As gaming becomes more a part of our cultural zeitgiest, we have to ask: What are gamers entitled to when they purchase a product?

More Mechwarrior plz

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics where we finally find out what the big Marvel/R.L Stine reveal is! We also break down the upcoming Venom/Spider-man crossover and what to expect from that – as well as a special surprise crossover with DC Comics and Hanna Barbera!

Heading into level 2, we have Nintendo offering up cash bounties to hackers who are able to crack the 3DS firmware – and get into why that’s important for Nintendo moving forward. One of the developers over at Microsoft has a lot of important things to say about 4K gaming’s future, and James gets excited over the biggest ‘Mech announcement in 16 years and won’t shut up about it.

Over in the world of entertainment, we finally are getting an answer to the oldest Blade Runner question…or are we? Deadpool gets a good chunk of talking time as we finally find out why Tim Miller is out and David Leitch is in and close out level 3 with news about what the hell is happening to the DC cinematic universe.

Our epilogue this week is about gamer entitlement – what it means and what we are all actually entitled to when we purchase a product. 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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If it’s X-Com, Moon Knight and Oscars you want – strap yourself in for an intense all new episode of…The Surly Nerd!

We’re nervous for the Moon Knight reboot

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we talk all about the a new art program online for aspiring comic artist and also get into Marvel Comics partnering with the Wounded Warrior project. From there we have some updates as to Moon Knights future and we close out level one with a talk about the future of DC Comics in a world of universe resets.

In game industry news, EA is bowing out of E3 proper and we try and dive into why that is. We also talk about X-Com and X-Com The Long War and what those things mean to the upcoming X-Com 2. From there we jump into the delays of Mighty No. 9 and close the curtains on level two with a discussion about the future of older game developers in a young mans game.

Over in the world of entertainment, we get into the Sundance Film Festival – both what it is and what Amazon and Netflix were doing there this year. We also get into an upcoming movie called “Dark Knight” and if it’s alright to have a film about movie theater shootings at this point in time. The tail end of our entertainment news is about Deadpool expectations and what Marvel Studios is doing to keep their superhero movies alive. Entertainment news comes to an end this week with a heated discussion about the Oscars and the controversy behind them.

Our epilogue is absent this week as we need to get on the road to PAX South. 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 152: X-Com, Moon Knight and Oscars

In Comic Industry News – Art, Wounded Warrior, Moon Knight, The Future of DC Comics

In Game Industry News – EA and E3, X-Com 2, Mighty No. 9, Game Development

In Entertainment News –  Sundance, Dark Night, Deadpool, Marvel Studios, Oscars

Epilogue – Missing!

 James can’t wait for X-Com 2

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about Moon Knight!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Knight

Learn about the Sundance Film Festival: http://www.sundance.org/festivals/sundance-film-festival

GameCakes!: http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Cupcakes-Made-Video-Game-Logos-6900190

How important is nostalgia to pop culture? Does anyone actually care about the movie “The Blob”? All that and more on this weeks…The Surly Nerd!

Do we NEED a Blob remake?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After a short prelude we kick it off in the world of comics where DC’s Injustice series is ready to go into year four with a god-like bang. From there, it’s over to IDW where we learn about the newest Miracleman book to spring up and we close out level 1 with new Punisher news and a lengthy discussion about the relevance of The Punisher to modern audiences.

In video game industry news, Nintendo has won the console wars (for the month of February) and we tell you why no one cares. VR has taken center stage once again with tons of news from Sony and Oculus which means we get to jump into theoretical talk about what it will take VR to truly succeed in the marketplace. According to this cool article on VR I read before writing this, over in level 3, the BBC is working on a Grand Theft Auto project of their very own, The Blob is getting a remake and we finally talk about the hot mess that is the Ghostbusters franchise.

Our Epilogue this week is about nostalgia’s place in pop culture and we get way too philosophical about it. As always, we appreciate all our adventurers who listen to our show every week and we look forward to your feedback on what we discuss! (info@thesurlynerd.com!)

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Episode 130: Pop Culture, Nostalgia, and You

In Comic Industry News – Injustice, Miracleman, The Punisher

In Game Industry News – Nintendo, Virtual Reality

In Entertainment News –  Grand Theft Auto, The Blob, Ghostbusters

Epilogue – How important is nostalgia to pop culture and should it be?

 We’re ready for another Garth Ennis Punisher title

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All about The Blob here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blob

Learn about The Punisher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punisher

Punisher Cakes!: http://justjennrecipes.com/punisher-pie-cakes/

Better late than never, it’s…The Surly Nerd!

Are we ready for Apocalypse?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome back to the show! After our prelude we kick things off in comics talking about Image comics subscriptions, Marvel embracing diversity, and Marvel’s reset, not reset.

In video game news, we talk about gaming for charity, Mutant League Football and the price drop of the Xbox One. Over in entertainment news, talk about the Poltergeist kids film followed by news about the newest X-men movie and why Marvel’s movies affect the comics now. Our Epilogue this week is about collectors editions and if we like them! As always, we appreciate all our adventurers who listen to our show and we look forward to your feedback on what we discuss!

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Episode 123: All Glory to Hypnotoad

In Comic Industry News – Secret Wars, Image Subscription, Diversity in Comics

In Game Industry News – Xbox Price, Video games done quick, Mutant League Football

In Entertainment News –  Marvel Movies, X-men Apocalypse, Poltergeist remake

Epilogue – Collectors editions

 Do we need more kids horror films?

Read about the things we love to talk about!

All aboutApocalypse here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_%28comics%29

Learn about the Games Done Quick: https://gamesdonequick.com/

Nerd Food!: http://www.thatsnerdalicious.com/

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.