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!

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.

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!

Thanks to Activision, it’s time for part 2 on our debate over microtransactions!

Is this really the future?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we have even more awesome Pacific Rim news! Also this week, we break down what is wrong with Free Comic Book Day, and we discuss if Marvel should host their own convention, like D23.

Heading into level two, Sony is working with Nintendo – and we’re pretty excited about it. We also mourn the loss of Visceral (and their upcoming Star Wars game) and Phil Spencer wins our hearts again as he discusses platform-exclusive DLC.

Over in the world of entertainment, we break down what we could be seeing for the New Mutants movies going forward. Also this week, John Carpenter opens up on his philosophy on remaking his movies and Robert Englund tells us if he is willing to step into Freddy’s shoes again.

Our epilogue is week is a part-two of our ongoing debate about the ethics of microtransactions.

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!

Are Microsoft’s backwards compatibility announcements really about JUST backwards compatibility?

Is this the future of Xbox?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics, where the year of weird comics continues with Wonder Woman crossing over with Conan. We also have a breakdown of what Marvel’s Generations and Legends series are as well as the award winners for the 2017 Disney Legacy Award.

Heading into level two, Neil DeGrasse Tyson has decided to get into the business of video games! We also toss out ideas as to what Atari’s new console is going to be and tell you what mess Konami has gotten themselves into…again.

Over in the world of entertainment, we find out what kind of (horror) movie Jurassic World 2 is going to be, and we have a couple of awesome sounding horror documentaries right around the corner!

Our epilogue is week is all about how backwards compatibility isn’t really about backwards compatibility. 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!

From New X-Boxes to Captain America, we address the things that make you make angry tweet – on an all new episode of…The Surly Nerd!

Delay and all, we need No Man’s Sky

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we find out about the new X-men TV spinoff, LEGION! We also chat about the all-new IDW shared universe and James gets a little too excited over the prospect of a DISHONORED comic book line. Level one comes to a close with a discussion about the DC television vs film properties and how one hurts the other.

In game industry news, things get tense when the topic of EA’s thoughts on WWI come up and get even worse as we argue if VR is actually worth the price of entry. After that, Injustice 2 news perks our spirits back up only to be crushed by a discussion about fanboys reaction to NO MAN’S SKY being delayed. Our main topic for level two is all about the new rumors that the X-box will be getting a new system – hot on the heels of the new PS 4.5 announcement.

Over in the world of entertainment, we chat about John Carpenter a lot – from his announcement on the new Halloween project to what he thinks about Friday the 13th. After that we break down what’s new in the world of Friday the 13th and Tony gets on a rant about why a live action Little Mermaid could work and or bomb. Level 3 comes to an end as we talk about the Star Wars Rogue One re-shoots and why it’s not as big of a deal as people are making it out to be.

Our epilogue this week is about the major plot twist that happened in Captain America’s 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!)

Grab a drink and settle on in for this weeks action packed episode of…The Surly Nerd

Episode 163: Leave Captain America Alone!

In Comic Industry News – Legion, IDW, Dishonored, DC Film and Tv

In Game Industry News – EA, VR, Injustice 2, No man’s sky, X-box next

In Entertainment News – John Carpenter, Friday the 13th, The Little Mermaid, Star Wars: Rogue One

Epilogue – Captain America!

Is this Hydra thing a big deal?

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about Allison Road!: http://www.allisonroadgame.com/

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

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