How important are tutorials and training for multiplayer games?

How much training should a multiplayer game give you?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where the Teen Titans are taking over Americas libraries. We also have a huge Nightmare Before Christmas announcement, and news about DUNE coming back to comics.

Heading into level two, we break down what the Sega Genesis Classic and Atari Classic consoles are. We also get into anything and everything Ubisoft with news about Skull and Bones and why they are excited for the Xbox One.

Over in the world of entertainment, we have the Scary Stories books making a HUGE comeback, and John Wick is getting an expanded universe. Level three comes to a close with a mega talk about AMC and what shows they are investing in right now, and what’s new with the Terminator franchise.

Our epilogue is week is all about teaching multiplayer to new players, versus letting them figure it out for themselves.

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!)

Grab a drink and settle on in for this weeks action packed episode of…The Surly Nerd!

Is SDCC (San Diego Comic Con) worth it anymore? We tackle this and more on this weeks…The Surly Nerd!

Scary Stories get a documentary and we want it NOW!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After the prelude where James gushes about Bloodborne, we jump into comics where Tony gets his chance to fanboy over Pacific Rim more and we close down level 1 talking about digital comics and what’s new on the horizon with Black Mask Studios.

In video game industry news, Konami kicks up even more controversy surrounding Kojima leaving and what that means for Silent Hills. Gamestop is knocking it out of the park with its digital sales while the creator of Oddworld tell us why he thinks capitalism is killing video games and we give you our reasons why we both agree and disagree with him. Over in Entertainment news, Ready Player One is ready for prime time, we’re getting both a Spock and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark documentary which sends our inner nerds screaming. We close out level 3 with Jason Segel taking over some LEGO projects and why your inner child should be excited about it.

Our Epilogue this week is about San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and if it’s still relevant to the comics industry at large. As always, we appreciate all our adventurers who listen to our show every week and we look forward to your feedback on what we discuss! (info@thesurlynerd.com!)

Grab a drink and settle on in for this weeks action packed episode of…The Surly Nerd

Episode 132: Escape From SDCC

In Comic Industry News – Pacific Rim, Black Mask Studios

In Game Industry News – Gamestop, Silent Hills, Oddworld

In Entertainment News –  Spock Documentary, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Documentary, Lego Movies

Epilogue – SDCC Relevance

 Is SDCC still relevant?

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What is SDCC?: http://www.comic-con.org/

Learn about the Scary Stories Documentary: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/scary-stories-a-documentary

Shhh…: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_Stories_to_Tell_in_the_Dark

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark takes center stage on this weeks…The Surly Nerd!

One of the many reasons we loved the Scary Stories series

Greetings adventurers, it’s time for an all new episode of The Surly Nerd! This week we come at you with all the geeky news you need, kicking it off with a warm and fuzzy prologue about the comic books we have been reading. From there we move into comic book news where we talk about the new Mondo Batman the Animated Series vinyl, the Guardians of the Galaxy team up comic, and close up level one talking about the Masters of the Universe art book.

In Level 2, we talk about the new 3DS homebrew scene, what the Swedes are proposing to rate sexism in video games, and why Paranautical Activity picked up their main programmer after kicking him out for threatening to kill Valves’ Gabe Newell. In Entertainment News we chat it up about the new Playstation Vue, share some memories of the network once called Tech TV and wrap up level 3 with a big discussion on the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark movie and why we need this in our lives. Before we say our good-byes for the week we close out the show with a discussion about the Lego franchise and when too much Lego is too much.

So grab a drink and settle on in for this weeks action packed episode of…The Surly Nerd!

Episode 115: Surly Stories To Tell In The Dark Summary:

In Comic Industry News – Mondo and Batman, Guardians of the Galaxy and Masters of the Universe

In Game Industry News – 3DS Homebrew, Swedish ratings, Paranautical Activity and Valve

In Entertainment News –  Playstation Vue, G4, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Epilogue – LEGO!

 Poor old Harold

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_Stories_to_Tell_in_the_Dark

Who is Stephen Gammell?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gammell

Graveyard Taco Dip!: http://blog.chickabug.com/2013/09/graveyard-taco-dip.html