Episode 338 : The Problem With Superman
Does the world still care about Superman?
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, Locke and Key finally has a release date. 2k Games has come out and said that they are working on a new Bioshock project and Sabrina gets a Netflix announcement as well.
Also this week, Resident Evil 3 is the worst kept secret in video games. There was an announcement trailer for Twin Peaks that looks…strange. Starship Troopers is coming back to video games, Riot settles their harassment lawsuit and Minecraft has gone full cross-platform and brought our hearts together.
Our Boss Room this week is about Superman: His relevance, and if he can be made relate-able again.
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 322 : Console State Of The Union
It’s time for our 2019 console state of the union!
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, we re-visit our game violence discussion as ESPN cancels an Apex Legends tournament due to the recent shootings. Venom 2 already has a writer and director attached to it that we are here for. Crisis On Infinite Earths gets even bigger with the addition of Smallville.
Also this week, DC has a lot going on with struggling digital sales, their Walmart line of comics expanding and Disney + looming on the horizon. We wrap up the news this week with a talk about 2k games and them threatening a popular youtuber and Phil Spencer giving us his thoughts on modern day consoles.
Our Boss Room this week is our yearly gaming console state of the union!
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Episode 321 : Video Game Violence and You
Sadly, it’s time to talk about violence in video games
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, the book “The Console Wars” is being turned into both a documentary AND a television show and we could not be more excited. We have a huge news roundup for CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover and Cloak and Dagger is finally getting the crossover it deserves.
Also this week, Stephen King is working on a new ending for “The Stand” for the new series, and E3 had a huge privacy leak that has affected thousands. Closing out our news this week is an update on what the FTC is going to do about loot boxes in America and Crash Team Racing makes headlines again as they add microtransactions retroactively to their game.
Our Boss Room this week is a discussion on video game violence and how it’s affecting people around the world.
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Episode 317: The Importance of Captain America
Why is Captain American such an important superhero?
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, we have the final donation numbers from SGDQ, and a follow up to last weeks news that the Vertigo line of comics was being cancelled. We also have news of a Hellraiser television series that could bring the franchise back into the mainstream.
Google finally has an update to how data caps will work with their streaming service (spoilers: it’s not great). We close out the week in news with the Lost Boys going back to completely re-film their pilot, Masters of Doom is being made into a television series and after all these years – SANDMAN is finally getting its own series on Netflix.
Our Boss Room this week is about the importance of Captain America
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Episode 316 : EA Needs to Stop
EA Games is back to make everyone’s lives miserable!
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, Cyberpunk takes center stage as we get a break down on how their DLC will work and discuss the all-new tabletop RPG coming out that will act as a prelude to the main CDPR game. From there we move to Bungie and their in-office quality of life changes and DC Comics’ plan for the Vertigo line.
The comic news keeps rolling in as we talk about Netflix’s plan for the Dark Crystal. JJ Abrams is teaming up with his son to work on a special Spider-Man project for Marvel comics and our raid winds down as we talk about Take-Two’s CEO’s opinion on video game unions. (spoilers, it’s not great)
Our Boss Room this week is about EA games and what they have been doing (and ruining) in the world of video games.
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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