The devil’s in the details, and we tell you why!

What little details do you love in video games?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where a new (awesome) charity was just announced this week. We also have retailers striking back against Marvel for their business practices and we tell you about a new, amazing sounding comic book about…Wrestling?

Heading into level two, we talk about gave developer tricks that you might not know about, and how using a keyboard and mouse will work on the Xbox. We close up level two with HTC looking for buyers for the Vive and what that might mean for the future of VR.

Over in the world of entertainment, The Crow reboot seems to be going forward…again. Drew Barrymore is working on what sounds like an amazing new horror series and the team behind Stranger Things tell you what you need to do to get ready for season 2 of their show.

Our epilogue is week is all about the tiny details in video games that do nothing, but make us happy.

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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Destiny 2 takes over as James is out for the week and the inmates run the asylum!

What did you think we would talk about?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd!

This week is a bit chaotic as not only did a hurricane hit our home state, but James was out on vacation on the very same week!

Join us as we get together some semblance of an episode, with a guest host and all the weeks nerd news that we could think to rant about, on an all new episode!

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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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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