Episode 335 : X019 Inside Xbox

X019 is at an end, but are we hyped for what’s next?

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, Nebula is finally getting her own comic series and James Gunn has a lot to say about that. Netflix has faith in the Witcher and are also teaming up with Nickelodeon to bring a lot of our childhood favorites to their streaming service.
Also this week, The Runaways is finally coming to an end, and Sin City might be coming to the small screen. We close out the news this week talking about Netflix’s newest horror series and what to expect now that the Stadia has launched.
Our Boss Room this week is about Microsoft’s X019 Inside Xbox conference.
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 321 : Video Game Violence and You

Sadly, it’s time to talk about violence in video games

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, the book “The Console Wars” is being turned into both a documentary AND a television show and we could not be more excited. We have a huge news roundup for CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover and Cloak and Dagger is finally getting the crossover it deserves.
Also this week, Stephen King is working on a new ending for “The Stand” for the new series, and E3 had a huge privacy leak that has affected thousands. Closing out our news this week is an update on what the FTC is going to do about loot boxes in America and Crash Team Racing makes headlines again as they add microtransactions retroactively to their game.
Our Boss Room this week is a discussion on video game violence and how it’s affecting people around the world.
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 302 : GDC, C2E2 and Google Stadia

With the Stadia, Google enters the world of gaming.

Will the Stadia live up to expectations?
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).
New this week, we have a ton of news as both C2E2 and GDC happened. Over in the C2E2 world, we talk about what’s next for Marvel crossovers, Drew Goddard gets signed by Disney (after Daredevil) and The Runaways are coming back in a big way.
Over in GDC news, Cadence of Hyrule and Cuphead are coming to the Switch. Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines is getting a sequel, and God of War takes game of the year.
This weeks BOSS ROOM is all about the Google Stadia, and if the technology can really live up to the hype.
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 211 : Saving The Marvel Universe

Marvel’s readership has declined, so we head out this week to save the Marvel Universe!

We’re here to save Marvel!
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comic news where the year of strange comics continues – with LOCKJAW getting his own comic title. We also get into the new RUNAWAYS announcement and talk about this new, cool DARK MULTIVERSE that DC has for us, right around the corner.
Heading into level two, FARCRY 5 has been announced and it actually sounds…really cool. The WITCHER continues to make headlines and break records, just like Nintendo is doing with their Switch console.
Over in the world of entertainment, RESIDENT EVIL is getting a reboot and we have a lot to say about it. Level 3 wraps up with a discussion about the NEW MUTANTS movie and what AMC might be out to prove with their new WALKING DEAD animated releases.
Our epilogue is week is all about bringing new readership over to Marvel comics! 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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All about The Witcher : www.thewitcher.com/
Check out The Atlantic Marvel article: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/05/the-real-reasons-for-marvel-comics-woes/527127/
Batman cupcakes!: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/batman-cupcakes
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