How can comics keep going, when they are so inaccessible?

Marvel Legacy could ruin everything

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we break down IDW’s new digital platform. We also get into the new Wet Hot American Summer comic, and we tell you about Chip Zdarsky’s new Marvel variant covers.

Heading into level two, we celebrate the life of Daniel Licht, and tell you everything that’s wrong with the upcoming Metroid game. We also have a huge Xbox announcement, and theorize about how Skull and Bones’ single player campaign will work.

Over in the world of entertainment, we have a huge Netflix announcement, and an awesome documentary on indiegogo you should support. Level three winds down with a discussion about Marvel movie villains, and why they are never as strong as their heroes.

Our epilogue is week is all about what’s currently wrong with comics, and how we could fix it.

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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“I steal from every single movie ever made. If people don’t like that, then tough tills, don’t go and see it, all right? I steal from everything. Great artists steal, they don’t do homages.” -Quentin Tarantino

When is it stealing art, and when is it an homage?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics, where IDW is bring both Star Wars and a new young reader line out that has us excited. Also in comics we have all things Harley Quinn as she’s about to turn 25 and we break down what the hell is still going wrong with Wizard World.

Heading into level two, Blizzard continues killing it with what their plans are for Starcraft Remastered and we tell you what the gaming division of Marvel is planning to do to make their games like the MCU going forward.

Over in the world of entertainment, we finally have more information about the remake of American Werewolf in London and we continue our discussion about practical effects as we tell you what’s new with the brand new Hellboy movie. Entertainment wraps up with a talk about what’s new with the Batman film franchise and how it could very well be a game changer for the DCEU.

Our epilogue is week is all about how pop culture influences all modern works, and why that’s ok.

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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We know gaming is popular, but are games as ingrained into our culture as we think they are?

This man thinks games have not taken over the world

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics where we mourn the passing of Bernie Wrightson. We also get into the history of comic book distribution and get into what’s new with Ghost Rider and New York Comic Con.

Heading into level two, we debate accessibility versus challenge in fighting games thanks to Marvel vs Capcom Infinite and get way too excited for the Disney Afternoon Collection. Level two winds down with a talk about game development and how it’s taking over the world.

Over in the world of entertainment, we have SCREAM getting a whole new cast for season 3, VENOM getting a big ‘ol movie announcement and a trip back into the past as we talk about the remake of the classic show “Amazing Stories”.

Our epilogue this week is about influence of gaming on the 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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At what point should we leave cult classics alone?

When should we leave cult classics alone?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics where we break down what Greater Creators is and why you should be watching it. We also have a comic CREATORS convention announcement and we close out level one with a discussion on if comic relaunches are really all they have cracked up to be.

Heading into level two, Square Enix is taking on Marvel properties but leaving Deus Ex in the dust. Microsoft fills out the latter half of level two with big announcements on backwards compatibility and their “snap” feature.

Over in the world of entertainment, we have a big ‘ol update on the future of the newest Batman movie and what that means for DC entertainment as a whole. We also get into the Highlander remake and end level three with a talk about what James Cameron thinks about things.

Our epilogue this week is about cult classics and when they should be left as they are. 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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(Disclaimer: this episode uses language that we do not condone using in any way shape or form. It was used in context of the episode to provide an unfiltered example of something we find socially unacceptable)

This week we ask the question: What will our games say about us, culturally?

What do our games say about us?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics where a lost Marvel title is finally getting resurrected and an old Spider-Man villain is finally coming back to comics. Level one comes to an end with a big talk about Injustice 2 and why we’re super excited for it.

Heading into level two, Fox is getting into the world of gaming and we’re strangely excited for it. We also break down the new Xbox free-to-play reward system and we close out level two with a discussion on how gaming is a positive thing for mental health.

Over in the world of entertainment, Star Wars episode 8 has a title and the internet is going crazy over fan theories on what it means for the future of the franchise. We also have some AMAZING Terminator news that makes us super excited and some Suicide Squad news that is surprisingly enjoyable. (and we prove mathematically that Predator is better than Star Wars)

Our epilogue this week is about what our video games will say about us as a culture (deep thoughts, yo). 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!

(Disclaimer: this episode uses language that we do not condone using in any way shape or form. It was used in context of the episode to provide an unfiltered example of something we find socially unacceptable)