When does our fandom go too far?

Let’s be real, Rick and Morty fans are the worst

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Brain K. Vaughan has is planning a year long break from the series SAGA (but what does that mean for the series?) Injustice 2 is ready to finally wrap up and Wolverine is coming back in a way that has people a little worried…

Heading into level two, Cyberpunk kicks things off with tons of news about how and why some design decisions were made in the game. Bethesda has decided not to move forward with other companies playing in the Fallout universe and Bioware sets the record straight about why Anthem is being made.

Over in the world of entertainment, Locke and Key is finally getting the break that it deserves. Amazon is going all-in on a new horror series about current cultural issues and Castle Rock finally lets us know how the hell this series is going to work.

Our epilogue this week is about the pros and cons of fandom.

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!

The Fox-Disney merger has been finalized, but X-men aside…what does that really mean?

What is the real impact of this merger?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Dick Tracy is making his way back to the world thanks to Archie Comics. Our Surly team also give you the low down on what to expect from this upcoming years Free Comic Book Day and the lawsuit over the use of the term “comic-con” comes to a close.

Heading into level two, Edios is opening up about how they will handle “online worlds” moving forward. New Zealand tell the world what they think about loot boxes and a huge lawsuit has been filed again Cloud Imperium Games, creators of Star Citizen.

Over in the world of entertainment, 100 Years of Horror is finally getting a DVD release. Netflix is about to give us a documentary on “extreme” haunted houses, and Insidious is testing some new immersion technology to try and get more people into the movies.

Our epilogue is week is all about the reality of the Fox and Disney merger.

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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Who let Tony take over the epilogue again? What’s going down at the CW? Do show need to follow their original source material?! The answers to these questions and more on an all new episode of…The Surly Nerd!

Is there room on FOX for the Key-house?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where big changes are happening. We’ve changed the show format so on top of hearing what’s new in the world of Archie in comics, you will hear about what’s going on with Archie in show form as well! We also talk about what’s going on with season 2 of Supergirl, Locke and Key getting another shot at TV and what Wolverine being rated R really means to comic movies at large.

In game industry news, we mourn the loss of Disney Infinity, talk about Capcom’s full scale offensive for Resident Evil and what improvements are being made to the ESL. We close up shop on level 2 with talk about how much the Dark Souls board game has made and what we think about there being a “no-console” future for gaming in general.

Over in the world of entertainment, we jump into the new Mummy movie and talk about how it could succeed or fail. We also discuss the upcoming ROBOCOP documentary, the I KILL GIANTS movie and the rumors of a new Dungeons and Dragons movie. Level 3 comes to and end with a discussion about foreign horror and if it needs to really be remade by Hollywood or not.

Our epilogue this week is shows and movies staying true to their source material, as chosen by Tony. 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 161: Original Sources Not Cited

In Comic Industry News – Archie, Riverdale, Supergirl, Locke and Key, Wolverine

In Game Industry News – Resident Evil, Disney Infinity, Dark Souls, ESL, No Console Future

In Entertainment News – The Mummy, Robocop, I Kill Giants, Dungeons and Dragons, Foreign Horror

Epilogue – Source Material in TV/Movies

We never need an excuse to talk about Robocop

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about The Justice League!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League

Learn about Sandman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_%28Vertigo%29

GameCakes!: http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Cupcakes-Made-Video-Game-Logos-6900190

Introductions be dammed! We’re ready to talk nerd shop – so strap yourself in for an intense all new episode of…The Surly Nerd!

If you haven’t seen Behind the Mask – get on it!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we talk all about what is going on with Marvel – post the Secret Wars reset. From there we get into what could be going on with Civil War II based on the teasers Marvel is giving us before we head into the latest updates in Superman’s universe. Comic news this week comes to a close over a discussion on the upcoming Daredevil/Punisher crossover happening and break down if these TV/Comic tie-ins are a harm to the artists creative processes.

In game industry news, we jump right into GDC 2016 where Todd Howard is getting a lifetime achievement award for his work on such titles as Skyrim and Fallout 4. Our inner fan-boys kick in as we talk about DICE 2016 and the opening panel that Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro will have at this years game summit – as well as all the news fit to talk about in regards to Titanfall 2. The curtain falls on level 2 with talks about the president of BUNGIE stepping down and our E3 predictions for this year.

Over in the world of entertainment, we get into all of the pilots being planned for the CW network. In there we talk about everything from Sci-fi shows to Riverdale – a Twin Peaks-style show that we are extremely on board for. We delve into the proposed pilot for Fox’s Exorcist TV series before wrapping level 3 up with a talk about the new wave of “future sequels”: Current age sequels that rely on the watchers to have seen a movie over 10+ years old.

Our epilogue this week is all about the genre of horror known as “the slasher” and if it has any staying power in the modern world. 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 153: Slashing Slasher Films

In Comic Industry News – Civil War II, Superman, Daredevil/Punisher

In Game Industry News – GDC 2016, DICE 2016, Titanfall 2, BUNGIE/Destiny 2, E3 2016

In Entertainment News –  CW Pilots, The Exorcist, Future Sequels

Epilogue – Slasher Flims!

 Spoilers: We can’t WAIT for Riverdale to happen

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_the_Mask:_The_Rise_of_Leslie_Vernon

Learn about riverdale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverdale_(Archie_Comics)

GameCakes!: http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Cupcakes-Made-Video-Game-Logos-6900190