Episode 308 : Games as a Service
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Summary: As the term "Games as a Service" becomes more popular, it's time to explore what it means and why so many people are talking about it <br> <br> <br> <br> Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head right into the weekly raid (our news roundup). <br> <br> Kicking things off this week, Saints Row is finally making it to the movies in a huge way. We have an update on what's going on in the world of Anthem and Dragon Age 4 and Psyonix has been acquired by Epic Games...but that might not be such a good thing.<br> <br> Also this week we have a fantastic update on the upcoming Hellraiser reboot. Ron Howard wants to get a Willow television series up on Disney+ and Ghost Rider is going to be making his way back on to Hulu. We close out the news this week with a discussion about Gearbox and all the problems that came out this week when they should have been talking about Borderlands 3.<br> <br> <br> <br> This weeks BOSS ROOM is a discussion over Games as a Service: What it means, and the pros and cons of creating games using that model.<br> <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!<a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthesurlynerd.com%2Fpodcast%2Fgames-as-a-service%2F&linkname=Episode%20308%20%3A%20Games%20as%20a%20Service" 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%2Fgames-as-a-service%2F&linkname=Episode%20308%20%3A%20Games%20as%20a%20Service" title="Twitter" 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%2Fgames-as-a-service%2F&linkname=Episode%20308%20%3A%20Games%20as%20a%20Service" 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%2Fgames-as-a-service%2F&title=Episode%20308%20%3A%20Games%20as%20a%20Service"></a>