Episode 294 : Why Are Comic Book Games So Bad




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Summary: What is so hard to get right about comic book games? <br> <br> <br> Spider-Man really is amazing<br> <br> Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where IDW is getting ready to celebrate Ghostbusters in a huge way. Old man Logan is coming to an end in the most fitting way possible, and DC is shaking things up internally as layoffs hit the company.<br> <br> Kicking off video game news this week, Bioware finally opens up about the single player Knights of the Old Republic games. Nintendo has sad (and happy) news for Metroid fans, and Metro Exodus is making a huge leap in platforms.<br> <br> Over in the world of entertainment, Netflix is ramping up to make a Resident Evil television series. The creator of Channel Zero is staring something amazing, and Folklore is an upcoming horror series you should keep an eye out for.<br> <br> Our epilogue this week is about why it's so hard to make a good comic book video game.<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><a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthesurlynerd.com%2Fpodcast%2Fwhy-are-comic-book-games-so-bad%2F&amp;linkname=Episode%20294%20%3A%20Why%20Are%20Comic%20Book%20Games%20So%20Bad" 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%2Fwhy-are-comic-book-games-so-bad%2F&amp;linkname=Episode%20294%20%3A%20Why%20Are%20Comic%20Book%20Games%20So%20Bad" 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%2Fwhy-are-comic-book-games-so-bad%2F&amp;linkname=Episode%20294%20%3A%20Why%20Are%20Comic%20Book%20Games%20So%20Bad" 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%2Fwhy-are-comic-book-games-so-bad%2F&amp;linkname=Episode%20294%20%3A%20Why%20Are%20Comic%20Book%20Games%20So%20Bad" 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%2Fwhy-are-comic-book-games-so-bad%2F&amp;title=Episode%20294%20%3A%20Why%20Are%20Comic%20Book%20Games%20So%20Bad"></a>