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The Surly Nerd - Two Drink MinimumThe Surly Nerd - Two Drink Minimum 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. The post Episode 43: Gi Joe – Rise of the Surly Nerd appeared first on The Surly Nerd.The post Episode 43: Gi Joe – Rise of the Surly Nerd appeared first on The Surly Nerd.

The Surly Nerd - Two Drink MinimumThe Surly Nerd - Two Drink Minimum 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.   The post Episode 42: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Surly Nerd appeared first on The Surly Nerd.The post Episode 42: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Surly Nerd appeared first on The Surly Nerd.

The Surly Nerd - Two Drink MinimumThe Surly Nerd - Two Drink Minimum 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. The post Episode 41: Requiem for a Surly Nerd appeared first on The Surly Nerd.The post Episode 41: Requiem for a Surly Nerd appeared first on The Surly Nerd.

The Surly Nerd - Two Drink MinimumThe Surly Nerd - Two Drink Minimum   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.   The post Episode 40: This Is 40(Podcasts) appeared first on The Surly Nerd.The post Episode 40: This Is 40(Podcasts) appeared first on The Surly Nerd.

The Surly Nerd - Two Drink MinimumThe Surly Nerd - Two Drink Minimum 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. The post Episode 39: Oz The Great and Surly Nerd appeared first on The Surly Nerd.The post Episode 39: Oz The Great and Surly Nerd appeared first on The Surly Nerd.

The Surly Nerd - Two Drink MinimumThe Surly Nerd - Two Drink Minimum   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. The post Episode 38: Butch Cassidy and The Surly Nerd appeared first on The Surly Nerd.The post Episode 38: Butch Cassidy and The Surly Nerd appeared first on The Surly Nerd.

The Surly Nerd - Two Drink MinimumThe Surly Nerd - Two Drink Minimum 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. The post Episode 37: He-Man and the Masters of The Surly Nerd appeared first on The Surly Nerd.The post Episode 37: He-Man and the Masters of The Surly Nerd appeared first on The Surly Nerd.

  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.

This week on The Surly Nerd… In Technology News: Developers chime in on the Ouya, Apples phone powerplay and new additions to Apple TV. Gabe Newell talks about the Apple threat, and Sony finally stopping production of the MiniDisk. In Game Industry News: Zynga developers jumping ship, Epic Mickey studio Junction Point closing down, Capcom discussing rebooting Resident Evil, Nintendo trying to get in touch with independent game developers and what the final game in the EVO tournament will be this year. We wrap up gaming news with Biowares love of beer (something we appreciate) and more PlayStation 4 discussion. In Entertainment News: New news on the X-men and Spider-man film fronts, a little talk about S.H.I.E.L.D and HIMYM, a Boondocks movie…maybe, Rodriguez wanting to make a Han Solo movie, the future of the Justice League movie and Evil Dead getting an NC-17 rating. This weeks music (in no particular order) Here I Go Again (Whitesnake cover) - The Diamond Family Archive Run To The Hills (Iron Maiden cover) - Bunny West Welcome To Paradise (Green Day cover) - Boston Boys feat. Emily Elbert Viva Las Vegas (w/ Dolly Parton) - The Grascals We close out the show with Drinks at the Inn as always, so grab yourself your favorite beverage and curl up with all of us here at…The Surly Nerd.

This week on The Surly Nerd… In Technology News: Anti facial-recognition glasses, Anonymous rallying for Aaron Swartz, Apples child labor, AMDs financial problems and Sony’s new ultra-thin tablet. In Game Industry News: Where THQs properties are headed, Superbot being hit by layoffs, the Nintendo Direct conference and Ralph Nader’s opinion on video game developers. In Entertainment News: When the new Batman movie will happen, Jimmy Olsen in the Man of Steel, who is going to be in the JLA movie, Christian Bale looking after sick children, what IS going on in Iron Man 3, who else has been added to the First Class roster, and what to expect from the Wolverine movie. We press forward talking about the Ant Man and Doctor Strange movies, J.J. Abrams working on Star Wars, the new Robotech film, Ron Howard directing the Graveyard Book, Cumberbatch working on a Wikileaks movie and Glee ripping off Jonathon Coulton. We close out the show with Drinks at the Inn so won’t you join us here on…The Surly Nerd

This week on The Surly Nerd… All music brought to you by the gang over at: I Fight Dragons! In Technology News: Sony’s restructuring to make a profit, Samsung’s new mini tablet, Windows 8 making a bad move and the TSA no longer wanting us to be naked for them. In Game Industry News: The ARMA developers being released (finally!), Obama calling for more video game violence studies, Monster Hunter 4 for Vita, Too Human leaving the Xbox Marketplace, Gas Powered Games layoffs, and Halo 2 on PC closing its doors. In Entertainment News: New news on a Gremlins reboot, A new Conan movie with the Governator himself, what’s going on with the new Terminator film, Warner Brothers trademarking new Batman Arkham names, product placement in Iron man 3, Emma Stone in a del Toro horror film, what the South Park gang is up to now and we close it out with what new Cartoon Network shows are coming to Netflix. By adventurer request this week our Drinks at the Inn segment is about games from the 80s to 1999 that we loved so grab a drink and stay a while and listen to all of us here on…The Surly Nerd

  This week on The Surly Nerd… In Technology News: PS4 & Xbox 720 specs, The White House responding to the Death Star proposal, Microsofts IllumiRoom, Steambox running Linux and the death of Aaron Swartz. In Entertainment News: Guillermo del Toro on In the Mountains of Madness, Tons of S.H.I.E.L.D news, Goyer discussing the Man of Steel, The Call of Duty movie and how the U.S postal service treats Netflix. In Game Industry News: THQs assets being sold off, The Free Gaming bundle, Cyberpunk 2077, Sonys new web based way to buy their products, EVO 2013 and charity, Southington’s protest against violent games and the new Lego Marvel game. We close out the show this week with Drinks at the Inn where the majority of our boozing takes place and we get sassy talking about comic books we have been reading and what we recommend and don’t to you…because we care. Grab a drink and curl up with us here at…The Surly Nerd   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.