Episode 325 : Rally Behind The Women of Gaming

James is back this week, and it’s time to get serious

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, Rod Serling is finally getting the film he so rightly deserves and Telltale is being resurrected but at what cost? Our panel gets hyped for Adult Swim bringing Uzumaki to American television and Disney and Netflix are in a war for week to week viewership.
Also this week, we have John Carmack opening up about his thoughts on the current state of the video game industry, and we wrap things up with Hector going over ALL the Cyberpunk announcements from this last week.
Our Boss Room this episode is about all the horrible things going on to women in the world of game development.
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!
Episode 219 : WTFlashpoint

Flashpoint is coming…but will it break the DCEU?

…but what does Flashpoint mean for the rest of DC
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we get HYPED for Superman: Year One. Also, SDCC brings us some amazing PUMPKINHEAD news, and DC is about to give us what Marvel can’t.
Heading into level two, we have a slew of great Telltale announcements fresh from SDCC. We also get into the Xbox one’s creators collection, and get really angry about Nintendo’s new voice chat capabilities.
Over in the world of entertainment, we get right back into SDCC with some fantastic Iron Fist news and we break down what’s new for Rocko’s Modern Life. Level 3 comes to an end with new information about the Captain Marvel movie – and what has us a bit worried for it.
Our epilogue is week is all the Flashpoint movie and what that means for the DCEU
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!
Read about the things we love to talk about!
All about Flashpoint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashpoint_(comics)
Check out The Flash: http://www.dccomics.com/characters/the-flash
Batman cupcakes!: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/batman-cupcakes
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Episode 198: The Oscars Are Bullshit

Oscar season has passed, but we have to ask: Does anyone actually care?

Do we NEED The Oscars?
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 a special section about Tom King and how awesome he is. Closing out level one, we have Neil Gaiman telling the world about his 28 year old Batman story that he can’t wait to get made.
Heading into level two, we talk about the cultural impact of Minecraft as well as the penetration of the Playstation VR into the public zeitgeist. Ubisoft wraps up level 3 with some big changes to their staff, in a way that has us excited.
Over in the world of entertainment, we talk about the passing of Bill Paxton and the death of Hellboy 3. Also, we have some great news about a Nightwing movie as well as a big discussion on the X-franchise as a whole.
Our epilogue this week is about the Oscars and if they are even relevant anymore. 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!
Read about the things we love to talk about!
All about The Academy Awards : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards
Check out Nightwing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwing
X-Men cupcakes!: http://www.frenchforcupcake.com/2012/01/mutant-and-proud-x-men-cupcakes.html
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Episode 68: The One Where We Violate A Ninja

This week in Comic Industry News: Gotham City becomes reality for one kid, Fables starts closing down the shop, DC bails out of NY and Mark Waid gives us the scoop on Daredevil.
In Game Industry News: Nintendo says NO to showing kids penises, the Wii U is bombing but new Wii U bundles are coming, the Ouya is ready for 2.0 but first a new controller and the CEO of the Ouya still thinks this is the console of the future while Sony admits to all the things that it CAN’T do at launch.
In Entertainment News: ALL the remakes starting with Sleepaway Camp, then the Addams Family, TWO Hellraiser remakes, a Pet Semeatary remake and then George Romero talks about why The Walking Dead is bad.
Our special guest star is JD “S3 Prototype” from the Ninjaverse. Check them out here: http://theninjaverse.wordpress.com/
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