Episode 347 : DC Isn’t DCeased

What is going on at DC Comics?

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 Locke & Key teaming up Sandman and we couldn’t be happier. Also in the world of comics, Hearts of Darkness is coming back in a huge way and Borderlands is going to be coming to the big screen.
Also this week, Train to Busan is getting another entry in its universe. Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark has a new tribute book and the graphic novel The Auteur is coming to television. We close out the news this week with Kickstarter becoming the first tech company to unionize.
Our Boss Room this week is about all the changes going on at DC Comics and what it could mean for the future of the brand.
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 334 : The Future Of PlayStation

Changes are happening at Sony, but what does that mean for the PS5?

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 start on a happy note as we talk about the delays to the Master Chief Collection and why that’s a good thing. Blizzard takes center stage as Diablo 4 implements micro transactions and we find out just how much money Activision has made in the last quarter alone in micro transactions. We also have a slew of TV renewals to get hyped for, to wash the bad Blizzard talk out of our mouths.
Also this week, Scream is in talks to hit the big screen again – but do we want it? Jeff Kaplan finally opens up on the Blizzard ruling of Blitzchung and China is putting stricter regulations on how much their citizens can game. We close out the news this week with Smash Brother becoming the largest selling fighting game of all time, and with good reason.
Our Boss Room this week is all about the management changes at Sony and what it means for the future of the PlayStation.
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 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
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 290 : 2018 Year In Review

Welcome everyone to our news roundup for all of 2018!

Happy Holidays!
Greetings adventurers! This week we will be breaking down all the big topics of 2018! Join us for a very special episode of The Surly Nerd!
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Episode 207 : E-Sports And Chaos (200 redux)

We are revisiting e-sports – but this time with special guests!

This episode is pure chaos
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics where the Ghastly awards is going away and Mark Millar has an awesome new annoucement. We close out level one with a talk about Free Comic Book Day and why you should go!
Heading into level two, 343 is trying to fix what they broke in Halo 5, and we get into why it’s wrong for Nintendo to not head on out to E3 this year.
Over in the world of entertainment, Sandman might come to TV – but can it Really happen this time? Level three ends with a debate about the Marvel “phases” concept and if Marvel should drop it all together.
Our epilogue is us revisiting E-sports, but this time with some very special guests. 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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Check out Sandman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandman
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