The Surly Nerd

  This week on The Surly Nerd… In level 1, Comic Industry News: Mark Miller and the end of Kick-Ass, James Robinson leaving not only Earth 2 but also DC Comics, we discuss Merida becoming a Disney princess, Rob Liefeild’s new Kickstarter, and a Nebraska library being asked to pull “The Killing Joke” from their shelves. In level 2, Entertainment News: The Gremlins remake, who is joining the set of Star Wars now, Syfy calling it quits on Warehouse 13, the end of Zombieland, the Wonder Woman series, Assassin’s Creed the movie, Red 3 and the end of How I Met Your Mother In level 3, Game Industry News: The price of Nvidias new handheld, layoffs at Trion studios, new Xbox controller rumors, speech recognition in the PS4, the Ouya at E3, Nintendo cracking down on youtube posters as well as their E3 strategy, EA’s new studio for Star Wars and their desire to get rid of online passes as well as what they think about the Wii U We close out this week as always with our Drinks at the Inn segment where we talk about EA pulling away from Nintendo and what that means to the future of the Wii U. Sit back and grab a drink as we get a bit rant-y on this week’s episode of…The Surly Nerd This weeks music (in no particular order) Lissa Schneckenburger – You Don’t Mess Around With Jim (Jim Croce) Atom and His Package – Punk Rock Academy Nick 13 – Nashville Winter Mashup-Germany – Life Of Bad Touch (Will.I.am vs. Bon Jovi vs. Survivor vs. Bloodhound Gang) Thanks for listening and remember to follow us on Twitter and Like our fan page on Facebook! Please help us out and rate & review our podcast on iTunes. It helps a lot! If you would like to contact us, you can always leave a comment here or send an email. Stay Surly my friends.

This week on…The Surly Nerd: In level 1, Comic Industry News: Masters of the Universe vs DC, Deadpool giving away money, Angela as part of the Marvel U, Code Monkey Save World and Spider-man’s new costume. In level 2, Entertainment News: Thief of Always, Community renewed, the plot of The Crow, Simon Pegg’s opinion of the new Star Wars movies, where Episode VII will be filmed, Paramount selling off their Marvel licenses, the fate of the Avengers cast, and Kevin Feige’s advice for DC’s JLA movie. In level 3, Game Industry News: The new Xbox’s name, Xbox’s opinions about being “always online”, how Sony feels about being “always online” with their new console, new Star Wars domains registered, the head of EA sports selling his stock, dealing with multiplayer in the new Wolfenstein, WOW subscription losses, Half Life 2’s newest update, and how Microsoft and Sony will be approaching the next generation of gaming. We wrap up the week with a discussion about television viewer entitlement in our Drinks at the Inn segment, so grab a seat and settle in with all of here on…The Surly Nerd This weeks music is brought to you by James, he forgot to make a list, so enjoy. Thanks for listening and remember to follow us on Twitter and Like our fan page on Facebook! Please help us out and rate & review our podcast on iTunes. It helps a lot! If you would like to contact us, you can always leave a comment here or send an email. Stay Surly my friends.

  This week on The Surly Nerd… In Game Industry News: The price of the new X-box, Gearbox and SEGA being sued over ALIENS, Keyboard and Nyan Cat suing Warner Bros, Nintendo trying to justify the Wii U to everyone and putting the DSi XL and 3DS up on their marketplace, Sony exes giving up their bonuses for the company, a sequel to Eternal Darkness and Bethesda’s new play test lab. In Entertainment News: Sam Mendes not wanting to come back to Bond, the Dark Tower on Netflix, Luke Evans as the Crow, the Chinese not taking to the additional Iron Man footage, which heroes have come back to Marvel to be filmed, what mutants will be coming to The Avengers and Mark Hamill discussing how he would like to see the new Star Wars movies presented. In Comic Industry News: What is going to be changing in the world of the X-men and Wolverine, X-factor ending, Earth 2 getting a new Batman, a new all-digital Superman, DC protesting a parody site, and a crowdfunding project to expand a Chicago library. We close it all out with our usual rants during Drinks at the Inn on this weeks…The Surly Nerd This weeks music (in no particular order) Deana Carter w/ Shooter Jennings: Good Hearted Woman Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Kyle: You’re Still On My Mind The Proclaimers: (I’m Gonna) Burn Your Playhouse Down Joey Harkum: He Stopped Loving Her Today Thanks for listening and remember to follow us on Twitter and Like our fan page on Facebook! Please help us out and rate & review our podcast on iTunes. It helps a lot! If you would like to contact us, you can always leave a comment here or send an email. Stay Surly my friends.  

This week on The Surly Nerd… In Game Industry News: The status of Xcom Declassified, who won’t be attending E3, when Microsoft will tell us about the next Xbox, lack of Monster Hunter on the Vita and what’s going on with the World of Darkness MMO In Entertainment News: The Amazon set top box, the Scream TV series, Hellboy 3 news, who else has joined Days Of Future Past, the rights to Daredevil, Zack Snyder on the JLA and 21 Jump Street vs TMNT In Comic Industry News: Why a Wonder Woman movie is hard, the newest HALO comic, Dark Horses new upcoming books, the end of Locke and Key, Mars Attacks vs Dredd, Apples new video game to comic technology and Marvel’s newest Disney cruise We wrap up this weeks show with a pre-E3 discussion during Drinks at the Inn so grab a drink and settle in with us here on…The Surly Nerd This weeks music (in no particular order) Pesky J. Nixon – Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper) Goldfinger – 99 Red Balloons MxPx – Sick Boy The Presidents Of The United States Of America – Lump Thanks for listening and remember to follow us on Twitter and Like our fan page on Facebook! Please help us out and rate & review our podcast on iTunes. It helps a lot! If you would like to contact us, you can always leave a comment here or send an email. Stay Surly my friends.

This week on The Surly Nerd… After a mighty fine prelude we head into level 1, Game Industry News where we discuss: The Nintendo Direct lineup, THQ’s properties for sale, Capcom’s excuses for their sales, 2Ks new direction for the XCOM shooter, EAs class action lawsuit and what EA games are closing down on Facebook. In Entertainment News: X-box reviving HEROES, what is in store for the new Star Wars movies, The Crow casting news, we debate the remake of Weird Science and talk about the sequel to 21 Jump Street as well as Seth MacFarlane at the Oscars and Expendables 3. Level 3 is comic industry news where we talk about: The death of Robert Morales, all the news related to Superman’s 75th anniversary, what is going on with the Jokers daughter, Kevin Eastman working on a solo Turtles book and Amazons new comic creator program. We enter into round 2 of the “Is Superman relevant” debate as we close out this weeks…The Surly Nerd This weeks music (in no particular order) Watch Out Stampede! – Die Young (Kesha) ARBITER – Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley) We Set Signals – Call Me Maybe (Carley Rae Jepsen) Thanks for listening and remember to follow us on Twitter and Like our fan page on Facebook! Please help us out and rate & review our podcast on iTunes. It helps a lot! If you would like to contact us, you can always leave a comment here or send an email. Stay Surly my friends.

This week on The Surly Nerd… In Game Industry News: Notch making the Times 100 list, Segas newest remake,  GTA on Spotify, X-Com on iOS, Slant Six Layoffs, the League of Legends player base numbers and a ton of X-box rumors. In Entertainment News: Street Fighter – the series, What’s up with the HALO movie, the new Shining Movies, The Leftovers TV series, Billy Dee on episode VII, more S.H.I.E.L.D updates and what’s in store for Doctor Strange. In Comic Industry News: The new Marvel shirts we don’t like, DC’s newest transgendered character, Apple banning comics left and right on their marketplace, and cosplay being banned in New York. We wrap it all up with a discussion about being a nerd in the modern age during our Drinks at the Inn segment here on…The Surly Nerd This weeks music (in no particular order) AlunaGeorge - I Wanna Be Like You(Jungle Book Cover) Hank III – My Drinkin’ Problem.mp3 So Long And Thanks For All The Fish MC Lars – This Gigantic Robot Kills If you have any questions, comments, or show suggestions leave us a comment below or contact us at thesurlynerd@gmail.com and on Twitter @TheSurlyNerd. Don’t forget to subscribe to our Podcast here or here.  

This week on…The Surly Nerd In Gaming Industry News: LucasArts and SEGA studios closures, Deadpool layoffs pre-game release, EA voted worst company in America for the second year, Doom in development hell and new Xbox rumors. In Entertainment News: Roger Ebert’s pasting, the expanding cast of Crimson Peak, Trainspotting 2, S.H.I.E.L.D and X-men news, who’s NOT onboard for JLA, a Black Hole remake and a new Star Wars animated series wrapping with information about the Once Upon a Time Spinoff and Vikings getting another season. In Comic Industry News: Carmine Infantino’s passing, The “new” Robin, DCs We Can Be Heroes campaign, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund documentary as well as who the new members of their board are. Punk Rock Jesus’ trade book, a new Carnage series, and Dredd gets a Muslim judge. We settle in for a discussion about Superman’s relevance in modern society and we close up this week episode of…The Surly Nerd This weeks music (in no particular order) Ben Folds – Bitches Ain’t Shit The Gourds – Gin ‘n Juice Nina Gordon – Straight Out Of Compton Kevin Davis – Fuck Tha Police If you have any questions, comments, or show suggestions leave us a comment below or contact us at thesurlynerd@gmail.com and on Twitter @TheSurlyNerd. Don’t forget to subscribe to our Podcast here or here.

  This week on The Surly Nerd… In Game Industry News: Unreal Engine 4 NOT on WiiU, Gamestops opinion on the PS4, GDC talk about Diablo 3’s auction house, Cryteck bidding on Darksiders, Fables the video game, problems within Square Enix, and emulators on the Ouya. In Entertainment News: Axe Cop the animated series, China’s version of the Iron Man movie, Stark Industries presentations at Disneyland, GSP in Captain America, Loki in the Muppets, the Tomb Raider movie reboot, sequels to ID4, Chevy Chase back as a Griswold, new Netflix sci-fi series and Zombieland’s pilot to air on Amazon Prime. In Comic Industry News: New Walking Dead board games, Angela in Ultron, DC Comics villain documentary, new Bat-toys, the Green Lantern controversy, and the fan-rage from Havok’s speech in UA number 5. Close it all up with an educational debate in our Drink at the Inn segment and you have one hell of an episode of…The Surly Nerd This weeks music (in no particular order) The Beards - A Wizard Needs A Beard The Beards - You Should Consider Having Sex With a Bearded Man The Beards – If Your Dad Doesn’t Have a Beard, You’ve Got Two Mums The Beards - Got Me a Beard If you have any questions, comments, or show suggestions leave us a comment below or contact us at thesurlynerd@gmail.com and on Twitter @TheSurlyNerd. Don’t forget to subscribe to our Podcast here or here.  

This week on The Surly Nerd… In Technology News: More Google glass laws, Amazons government contract, more smart watches on the horizon, mind reading headphones, and the future of condoms. In Game Industry News: Final Fantasy XIII Versus/XV, A new Mega Man game, the re-release of Ducktails for NES and Dungeons and Dragons the arcade game, Unity on PS4 and what else Sony has in the works to make the PS4 a must have console. In Entertainment News: Ryan Reynolds on Deadpool and the JLA, Chris O’Dowd in Thor, Joss Wheadon reacting to the end of Iron Man 3, we talk the Riddick trailer and no more James Bond for a few more years and how happy Harrison Ford is about a new Star Wars. Wrap it all up with a heated Drinks at the Inn and you have one hell of an episode of…The Surly Nerd. This weeks music (in no particular order) Two Fisted Law – May The Best Drunk Drive New Red Scare – Hammer & Bell Buzzkillers – What Its Worth Dead Aces – Heartbreak Girl If you have any questions, comments, or show suggestions leave us a comment below or contact us at thesurlynerd@gmail.com and on Twitter @TheSurlyNerd. Don’t forget to subscribe to our Podcast here or here.

  This week on…The Surly Nerd An experimental show format begins and in Technology News: Google glass at SXSW, Googles apps at SXSW, the SideCar project coming to Austin, 3D printing and a father re-writing Donkey Kong for his daughter. In Entertainment News: Who is back and who is not for Days of Future Past, and how important SXSW is for up and coming filmmakers. In Gaming News: We discuss the Deadpool trailer and gamings dark past with Superhero games and what they can do to improve them in the future. This weeks music (in no particular order) Los Colorados – Hot n Cold Los Colorados – Be My Lover Los Colorados – Tik Tok Los Colorados – U Can’t Touch This If you have any questions, comments, or show suggestions leave us a comment below or contact us at thesurlynerd@gmail.com and on Twitter @TheSurlyNerd. Don’t forget to subscribe to our Podcast here or here.

Greetings adventurers and welcome to episode 37 of…The Surly Nerd This week we have a new show format as our studio is full up with guests Dan Price and Bonn Adame of the webcomics series Masters of the Obvious. In our first segment we talk about if augmented reality is should be important to our everyday lives. In game industry talk we chat about the future of always on DRM and in entertainment news we cover why comic book movies are important to us and what the future holds for them. We close up the show with a special Drinks at the Inn about the life of an independent comic book artist is like so grab a snack and curl up on the couch with all of us here on…The Surly Nerd This weeks music (in no particular order) Me First And The Gimme Gimmes – Sodomy Me First And The Gimme Gimmes – Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) Me First And The Gimme Gimmes – Natural Woman Me First And The Gimme Gimmes – Desperado If you have any questions, comments, or show suggestions leave us a comment below or contact us at thesurlynerd@gmail.com and on Twitter @TheSurlyNerd. Don’t forget to subscribe to our Podcast here or here.

  This week on…The Surly Nerd In Technology News: The real Spidey-Suit, Apples new HQ, The Ubuntu Touch, the state of illegal music downloading, tech companies supporting gay marriage and Chromes new awesome feature. In Entertainment News: Is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies still alive? Joss Whedon chatting about a Hulk movie, Robert Downey Jr. on continuing to play Iron Man, more Days of Future Past news, The Hobbit changing release dates, Evil Dead 4 in progress(?) and Michael Bays TMNT release date. In Game Industry News: Star Wars 1313 in development hell, the PS4 on going digital, Deus Ex trademarks, Cliff Bleszinski on the state of the industry, and the Wii U’s failing sales. We wrap it up with an Austin indy comic special in our Drinks at the Inn segment on this weeks…The Surly Nerd This weeks music (in no particular order) Rubber Duckie (Sesame Streetr) – Kelly Hogan Am I Demon (Danzig) – Will Oldham WRONG HOLE – DJ Lubel, Taryn Southern, & Scott Baio WRONG HOLE: THE UNTOLD STORY – Taryn Southern, DJ Lubel, & Dennis Haskins If you have any questions, comments, or show suggestions leave us a comment below or contact us at thesurlynerd@gmail.com and on Twitter @TheSurlyNerd. Don’t forget to subscribe to our Podcast here or here.  

This week on…The Surly Nerd In Technology News: Feeling bionic hands, NASAs new space division, Google Glass, Chromebook Pixel, the new Google store and Nevada allowing online gambling. In Game Industry News: The upcoming Xbox event, DayZ on Steam, IGN and Activision layoffs, what PS4 WON’T support, Bungie putting off Destiny’s release, and the Connecticut senator trying to ban minors from playing gun games. In Entertainment News: Star Wars episode VIIs focus, An Old Republic movie?, more talk about the Deus Ex movie, Captain America becoming a political thriller, Bryan Singer talks up Days of Future Past, the Fantastic Four reboot, DC retelling how Batman and Superman meet, ABC wanting a Once Upon a Time spinoff and Megan Fox signing on to the TMNT movie. All this, and a filling Drinks at the Inn segment on this weeks…The Surly Nerd The Rural Alberta Advantage – Eye Of The Tiger (Survivor) Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan – Get The Party Started (Pink) Rebecca Loebe – Stronger (Kanye West) Dawn Landes – I Won’t Back Down (Tom Petty) All this, and a filling Drinks at the Inn segment on this weeks…The Surly Nerd

Bonus Level: Sony’s Playstation 4 Announcement! Sony just wrapped up their announcement of all the Playstation 4 news you could ever want…pre-E3. We take you through what they had to say and tell you what we think about the future of Sony on this very special Bonus Level of…The Surly Nerd.

This week on The Surly Nerd… In Technology News: Hackers hit the Bush Family, Adobes day zero emergency update, HP cracking down on student labor in China, the U.K unveiling the first bionic man, Android taking over the tablet market and the kickstarter to build a Death Star. In Game Industry News: The Ouya business model, Activisions thoughts on the Wii U, Psychonauts 2 losing support, the fate of Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Capcom talks about Resident Evil 6 sales, and a new Obsidian Star Wars game in the works. In Entertainment News: Venom in Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Avengers at the Oscars, Warner Brothers progress on the Justice League movie, JJ Abrams and Valve working together, Tron appearing in Wreck-It-Ralph 2, what “To Catch a Monster” is and the Nightmare on Elm Street house going up for sale. From there we head into our Drinks at the Inn segment to close out the show so grab your favorite beverage and curl up by the fire with us here on…The Surly Nerd   This weeks music (in no particular order) Faith (George Michael) - Lake Street Dive Plastic Jesus / Fall Line - Jack Johnson Lonesome, On’ry, And Mean - Marjorie Kelting & Ronnie Feinberg I Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) - Nell Robinson If you have any questions, comments, or show suggestions leave us a comment below or contact us at thesurlynerd@gmail.com and on Twitter @TheSurlyNerd. Don’t forget to subscribe to our Podcast here or here.