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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It’s time for our 2019 console state of the union!

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 re-visit our game violence discussion as ESPN cancels an Apex Legends tournament due to the recent shootings. Venom 2 already has a writer and director attached to it that we are here for. Crisis On Infinite Earths gets even bigger with the addition of Smallville.

Also this week, DC has a lot going on with struggling digital sales, their Walmart line of comics expanding and Disney + looming on the horizon. We wrap up the news this week with a talk about 2k games and them threatening a popular youtuber and Phil Spencer giving us his thoughts on modern day consoles.

Our Boss Room this week is our yearly gaming console state of the union!

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It’s time for our annual E3 predicitions episode!

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, Marvel is breaking big news as they set new rules for how they are going to be handling death in comics going forward. DC has announced another Black Label title, and it looks like it’s going to be another in the Batman universe.

Netflix is making waves this week as they hire on the Russo brothers to help pen their newest animated special: Magic The Gathering. Death Stranding has finally given us both a full trailer and a release date and yet we are more confused than ever about this Kojima title.

Also this week, Call of Duty has several huge announcements and they might just be enough to bring fans back to the series once again. Closing out the news this week we have Todd Howard talking about Fallout 76 in a way that we don’t think anyone would appreciate.

This weeks BOSS ROOM is our E3 predictions.

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When does someones fandom go just a little too far?

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, BigBen Interactive is back in the news with an all new Vampire The Masquerade announcement. Playstation Productions was announced to helm some game to movie adaptations, and Sony and Microsoft just might be teaming up for the future of gaming for everyone.

Also this week, Mark Millar’s “The Magic Order” is coming to our screens everywhere with James Wan on board to direct. Netflix is also teasing out some big announcements at E3 and Hulu is working out how exactly to make “The Eyes of the Dragon” the new fantasy series you want to watch.

This weeks BOSS ROOM is a discussion about fandom, fans and the fans that feel a little too entitled to the things they love.

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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.

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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