Cross-platform play should be a right of ALL gamers!

It’s time for consoles and PC’s to unite!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we break down who Moon Knight is, and why he needs his “Joker”. We also tell you about Image’s upcoming title: COYOTES and groan as we give you the latest WIZARD news.

Heading into level two, James freaks out as he talks about the 10th anniversary of Bioshock and we give you all the Gamescom news about PUBG that you need! Level 2 wraps up with us geeking out over a game that we didn’t even know we needed.

Over in the world of entertainment, we talk about all things Stranger Things and get into what 1922 is and why you should be excited. Level 3 comes to a close with a Dead Snow 3 announcement that quickly derails us into a talk about What Happened to Monday.

Our epilogue is week is all Cross-platform play and why it’s the future.

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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Why is Horror so important to us? We discuss this and the week in geeky news, on an all new…The Surly Nerd!

Why do we love horror?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we have talks about what Deadpool 2 is going to be about! We also praise the sun with some Dark Souls comic news and debate if CBS actually needs a superhero show or not. Level one comes to a close with Civil War II delays and a lengthy follow-up talk about the state of the DCCU due to a letter leaked to the press over the week.

In game industry news, Nintendo Power is taken offline, Telltale games is teasing us with a Mr. Robot project and Nordic games becomes THQ Nordic. We wrap up level 2 with a discussion about the new “Prey” game, and talk at length about what Sony’s next move is – with Gamescom upon us.

Over in the world of entertainment, Stranger Things gets its own Vinyl, and we talk more than we should about the upcoming He-Man movie. David Lynch tells us how long Twin Peaks will be, David Fincher is in talks to work on World War Z 2 and we get into the topic of video game adaptations and if they should happen at all.

Our epilogue this week is about the importance of Horror. 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 170: The Importance of Horror

In Comic Industry News – Deadpool 2, Dark Souls, CBS, Civil War II, DCCU

In Game Industry News – Nintendo Power, Telltale, Mr. Robot, THQ Nordic, Prey, Sony

In Entertainment News – Pumpkinhead, Stranger Things, He-man, Twin Peaks, World War Z 2, Video Game Adaptations

Epilogue – The Importance of Horror

It’s time for He-man’s return

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about Horror!: http://filmmakeriq.com/lessons/a-brief-history-of-horror/

Hang out with Brooklyn!: https://www.twitch.tv/brooklyn_ny_at_it_again/profile

Halloween cupcakes!: http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/recipe-collections-favorites/desserts/halloween-cupcakes

Constantine and P.T are both ready to be put to sleep, so we’re here to see if we can go to bed with them. Climb under the sheets with us for an all new episode of….The Surly Nerd!

Forever is gone from TV, but not our hearts

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our (Ultron [non-spoiler] filled) prelude we jump into comics, where we find out what DC Comics is doing to screw over creators this time while the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out trying to expose more comic creators to our youth. Next we tackle why Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are no longer mutants, followed by news on what’s going to happen to the Fantastic Four post Secret Wars as well as a talk about why Secret Wars can be both good and bad for the Marvel U.

In game industry news, John Riccitello has come out against Microsoft, prompting the entirety of the internet to roll their eyes at the former EA-CEO. We bid our last farewell to P.T and our hopes and dreams for Silent Hills, while Oculus enters negotiations with Sony and Microsoft to have the Rift put on their consoles. More news hits the world of Lego video games, with the announcement of the LEGO Dimensions series and Sony decides to pull back from Gamescom this year in a surprise move to everyone.

Over in the world of entertainment, rumors are abound that HULU is trying to create a TV series based on the hugely successful MYST franchise, Marvel’s Infinity War is announced to be the first feature film shot entirely in IMAX and MACHINIMA kicks up their own TV lineup with a series of shorts based around ROBOCOP, DC Comics, SLENDERMAN and more! Fox has confirmed that both LUCIFER and MINORITY REPORT will be headed to TV this fall, while the #saveconstantine campaign is in full force. In the midst of this, ABC is cancelling the S.H.I.E.L.D spin-off and Jesse Eisenberg tells us that he knows nothing about comics at all.

Our epilogue this week has been closed due to the MASSIVE amount of news that was released. As always, we appreciate all our adventurers who listen to our show every week and we look forward to your feedback on what we discuss! (info@thesurlynerd.com!)

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Episode 136: Goodbye Forever, Hello Secret Wars

In Comic Industry News – Gerry Conway and DC Comics Creators Rights, CBLDF, mutants no more, Fantastic Four and Secret Wars

In Game Industry News – John Riccitello, P.T, Oculus, LEGO and Sony leaving Gamescom

In Entertainment News –  MYST on HULU, Infinity War in IMAX, MACHINIMA new shows, #saveconstantine, S.H.I.E.L.D spin-off, Jessie Eisenberg

Epilogue – Cancelled this week due to NEWS

 #Saveconstantine is in full force

Read about the things we love to talk about!

Who is Gerry Conway?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Conway

Learn about MYST!: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst

Cream Cheese Chicken?…: http://www.food.com/recipe/crock-pot-cream-cheese-chicken-12458

Time to get all up in Germany with Gamescom news!

Kojima comes to Silent Hill

Greetings adventurers, it’s an all new episode of The Surly Nerd! This week we roll into Germany and talk all about what’s going on there with Gamescom! We give you guys a nice cozy prelude before we head into level one this week which is Video Game news. Yep, that’s right, no comics this week because there’s too much happening over in Germany. For those of you not in the know, Gamescom is the yearly video game trade show that is almost as big as E3.

In video game news, we have tons to talk about – kicking it off with Silent Hill getting James all excited the way only Silent Hill can. We hear all about how Destiny is Bungie’s next big hit and how Pathfinder could be coming to video games. We also talk about how Steam is expanding more as well as Nintendo’s ex-indy lead weighs in on the consoles name. Over in entertainment news we talk about the passing of the late, great, Robin Williams and wrap up talking about Marvel working on the Inhumans movie and what Michael Bay might NOT do next. The Epilogue is filled with information about the Unity Engine and why it’s important for the next wave of game developers.

Episode 103: Germany Wins At Games: Summary and Time Stamps

In Game Industry News – Silent Hills, Destiny, Pathfinder, Steam and Nintendo

In Entertainment News –  Robin Williams, Inhumans and Michael Bay!

Epilogue – The Importance of UNITY.

 The Legend, Robin Williams

Read about the things we love to talk about!

More about Robin Williams here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams

What is The Unity Engine ?: http://unity3d.com/

Get down on Carnitas Tacos!: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Slow-Cooked-Carnitas-Tacos-241855

This week we pay tribute to a legend, and James gets super animated. Please to enjoy episode 83.

(0:17:00) In Comic Book Industry News: DC collectibles and NECA have announced their new toy lines, Archie gets their first gay superhero and Dark Horse gives us more Robocop vs. Terminator.

(0:31:00 ish) In Game Industry News: Bioshock sinks as Irrational Games closes, 2K talks the future of Bioshock from their end, production on the Oculus Rift is halted, Sony announces their VR headset, Fallout goes silent, Cliff Bleszinski is done with disks, Microsoft talks Gears and the director of Final Fantasy 7 talks about a remake.

(1:16:00 ish) In Entertainment News: Harold Ramis has left this world and we mourn, Sony and Seth Rogan are doing a movie about the console wars, how Veronica Mars is finding release, Edward Norton is getting his dream movie made, Gary Oldman and  Benedict Cumberbatch join Star Wars, Karl Urban pushes for Judge Dredd 2 and HEROES gets revived.