Episode 247 : How Science Fiction Influences Technology
Summary: How has Science Fiction influenced our technology and culture? <br> <br> <br> What has science fiction given us, IRL?<br> <br> Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Brian Michael Bendis tells us what it was like to split off from Marvel finally. Deadpool rocks our world with an all-new choose your own adventure book and Betty and Veronica come back to Archie comics to kick it old school in the post-reboot Archie world. <br> <br> Heading into level two, Overwatch is giving a special present this weekend to anyone who has not played it before. Monster Hunter takes the world by storm and Sony details upcoming plans for their UI updates. Level two winds down with another conversation about micro transactions and what they mean to Blizzard/Activision currently.<br> <br> Over in the world of entertainment, David S. Goyer has left the Masters of the Universe project. Our panel talks all things Five Nights at Freddy's and there's a 28 Months later announcement that has broken our hearts.<br> <br> Our epilogue is week is all about how Science Fiction has influenced technology.<br> <br> 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!) <br> <br> Grab a drink and settle on in for this weeks action packed episode of...The Surly Nerd!<br> <br> <br> Read about the things we love to talk about! <br> <br> All about Overwatch: <a href="https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/"> https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/<br> </a> <br> Check out Houston Outlaws fans in Austin!: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ATXOutlaws/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ATXOutlaws/</a> <br> <br> Superhero cupcakes!: <a href="http://www.wilton.com/super-hero-cupcakes/WLPROJ-8555.html">http://www.wilton.com/super-hero-cupcakes/WLPROJ-8555.html</a><br><br><a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthesurlynerd.com%2Fpodcast%2Fhow-science-fiction-influences-technology%2F&linkname=Episode%20247%20%3A%20How%20Science%20Fiction%20Influences%20Technology" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthesurlynerd.com%2Fpodcast%2Fhow-science-fiction-influences-technology%2F&linkname=Episode%20247%20%3A%20How%20Science%20Fiction%20Influences%20Technology" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_google_plus" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/google_plus?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthesurlynerd.com%2Fpodcast%2Fhow-science-fiction-influences-technology%2F&linkname=Episode%20247%20%3A%20How%20Science%20Fiction%20Influences%20Technology" title="Google+" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_tumblr" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/tumblr?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthesurlynerd.com%2Fpodcast%2Fhow-science-fiction-influences-technology%2F&linkname=Episode%20247%20%3A%20How%20Science%20Fiction%20Influences%20Technology" title="Tumblr" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesurlynerd.com%2Fpodcast%2Fhow-science-fiction-influences-technology%2F&title=Episode%20247%20%3A%20How%20Science%20Fiction%20Influences%20Technology"></a>
