Comics. There’s some fantastic (4) news, what’s new for the Inhumans and even the X-Men have tons talk about during this special Marvel take over!

Heading into level two, Sony is dropping the price of the PSVR but does that spell the death of VR? There’s also some sad news for Amazon’s Breakaway game and Square Enix is making some bold moves with their new gaming studio.

Over in the world of entertainment, there’s some tragic news for everyone who was excited for The Dark Phoenix and New Mutants movies. Stephen King takes over the second half of our entertainment section with news about the upcoming Tommyknockers movie and some possibly less exciting news about the upcoming adaptation of The Stand.

Our epilogue this week is about streaming services being banned from film festivals and awards.

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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With 2018 before us, we are breaking in the new year happy and hopeful for the pop culture to come!

Hello 2018

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! This is a very special “one off” bonus episode, all about what’s got us HYPED for being nerds in 2018.

Join us for our our first episode of the year and GET HYPED!

Batman, Turtles and Nerds, OH MY! All this and more on this weeks…THE SURLY NERD!

Excited for Batman v Turtles? We are!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we talk all about Batman teaming up with the Ninja Turtles, the new IDW comics GHOSTBUSTERS series, who Spider-Gwen is teaming up with next and more on the Dark Knight prequel. We close out level one with some Civil War 2 rumors and a big ‘ol discussion about how NYCC felt like an actual comic convention this year.

In game industry news, we hear even more about the game voice actors getting ready to strike, Microsoft buying the HAVOK engine and what that means, and we chat about the status of CYBERPUNK 2077. The curtains fall on level two with a discussion how Destiny is really an MMO with new microtransaction offerings.

Over in the world of entertainment, Seth Rogan is looking at “The Boys”. From there we dive into the Killing Joke possibly being rated R, Fear Street becoming a movie, and Battle Angel Alita finally getting some traction. Entertainment news comes to an end this week as we get into…Entertainment News and why social media is bad for it.

Our epilogue this week is all about our continuing thoughts on the fall TV lineup. 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 148: Batman vs. Ninja Turtles vs. The Surly Nerd

In Comic Industry News – Batman vs Turtles, Secret Wars II, Ghostbusters, Spider-Gwen, Dark Knight returns, NYCC

In Game Industry News – Voice Acting Strike, Havok engine, Cyberpunk 2077, faking your MMO

In Entertainment News –  The Boys, Killing Joke, Fear Street, Battle Angel Alita, Fantastic Four

Epilogue – Fall TV Line-up

 James is way too excited for Cyberpunk 2077

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about Cyberpunk 2077: http://cyberpunk.net/

Learn about Mark Millar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Millar

Horror Cakes!: http://www.dreadcentral.com/top-10-lists/51237/25-spectacular-movie-cakes-for-horror-fans/

Kings, Batmen and more on an all new…THE SURLY NERD!

Happy 28th Hellraiser!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After a Hannibal filled prelude, we head into comics where we talk all about Batman day. We also talk about IDW’s plans for Archie’s anniversary, what’s new in the world of Gwenpool, and close out level one with a big ‘ol discussion about if Marvel’s plan for Secret Wars can actually work.

In game industry news, Square Enix has some big plans for Kingdom Hearts, the 360’s indy program is getting ready to pass on, we chat about how close the Xbox One is to a windows machine and Tony tells us a story about how Destiny broke friends apart (Thanks Activision). The curtains fall on level two with a discussion about “unfinished games” and what Square Enix plans to do about it.

Over in the world of entertainment we, and the world honors the man and the legend…Stephen King. From there we dive into the Cabin Fever remake and how Eli Roth is involved. James gets excited for the revival of Black Mirror, we celebrate Hellraiser and talk Robocop 2. Entertainment news comes to an end this week as we get into how Hollywood can fuck up a potentially good movie.

Our epilogue this week is all about Star Wars and if the hype is truly real. 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 146: Fantastic Flop

In Comic Industry News – Gwenpool, IDW, Batman, Secret Wars

In Game Industry News – Kingdom Hearts, 360’s indy’s, Xbox One, Destiny, Square Enix

In Entertainment News –  Stephen King, Cabin Fever, Black Mirror, Hellraiser, Robocop 2, IT

Epilogue – Star Wars

 The legend himself, Stephen King

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about Episode 7: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens

Learn about Stephen King: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King

Horror Cakes!: http://www.dreadcentral.com/top-10-lists/51237/25-spectacular-movie-cakes-for-horror-fans/