Adventurers…come out and plaaaaaaaaay! It’s time for Season 3 of The Surly Nerd!!!

After a little time away we’ve come back and in full frakking force. As we work to redesign the show top to bottom we invite you to come along with us as we pick up right where we left off last season, excited and angry at all the latest nerd news that has been announced, beamed into our brains directly from Cybertron.

The Surly Nerd Season 3:
It’s about to get obscene

Join us as we journey across the latest comic headlines, getting into the gritty details of the latest changes made in the Marvel and DC universes both in the world of comics and outside of it. Be wowed and amazed as we become an explosion of information about the world of game development from Riot Games to why the Oculus Rift is poised to take over the world…and how we are powerless to stop it.  Quake in fear as we go balls deep into entertainment news, from Predator reboots to dystopian worlds we are ready to see on the big screen. After all that hot mess is done we wrap up the first episode of season 3 with a discussion as to why women are so damn important to the creative side of nerd entertainment.

Episode 96: Summary and time stamps

(0:13:22) In Comic Industry News – DC Comics changes the way they pay their employees, Ultimate FF says goodbye and Hollywood helps the family of Jack Kirby go to the Supreme Court.

(0:30:00) In Game Industry News – Riot offers “cash to quit”, Crytek is poised to go under, Carbon Designs joins Oculus and why it matters to you and how EA Origin is offering their new titles to players.

(0:56:40) In Entertainment News – Predator gets a reboot, Ready Player One is getting redrafted and Kevin Feige has tons to say about the Marvel Movie Universe.

(1:13:00) Epilogue – The importance of the female presence in nerd entertainment.

 The man, the legend – Ernest Cline, Author of Ready Player One

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Educate yourself on the greatest food in the world, the Taco: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco

(0:15:00)  In Comic Industry News – We discuss the death of Wolverine, Deadpool goes back in time and we tell you when Batman day is.

(0:30:30)  In Game Industry News – NASA goes FALLOUT, Telltale gets even deeper into Game of Thrones, Nintendo bows out of E3, the Playstation gets a rental service, Zuckerberg tried the PS4 headset and GameStop goes mobile.

(1:09:30) In Entertainment News – Lucasfilm resets Star Wars, Fox wants more X-men, Warner Brothers rumors abound, Miramax and AOL team up for a new Netflix, Super Troopers 2 needs funding and Zombieland writers are all over Watch Dogs.

Welcome to the new year Adventurers!

This week in Comic Industry News: Greg Martin has passed, Hulk is getting relaunched, Marvel is taking back Star Wars and Frank Miller does it bigger than ever.

In Game Industry News: Microsoft says nice job to Sony, Gabe Newell goes into what makes Valve awesome, Child’s Play makes that money, PAX separates from Penny Arcade,  and Army of Two explains why they suck.

In Entertainment News: James Avery has passed away, Netflix gives us director commentary, Marvel gives us more TV announcements, The Rock may don a new green ring and Boba Fett is in line for a new movie.

This week in Comic Industry News: Clark comes out to the world, Sandman gets delayed, we finally have a black Robin and James’ waxes philosophical about EC Comics.

In Game Industry News:  Mega Man X comes back…in a way, Blizzard talks Warcraft remakes, Eidos makes more changes to Thief, Sony talks MP3 playback for the PS4 and the Humble Bundle gets a store.

In Entertainment News: Blockbuster has its final rental, CBS green lights a HIMYM spin-off, Walking Dead gets a prequel, Hugh Jackman talks about being Wolverine, Twilight comes to Jessica Jones, Drew Goddard comes to Daredevil and Seth Rogan gets his hands on a Preacher.

A very special thank you to our guest, Dan Price, for coming out to Rapture again and talking shop with us. You can find his work over at http://houndcomics.com/webcomic_masters_of_the_obvious.php and https://www.facebook.com/latexavenger

This week in Comic Industry News: One of the greats, Nick Cardy has passed away, Marvel tells us all about the new X-Force, a new Ms. Marvel comic is about to be launched, and Vertigo launches The Royals: Masters of War.

In Game Industry News: Nintendo tells us how well the are doing in Japan and how they see their future, Final Fantasy 14 makes Square a lot of money, Microsoft gives indy developers Unity, and Killer Instinct says no to Arcade mode for a while.

In Entertainment News: Blockbuster is ready to go under, Daredevil gets a new show on Netflix alongside Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones and Iron Fist with a potential Defenders movie to follow, Fox wants more Wolverine, Nightwing and Wonder Woman decide to drop into the Batman vs Superman movie, the creator of Veronica Mars takes on iZombie and Guillermo Del Toro take on everything.

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