How Important Are Game Tutorials?

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 delve deep into the world of Batman – as we give everyone a huge Bat-News roundup. We also have EA coming out and talking about their plan for Anthem and it might not be as good as they hope.

Also this week, we get into E3 prep mode as we talk about Geoff Keighley bowing out from the signature tradeshow. Nintendo does confirm they will have an E3 presence even if it’s not like most people would like. We close down the news this week talking about the huge cast reveal for the upcoming Masters of the Universe Netflix show.

Our Boss Room this week is a deep dive discussion into video game tutorials and what makes for a good or bad one.

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What can past gaming failures tell us about the future of gaming?

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, Half Life is finally coming back but not in a way that has everyone hyped. Cyberpunk is opening up about their upcoming multiplayer and we dive into horror with a new James Wan film and Renfield getting his own movie for the very first time.

Also this week, Elric has finally been picked up for the small screen and The Maxx is making a comeback in a huge way. We wrap up this news this week talking about the upcoming Master of the Universe crossover and why the nominations for this years Game Awards are so controversial.

Our Boss Room this week is about failed gaming technology and what it can tell us about the Stadia and various VR devices.

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The modern MMO is dead, all hail the post-modern MMO

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 a ton of Masters of the Universe news from a new comic to a new show on Netflix. We keep down the Netflix train with an announcement of a new Elvis spy cartoon and move to Hulu to discuss their new “Adventure into Fear” series.

Also this week, we have the crew behind “Haunting of Hill House” working on a new “choose your own adventure” horror film. The Magicians is getting a new mini comic series and the head of Dragon Age has left Bioware. Wrapping up the news this week is a new deal that has Sony buying up Spider-man developer Insomniac games.

Our Boss Room this week is all about the possible death of the modern MMO.

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What does the release of Apex Legends tell us about shows like E3?

Why are you not playing Apex Legends right now?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Hellboy is celebrating his 25th birthday with one heck of a beer release. Rob Liefeld is taking us into the world of Deadpool one last time, and Donny Cates REALLY wants to reboot the Ultimates universe.

Kicking off video game news this week, a ton of class PC games such as Baldur’s Gate are about to find a new home on modern video game consoles. Microsoft Studios is changing their name for the better, and troubles are afoot over at Activision Blizzard.

Over in the world of entertainment, Sony is making their animation software accessible for the masses, so we can all make our own Spider-Verse movie. Hulu is launching 4 new animated Marvel series, and Scorsese and Hulu have teamed up to bring the legend of H.H Holmes to life.

Our epilogue this week is about the release of Apex Legends, and how it impacts major trade shows like E3.

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Why is there so much hate over Fallout 76?

What went wrong?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where RIVERDALE is getting a new comic all about Gryphons & Gargoyles. Zorro is celebrating his 100th birthday in a spooky way and we dive into a new title from Image Comics – American Carnage.

Kicking off video game news this week, Kingdom Hearts 3 is finally complete and ready for the world. Tony takes us into a deep dive on what’s new in the world of Destiny and Civilization is about to get political (and we love it).

Over in the world of entertainment, YouTube is hoping to get into movie streaming in a big way. VENOM is quickly becoming one of the biggest superhero films of all time and Jordan Peele is helping bring the world of CANDYMAN to life once again.

Our epilogue this week is about the release of Fallout 76.

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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