How much control should a game dev have over toxicity in their games?

Should devs have full banhammer control?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Hellboy is finally being collected in a way that has us opening our wallets. We also have an awesome IDW comic journal announcement and we get into the Comic-Con lawsuit that could affect conventions all over the U.S.

Heading into level two, PUBG continues to smash records, and the NES Classic is coming back in a big way. Level two winds down as Microsoft brings us some amazing new ways for us to play that could very well be the future of gaming.

Over in the world of entertainment, there’s more horror anthologies around the corner and we finally have one we absolutely cannot wait for. We also talk about John Landis’ opinions on his son remaking American Werewolf in London and the biggest announcement for the week is who’s now taking over Star Wars: Episode IX

Our epilogue is week is about how game developers should handle toxicity in their games (if at all).

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It’s time to debate The Avengers vs The Defenders on an all-new episode!

Is The Defenders better than the Avengers on-screen?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we say goodbye to one of the greats – Len Wein. After that, we get into the new Die Hard story book, talk TENCENT getting into the US comic market and tell you what the hell DC’s Dark Nights: Metal is and why it’s doing so well.

Heading into level two, we have a TON of news from Rockstar about L.A Noire. Blizzard has a huge e-sports announcement and we break down Hideo Kojima’s insane approach to designing video games.

Over in the world of entertainment, X-force has been announced and has an AWESOME writer/director attached to it. We finally find out what AMC’s Shock Theatre anthology is, and IT has taken the world by storm.

Our epilogue is week is a spoiler-filled talk about The Avengers vs The Defenders.

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Destiny 2 takes over as James is out for the week and the inmates run the asylum!

What did you think we would talk about?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd!

This week is a bit chaotic as not only did a hurricane hit our home state, but James was out on vacation on the very same week!

Join us as we get together some semblance of an episode, with a guest host and all the weeks nerd news that we could think to rant about, on an all new episode!

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With all the awful news in the world, we take this week to tell you why we love pop culture.

It’s time for an episode about love

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Archie is getting back into the super-hero game. We also have an awesome Archie Elseworlds announcement as well as our thoughts on the news that B.P.R.D is coming to an end.

Heading into level two, we get into the changes that Xbox Achievements are going to be going under. We also break down what’s new with the Overwatch leagues and wrap things up with GOG’s new sale.

Over in the world of entertainment, The Munsters are ready to make a comeback. Neuromancer was announced and we’re way too excited for it, but not as excited as we are for the Good Omens announcement.

Our epilogue is week is all about why we love the pop culture that we do.

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Are Microsoft’s backwards compatibility announcements really about JUST backwards compatibility?

Is this the future of Xbox?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics, where the year of weird comics continues with Wonder Woman crossing over with Conan. We also have a breakdown of what Marvel’s Generations and Legends series are as well as the award winners for the 2017 Disney Legacy Award.

Heading into level two, Neil DeGrasse Tyson has decided to get into the business of video games! We also toss out ideas as to what Atari’s new console is going to be and tell you what mess Konami has gotten themselves into…again.

Over in the world of entertainment, we find out what kind of (horror) movie Jurassic World 2 is going to be, and we have a couple of awesome sounding horror documentaries right around the corner!

Our epilogue is week is all about how backwards compatibility isn’t really about backwards compatibility. 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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