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!)

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All about Wonder Woman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Woman


Check out Backwards Compatibility: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_compatibility

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Can censorship be used for comedy gold? We explore this and the week in news, on an all new episode!

How did this get past the censors?!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comic news where we find out what bad ass free book is coming to people who attend SDCC. We also have some great Humble Bundle news, and wrap everything in level one up with a talk about why Wizard World is failing globally.

Over in the world of entertainment, we celebrate Adam West, and have fun talking about why the Babadook is suddenly so popular. We also have a cassette release around the corner for Stranger Things, what’s scaring children on the set of IT and finally get answers as to how much of the Justice League will be changed now that Joss Whedon is in charge of it.

Our epilogue is week is all about how censorship can be used to great effect in comedy. 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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All about The Animaniacs : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animaniacs


Check out The Eisner Humble Bundle!: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/eisner-nominees-2017-comics

Batman cupcakes!: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/batman-cupcakes

Marvel’s readership has declined, so we head out this week to save the Marvel Universe!

We’re here to save Marvel!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comic news where the year of strange comics continues – with LOCKJAW getting his own comic title. We also get into the new RUNAWAYS announcement and talk about this new, cool DARK MULTIVERSE that DC has for us, right around the corner.

Heading into level two, FARCRY 5 has been announced and it actually sounds…really cool. The WITCHER continues to make headlines and break records, just like Nintendo is doing with their Switch console.

Over in the world of entertainment, RESIDENT EVIL is getting a reboot and we have a lot to say about it. Level 3 wraps up with a discussion about the NEW MUTANTS movie and what AMC might be out to prove with their new WALKING DEAD animated releases.

Our epilogue is week is all about bringing new readership over to Marvel comics! 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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All about The Witcher : www.thewitcher.com/


Check out The Atlantic Marvel article: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/05/the-real-reasons-for-marvel-comics-woes/527127/

Batman cupcakes!: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/batman-cupcakes

The Destiny reveal was this week, so we’re ready to deep dive (with a special guest host) into what all was announced!

One of the new propaganda posters for the Nightwing series

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics where Marvel is going all in on Hail-ing Hydra. We also have an update on DC’s Rebirth/Watchmen story line and get into DC’s newest Bombshell announcement.

Heading into level two, we get into the future of VR with sadly more lawsuit announcements.We also break down frame-caps for the Xbox Scorpio, and talk about Overwatches new amateur leagues and why it’s important.

Over in the world of entertainment, The Witcher has been announced as a Netflix series and The Dark Crystal gets an some fantastic news as well. We wind down level three with a big Venom story that has us arguing over if this movie should even be made.

Our epilogue is week is all about the Destiny 2 reveal! 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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All about Destiny 2 : https://www.destinythegame.com/

Check out Hi Hungry, I’m Dad: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jared-mcclelland/hi-hungry-im-dad

Batman cupcakes!: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/batman-cupcakes

It’s time to argue about the use of the term “RPG” in modern gaming!

How many RPG video games are truly RPG’s?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics where Marvel is trying to get their fans to get on board with Secret Empire (and it’s not working). We also break down DC’s new young imprint and try and figure out why comic book sales are down from last month – even with two major events going on.

Heading into level two, Overwatch is taking the world by storm – but why? We also give you some fun news about Starcraft and dive into the history and potential sequel to Darksiders.

Over in the world of entertainment, Logan is getting a black and white re-release that has us super excited and a Gears of War release that has us…not as excited. Level three comes to a close with comments from David Lynch about why he’s leaving movies and we explore if he’s really a fit for modern Hollywood.

Our epilogue is week is a fun semantics argument on use of the term RPG in modern gaming. 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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All about Role-playing games : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game

Check out David Lynch: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186/

Batman cupcakes!: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/batman-cupcakes