Gamestop is making major changes, but is it enough?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head right into the weekly raid (our news roundup).

Kicking things off this week, huge casting news comes to us about the upcoming remake of “The Stand”. We continue our King talk with his newest book getting an adaptation and Kojima open up about what real life events influenced the making of Death Stranding.

Also this week, we have Wonder Woman making her black label debut. Dragon Quest 1-3 are coming to the Switch and Project Resistance is a new Resident Evil game that you should keep an eye on. We close out the news with a discussion about Fallout 76’s new microtransactions and what they mean for the future of the game.

Our Boss Room this week is about Gamestop’s plans to change their stores to hopefully save them.

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Disney might buy parts of Fox, but what does that mean for the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

What does this potential purchase mean for the MCU?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where New York is about to honor Bill Finger. We also have IMAGE pulling together an anthology to support the survivors of the Las Vegas shooting and James gets super excited about an all-new Bloodborne comic.

Heading into level two, we give the deets on what Super Mario Odyssey sold and cover all the big news that came out of Blizzcon. There’s also a (strangely) cool announcement from GameStop and microtransactions take center stage again as we talk about Monster Hunter World.

Over in the world of entertainment, we debate if we want/need a prequel movie to “Night of the Living Dead”. Fans finally get the Friday the 13th/Evil Dead crossover they have always wanted and arguments have to be made for and against wanting a new Twilight Zone reboot.

Our epilogue is week is all about the possible acquisition of Fox properties by Disney.

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Everyone loves Batman, but what is it about him that keeps drawing us back to the darkness time and time again?

Why do we love the bat so much?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics where the Love Is Love comic is defying all expectations and Luke Cage is ready to break back into his own title. Level one comes to a close with a full on HYDRA take over that has us (kind of) excited.

Heading into level two, GAMESTOP is getting ready to close down a bunch of retail locations and Facebook is entering the game streaming…game. Blizzard blows away level two with not one but two amazing Starcraft announcements that have us requiring additional pylons.

Over in the world of entertainment, VENOM gets a ton of new announcements and we get the final word on what’s going on with Zombieland 2. The curtains fall on level three with a break down of the website Rotten Tomatoes, and if it’s really worth trusting.

Our epilogue this week is all about the man, the bat, the legend – Batman, and why he’s so damn popular. 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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What does it mean to be an entertainment Visionary? Do we judge visionaries unfairly? Come with us as we discuss this, and the week in geek news, on an all new episode of…The Surly Nerd!

Was FABLE truly great?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics with Penny Dreadful coming back, but in a new form. We also debate the loss of the Flash’s movie director and (finally) get confirmation as to why the X-men have been pushed to the side over at Marvel.

Over in games, we fanboy out over a ton of new Diablo 3 news. We also get into the state of digital distribution and how that is hurting Gamestop’s bottom line. Level 2 comes to a close with more talk about the Nintendo Switch and how Nintendo will balance it with the 3DS.

Over in the world of entertainment, we have STARSHIP TROOPERS ready to come back! Voltron rumors are abound and we could not be more excited. We close down Level 3 with a big ‘ol talk about the future of the SANDMAN films and what we want out of them.

Our epilogue this week is ALL about the concept of visionaries! 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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Can SANDMAN actually be filmed?

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about Hideo Kojima: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideo_Kojima

Check out the Del Toro!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro

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

Is SDCC (San Diego Comic Con) worth it anymore? We tackle this and more on this weeks…The Surly Nerd!

Scary Stories get a documentary and we want it NOW!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After the prelude where James gushes about Bloodborne, we jump into comics where Tony gets his chance to fanboy over Pacific Rim more and we close down level 1 talking about digital comics and what’s new on the horizon with Black Mask Studios.

In video game industry news, Konami kicks up even more controversy surrounding Kojima leaving and what that means for Silent Hills. Gamestop is knocking it out of the park with its digital sales while the creator of Oddworld tell us why he thinks capitalism is killing video games and we give you our reasons why we both agree and disagree with him. Over in Entertainment news, Ready Player One is ready for prime time, we’re getting both a Spock and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark documentary which sends our inner nerds screaming. We close out level 3 with Jason Segel taking over some LEGO projects and why your inner child should be excited about it.

Our Epilogue this week is about San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and if it’s still relevant to the comics industry at large. 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 132: Escape From SDCC

In Comic Industry News – Pacific Rim, Black Mask Studios

In Game Industry News – Gamestop, Silent Hills, Oddworld

In Entertainment News –  Spock Documentary, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Documentary, Lego Movies

Epilogue – SDCC Relevance

 Is SDCC still relevant?

Read about the things we love to talk about!

What is SDCC?: http://www.comic-con.org/

Learn about the Scary Stories Documentary: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/scary-stories-a-documentary

Shhh…: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_Stories_to_Tell_in_the_Dark