How far would you go to make the perfect video game?

Is crunch time important?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where The Predator is getting ready for his grand comics come back! DC also breaks the news that the Young Animal imprint is going away. Level one comes to a close with Marvel making an awesome post-free comic book day announcement.

Heading into level two, after all our E3 pre-coverage last week, Square Enix has a couple huge announcements hidden for all of us. Sony lets everyone know what games are going to take center stage at their E3 show and the NES classic is coming back in stock!

Over in the world of entertainment, Guillermo del Toro has teamed up with Netflix for a series that we are way too excited for. We also hear what the new Harley Quinn movie is going to be like and there’s a new Stephen King adaptation right around the corner that shows that this might just be the year of Stephen King.

Our epilogue this week is about gaming crunch time.

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All about E3: https://www.e3expo.com

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Have we finally reached the end of shared universes?

Are shared universes coming to an end?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Archie has lost the rights to a comic we were excited for. We also talk about DC’s dominance in the comic book world and get into something that few have explored: superhero PTSD.

Heading into level two, Nintendo is getting crazy with their newest creation: The Labo. There’s also news on the horizon that Fable is coming back to the X-box and we talk about Epic Games as they pull resources from Paragon to Fortnite.

Over in the world of entertainment, the era of the horror host might be back with Shutter looking to bring Monstervision back. We get our geek on with the news of Black Widow coming to film (finally) and discuss what makes The Shawshank Redemption so damn great.

Our epilogue is week is all about shared film universes and if they are finally going away.

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!

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All about Nintendo Labo: https://labo.nintendo.com/?gclid=CLnF3eC68dgCFVFJgQodtA0Juw&gclsrc=ds

Check out Monstervision: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MonsterVision

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Thanks to Activision, it’s time for part 2 on our debate over microtransactions!

Is this really the future?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we have even more awesome Pacific Rim news! Also this week, we break down what is wrong with Free Comic Book Day, and we discuss if Marvel should host their own convention, like D23.

Heading into level two, Sony is working with Nintendo – and we’re pretty excited about it. We also mourn the loss of Visceral (and their upcoming Star Wars game) and Phil Spencer wins our hearts again as he discusses platform-exclusive DLC.

Over in the world of entertainment, we break down what we could be seeing for the New Mutants movies going forward. Also this week, John Carpenter opens up on his philosophy on remaking his movies and Robert Englund tells us if he is willing to step into Freddy’s shoes again.

Our epilogue is week is a part-two of our ongoing debate about the ethics of microtransactions.

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 Alterna Comics: https://www.alternacomics.com

Check out Free Comic Book Day: https://www.freecomicbookday.com

Horror cupcakes!: https://www.candystore.com/blog/diy/18-scary-good-cupcake-recipes-need-try-halloween/

The Inhumans are competing against the X-men, but this time…ON TV!

When it comes to TV, who will win?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where NYCC is in FULL EFFECT and DC’s comes out swinging as they bring back both VERTIGO and their YOUNG ANIMAL lines. Also from NYCC, we have an awesome new graphic novel from Neil Gaiman and Joss Whedon is coming back to BUFFY, for an all new comic series!

Heading into level two, Phil Spencer tells us why he thinks backwards compatibility is important and we tell you if he’s right or not. Also in gaming this week, we have a big C64 (really?) announcement as well as a TOTALLY non-political news bit about how the crew behind WOLFENSTEIN wants to “Make America Nazi-free again”.

Over in the world of entertainment, we have a TON of CONSTANTINE annoucements from NYCC. We also have brand-new revelations about the SPAWN movie and we close out level 3 with a movie near and dear to our hearts: Behind The Mask.

Our epilogue is week is all about The Inhumans show vs The Gifted.

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All about The Gifted: https://www.hulu.com/the-gifted

Check out The Inhumans!: http://abc.go.com/shows/marvels-inhumans

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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).

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!

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All about Overwatch: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/

Check out PUBG: https://www.playbattlegrounds.com/main.pu

Batman cupcakes!: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/batman-cupcakes