Episode 43: Gi Joe – Rise of the Surly Nerd

Summary: 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.