What is Nintendo secretly doing to make the Switch so successful?

The Nintendo Switch has a secret to success

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where the Superior Spider-man is coming back to comics! Lois Lane is about to take center stage in Superman’s newest comic and Inkypen is the newest comic app to break on to the Nintendo Switch.

Heading into level two, Kingdom Hearts gets a cool VR game ahead of the release of Kingdom Hearts 3. Kingdoms of Amalur is being given a second life thanks to THQ Nordic and the head of Xbox has some choice words for Sony’s stance on cross-platform play.

Over in the world of entertainment, we finally know who is playing Geralt in The Witcher Netflix adaptation. James gets super hyped about a documentary on ALIEN, and the news about New Mutants has us all very excited again.

Our epilogue this week is about what Nintendo’s secret weapon for the Switch is.

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Why do we love Spider-man so much?

Will we always love Spider-man?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where comics are…taking over comics? Marvel has to have more imagery removed from a recent issue of Spider-man, and HOPE is a comic that hopes to bring some light to the issues going on in Flint, MI.

Heading into level two, Streets of Rage 4 is finally happening and we cannot be more excited for it. Square Enix has a new partner than has us all a little nervous, and Xbox is trying out a new way to get a console and hundreds of new games – at little cost to you.

Over in the world of entertainment, SPAWN has some exciting news about how their VFX will be handled. Michael Jackson’s THRILLER is being given a new life this Halloween, and we break down Disney’s new streaming service.

Our epilogue this week is about why Spider-man is one of the greatest heroes of all time.

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Should comics talk about the faith of superheroes?

Does Batman’s faith matter?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Uncanny X-men is coming back in a huge (giant sized) way. Also this week, it was announced that Captain Marvel is getting a new one-shot before the release of her movie. Level one wraps up with the silliest Iceman announcement ever.

Heading into level two, Miyamoto from Nintendo has a lot to say about the current state of the video game business. Steam.tv accidentally got shown off by Valve and people are excited for it. Cyberpunk 2077 takes over the rest of level two with a huge discussion about what we can expect from CD Projekt Red’s newest offering.

Over in the world of entertainment, Hollywood seems to be having some huge issues when it comes to deciding what the rating of the Venom movie should be. James’ gets a little angry over the announcement of a Jacob’s Ladder re-imagining and everyone gets super hyped for the newest news about Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark.

Our epilogue this week is about the religious faith of super heroes.

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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.

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What is On-Demand Gaming and why do we want it?

Let’s discuss on demand gaming!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where DC has begun announcing their lineup for Batman Day 2018. We also have a cool new hero inventor kit made to promote STEM. Level one wraps up with an interesting talk about how Spotify is breaking into comics in a big way!

Heading into level two, EVO 2018 has concluded and Tekken has announced a badass new character for season 2. Nickelodeon is getting into the Mario Kart game with their own racer using characters from all of their IP’s. Level two closes out with a talk about what Fortnite is doing to get around Android and try and make more money.

Over in the world of entertainment, Frank Miller has finally gotten the rights to Sin City back, but does he need them? We also talk about movie pass and its new AMC competition and Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are together once again for what sounds like one heck of a heist movie.

Our epilogue this week is about the rise of “on-demand” gaming.

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