We always talk about graphics when it comes to gaming, but how important is good sound design?

How important is sound to game design?

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 strange comics continues with the announcement of a Green Hornet/Spirit crossover as well as a Betty Page spy thriller. Star Wars closes out level one with a discussion about Captain Phasma’s new title.

Heading into level two, we have more Star Wars news with tons of info about the new Battlefront game. We also get angry about the cancellation of the NES classic and get into Tencents attempt to take down STEAM

Over in the world of entertainment, we have a few TNT announcements (Tales from the Crypt, Let the Right one In) and Fede Alvarez is taking a stab at the Labyrinth universe. Level 3 wraps up with Warner Brothers plans for a bigger animated universe, possibly starting with Watchmen.

Our epilogue this week is all about the importance of sound in video game design. 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!

It’s Halloween and we’re coming at you with the week in geek news and a discussion about the best holiday ever, on an all new episode of…The Surly Nerd!

We’re gonna miss Mockingbird

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics with the passing of one of comics finest, Steve Dillon. Also we have an update on what to expect from Justice League Dark, and a heated talk about the end of one of Marvel’s greatest runs – Mockingbird.

Over in games, we discuss the currently on-going writers strike and get a little serious talking about the human element in video games. Lash closes down level two with an update about the CIV VI e-sports scene that leaves us scratching our heads.

Over in the world of entertainment, we don’t mourn the passing of Uwe Boll from movies. We also have an update on Star Trek Discovery and Frank Miller tells us how to make a good Batman movie.

Our epilogue this week is ALL about why we love Halloween! 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

Halloween is AWESOME

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about Halloween!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

Check out the Mockingbird!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockingbird_(Marvel_Comics)

Halloween cupcakes!: http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/recipe-collections-favorites/desserts/halloween-cupcakes

Comic-con, Comic-con, San Diego Comic-Con tiiiiiime!

How excited we are for the Deadpool trailer

Greetings adventurers, it’s an all new episode of The Surly Nerd! Join us as we wade through the plethora of news coming out of San Diego Comic-con. So much happened in the last week in the world of nerdy news but does ANY of it have to do with comic books? We kick our show off with that thought as we go into the winners of the Eisner Awards and from there move into what’s new for Superman in his comics as well as Marvels plans for their newest acquisition – Angela.

We slide from those comic topics over to the world of video games. John Romero tells us what he thinks about the PC vs Console war, we get deep into what makes HALO a true franchise and we bitch more and more about Ubisofts sexism. We try to talk about happier things in Entertainment News with Evil Dead television series but just end up angrier from where we started. Avengers theories, Batman V Superman rants and a discussion about the Deadpool “leaked” trailer close out our show. Get comfy with us as we get into super geeky comic discussions on episode 101 of The Surly Nerd.

Episode 101 Go **** Yourself San Diego: Summary and Time Stamps

(0:07:05) In Comic Industry News – The Will Eisner Awards, Superman’s new direction and what’s in store for Angela.

(0:30:30) In Game Industry News – Is the PC market stronger than the console one? Halo talks franchise and Ubisoft gets sexist.

(0:56:10) In Entertainment News –  Evil Dead TV, Avengers rumors and the future of Batman V Superman

(1:31:20) Epilogue – Deadpool theories.

 Really…just Deadpool

Read about the things we love to talk about!

More about Deadpool here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadpool

Who is Dogpool ?: http://marvel.com/universe/Dogpool_(Earth-103173)

Deadpools favorite food, Chimichangas!: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/almost-famous-chimichangas-recipe.html

This week in Comic Industry News

(0:13:35) Usagi Yojimbo gets an omnibus, Miss Marvel and Harley get into fourth printings and we talk Spider-man’s evolution.

In Game Industry News

(0:46:25) Nintendo talks new hardware and losses, Wolfenstein wants you to play with yourself, Capcom and Square are coming out on top and Marvel talks their approach to gaming.

We Talk Evolution

(1:16:00) Community’s community, James Franco takes on Wiseau, Guardians of the Galaxy goes franchise alongside Star Wars, Lou Ferringo leaks Hulk and Matt Smith breaks into the Terminator business.