What happens when a game company decides to change the formula of a beloved franchise?

Is it ok to change a games formula?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Image is finally making some variant covers we can get behind. We also find out what special Batman story Brian Michael Bendis has in store for me in the pages of Pearl #1. Level one comes to a close which a discussion and debate about the three jokers of the Batman universe.

Heading into level two, we go all out talking about how the leveling system in Fallout 76 works. Big news was announced this week for the future of DOOM that has us all really excited and Germany has made history by removing a ban on Nazi related images inside of games.

Over in the world of entertainment, we’re starting to get a little worried about the future of the VENOM movie. James gets a little TOO excited to talk about one of his favorite films of all time: The Frighteners. Level 3 comes to a close with a big talk about the HALO television series.

Our epilogue this week is about developers taking risks on old IP’s.

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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2017 is at an end. Come celebrate the year that broke our hearts with us!

Goodbye 2017

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! This is a very special “one off” bonus episode, all about the big news and events that shaped pop-culture in 2017.

Join us for our last episode of the year as we rant about all the crap that happened to the things we love.

The end is nigh for Greenlight, but what does that mean for us Steam users?

Goodbye, Greenlight. We hardly liked ye

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics where Steve Rogers is ramping up to take over the Marvel universe. We also celebrate the 100th birthday of Will Eisner and get way too hyped about Netflix expanding their brand into comics and toys.

Heading into level two, we break down what is new in the world of Call of Duty, which might mean going back to something older. Nintendo had a huge announcement this week for SWITCH users and E3 is finally opening its doors to the public for the first time in a very long time.

Over in the world of entertainment, heated words get exchanged as Netflix has announced a new animated Castlevania series and claims it will be the best western game adaptation ever. We also find about the resurrection of the Halloween franchise and get into what makes Marvel movie villains so horrible (and how they are planing to fix that).

Our epilogue this week is about the end of the Steam Greenlight program and what that means for us gamers. 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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The Inhumans are on the rise, but are we ready to welcome our non-mutant overlords? We break down what’s new for Marvel’s royals and more on an all new episode!

Are we ready for the Inhuman’s world?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics where we hear about the rise, fall and Resurrection of “Rat Queens”. We also have more information about the new Inhumans ROYALS series and Tony gets way too excited about the upcoming Dark Crystal comic.

Over in games, we relive the past as Xbox turns 15. We also get into the hot mess that is the game “Star Citizen” before heading into our theories as to what the price of the Xbox Scorpio will be. Level two winds down with a talk about the importance of taking care of upcoming game developers.

Over in the world of entertainment we have breaking news about who is going to be the new director of Deadpool 2. Everyone gets a little uncomfortable as we find out what Paul W.S Anderson is going to be working on next now that Resident Evil is complete and close down level 3 with news about who the Director of Photography is for the newest Predator flick and why you should care.

Our epilogue this week is all about Marvel’s the Inhumans and if they can become great 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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Who let Tony take over the epilogue again? What’s going down at the CW? Do show need to follow their original source material?! The answers to these questions and more on an all new episode of…The Surly Nerd!

Is there room on FOX for the Key-house?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where big changes are happening. We’ve changed the show format so on top of hearing what’s new in the world of Archie in comics, you will hear about what’s going on with Archie in show form as well! We also talk about what’s going on with season 2 of Supergirl, Locke and Key getting another shot at TV and what Wolverine being rated R really means to comic movies at large.

In game industry news, we mourn the loss of Disney Infinity, talk about Capcom’s full scale offensive for Resident Evil and what improvements are being made to the ESL. We close up shop on level 2 with talk about how much the Dark Souls board game has made and what we think about there being a “no-console” future for gaming in general.

Over in the world of entertainment, we jump into the new Mummy movie and talk about how it could succeed or fail. We also discuss the upcoming ROBOCOP documentary, the I KILL GIANTS movie and the rumors of a new Dungeons and Dragons movie. Level 3 comes to and end with a discussion about foreign horror and if it needs to really be remade by Hollywood or not.

Our epilogue this week is shows and movies staying true to their source material, as chosen by Tony. 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 161: Original Sources Not Cited

In Comic Industry News – Archie, Riverdale, Supergirl, Locke and Key, Wolverine

In Game Industry News – Resident Evil, Disney Infinity, Dark Souls, ESL, No Console Future

In Entertainment News – The Mummy, Robocop, I Kill Giants, Dungeons and Dragons, Foreign Horror

Epilogue – Source Material in TV/Movies

We never need an excuse to talk about Robocop

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about The Justice League!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League

Learn about Sandman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_%28Vertigo%29

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