September's here, so it's time to go back to school and catch up with all your old friends! What have the students at Mater Dolorosa College been up to? Well, Bishop's been doing the lion's share of work on a group project, Pennyworth has been struggling to juggle two social circles, Mark's been learning how much a relationship can change people, and Jessamine has been studying for a test that may come sooner than she expects. Oh, and me? I've been taking Sinister Innuendo 101 and I think it's r...
Sep 06, 2017•1 hr 13 min
I'm gonna put this in the front: if bugs freak you out this isn't going to be the episode for you, unless you're looking to get freaked out, in which case you're in luck! The party is so close to the lost bounty of the abandoned mines, but will they be able to comprehend, let alone survive, whatever inhabits the lower chambers? This episode also features a guest appearance by Sara's dogs, who are roughhousing in the background for the first ten minutes.
Aug 30, 2017•1 hr 18 min
After delivering a humiliating defeat to the abandoned mine's first monster, the gang ventures deeper into progressively more unsettling rooms. The next on their list is full of fungus and skeletons, and you'll never guess what--oh, you guess that they'll be animate and aggressive? Well, uh, you might still be wrong about that! You'll never know unless you listen to this episode!
Aug 23, 2017•55 min
Feodora, Gull, Myra, and George are back and ready to solve the world's problems, provided that those problems can be solved by killing things underground. Luckily, it looks like they've stumbled onto yet another situation that fits the bill! But will they find the time to do their jobs in between just being complete jackasses? Read on with your ears!
Aug 16, 2017•1 hr 3 min
The Resurrectionists stagger into the final step of their daring heist, half-dead (some moreso than others) and just really stressed the hell out. Will they escape with the Sunshard, their lives, and their dignity? And will one of the crew's really awkward romantic history come into play somehow? Given how I just worded that, the answer is probably yes!
Aug 09, 2017•59 min
Elevators. We all see them as we go about our day-to-day lives. Sometimes we even ride them when the stairwell would be too much of a hassle. Simple, safe, and convenient, right? Well today, the Resurrectionists learn what true peril is, in what I'm officially tentatively dubbing: THE GREAT ELEVATOR FIGHT! Note: Though this isn't technically our most violent episode, I'd say it gets a little more visceral than usual, so be warned.
Aug 02, 2017•57 min
The Resurrectionists are all mingled out and ready to put their plan into action! Granted, "steal the gem" isn't so much a PLAN as it is a GOAL, but they're good at improvisation. Listen to them sneak, drug, get-yelled-at-about-art, and choke their way past the mansion's defenses!
Jul 26, 2017•48 min
The campaign kicks off fast when the Resurrectionists' high-society friend points them towards the biggest, riskiest heist of their burgeoning careers: stealing a giant gem from the ruler of the city itself! To do it they'll have to... go undercover at a fancy party? Oh HELL YEAH, it's one of THOSE missions! But will they survive awkward small talk, or even worse, running into people they hate? Also: we all try some Voices, with questionable results.
Jul 19, 2017•1 hr 1 min
In this extra-long episode, Saturn leads us into the steampunky, horrorish, post-fantasy-apocalypse city of Doskvol. There we meet four new friends, all of whom are fallen from grace in one way or another and ready to cash in on a dishonest night's work. Watch your step, it's dark as hell and someone left all these blades lying around. http://www.evilhat.com/home/blades-in-the-dark/ Intro and outro samples are, as usual, courtesy of Aesop Rock's The Blob: https://soundcloud.com/rhymesayers/aesop...
Jul 12, 2017•1 hr 47 min
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Jul 05, 2017•9 min
This episode is mostly defined by characters doing very unwise things on the basis that they sound cool at the time, and in the process they holistically recreate a scene from every horror movie. Pennyworth learns about the secret conflict that defines the supernatural threats he keeps brushing up against. Bishop expands their power base in true Monsterhearts fashion. Content Warning: A little more of last episode’s spiciness and brief mention of self-harm.
Jun 21, 2017•1 hr 5 min
This episode... look, I was trying to think of ways to be all coy about this, but let's just get it out in the open. This is the episode where Sex Moves finally come into play. Don't act like you didn't see it coming. Don't worry, we keep it tasteful, or at least as tasteful as everything else in this podcast. This episode also features awkward elevator encounters, a talk with Bishop's cool sister, awkward burger encounters, and Pennyworth being the raddest dude he can be. Content Warning: See a...
Jun 14, 2017•1 hr 4 min
The last thunderstorm of summer has passed, but the floodwaters of mystery haven't gone down just yet. The students of Mater Dolorosa College start their weekend with a lot of unanswered questions, mostly relating to each other. Jessamine and Pennyworth make plans and fashion mistakes together, Bishop gets some fatherly advice, and Mark has his most harrowing experience yet.
Jun 07, 2017•1 hr 1 min
It's a dark and stormy night at Mater Dolorosa College... and, eerily enough, real life! While Bishop and Mark scramble awkwardly through the fallout of their actions, Pennyworth and Jessamine continue to uphold their tradition of having the bejeezus spooked outta 'em.
May 30, 2017•1 hr
It's time to jump right back into the action at Mater Dolorosa College! The Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority has all but declared war on the Anime Club, and now Bishop is ready to bring their wrath to bear. They're also ready to bring Mark, who's just excited to be here. Will they come out on top? And what's so sinister about these girls anyway? Find out in this roller coaster of an episode!
May 23, 2017•1 hr 2 min
We’ve got time for one more episode of World Wide Wrestling before Chrisley Knows Best comes on. This time, we meet a couple NPWs (non-player wrestlers) who don’t care for our up-and-coming roster at all; could they be even rougher and weirder than us? No, but not for lack of trying. Also, Billy Crystal and Alexandros have their friendship and bodies put on the line in their gnarliest match yet!
May 16, 2017•1 hr 4 min
The feud between Billy Crystal and Reverend Greyskull rages on, dragging pro-athlete Alexandros and enigmatic Kitten Is Angry into a tag-team match! Which fighting duo will emerge victorious? Only time and/or the writers who booked the match will tell!
May 09, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Levi leads Owen, Saturn, Ian, and newcomer James into the wide wrestling world of World Wide Wrestling! When the rough-and-tumble Billy Crystal is pitted against the fallen rising star Reverend Greyskull, an intense rivalry instantly forms, and no one will emerge unscathed! https://ndpdesign.com/wwwrpg/ Intro and outro music courtesy of Aesop Rock and his free track, The Blob: https://soundcloud.com/rhymesayers/aesop-rock-the-blob
May 02, 2017•1 hr
It's our halfiversary here at Big Gay Nerds! In this episode, Bishop finds themself out of their element and faced with ever-more startling revelations. Pennyworth plays host, Jessamine plays the voice of relative reason, and Mark plays it cool.
Apr 25, 2017•59 min
In the aftermath of Mark's rampage, Bishop vows to find out more about their mysterious peers. Meanwhile, Jessamine eyes the menu and Mark gets his shit together for long enough to drop some arcane lore. Also, there were some technical issues with our audio tracks; everything should be presentable, but let us know if anything stands out.
Apr 18, 2017•1 hr 2 min
In this episode of Monsterhearts things get real messy, like HBO messy. Alcohol? Check. Drugs? Check. Violence? Most definitely check. Mean words? Check. Sex? Checkish, I mean it’s mostly just implied but... Anyway, cannibalism? Half-check I guess, it’s almost a given at this point. Consider yourself warned/tantalized.
Apr 11, 2017•1 hr 12 min
This Monsterhearts episode is about relationships. Jessamine and Pennyworth form a cautious alliance. Mark's new friendship gets taken in a new direction. Bishop reconnects with family.
Apr 04, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Class is back in session at Mater Dolorosa College! Jessamine and Pennyworth try to tidy up some loose ends from our last session, and Bishop starts doing some research when their peers' business becomes family business. Mark, meanwhile, hangs out with a cute boy and supports local vendors. Our intro and outro music is STILL courtesy of Aesop Rock (https://soundcloud.com/rhymesayers/aesop-rock-the-blob) and Monsterhearts is STILL by Avery Alder (https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/monsterhearts/)....
Mar 28, 2017•1 hr 3 min
In the final—for now—Dungeons & Dragons episode, the party weighs their options, plays to their strengths, and exploits unusual routes to try out advanced tactics instead of just running into things uncoordinated. The result is, as you would expect, much… oh. Well. Just how attached to these characters are you?
Mar 21, 2017•1 hr 15 min
We start this episode by celebrating a milestone and making a promise that we ultimately fail to keep; listen all the way through to discover which! Then the party storms a bandit-infested tower; which will win out, their complete disregard for tactics or their sheer murderous intent?
Mar 14, 2017•1 hr 22 min
The heroes return to the caverns and very quickly remember why they left. Myra is attacked by '90s Nickelodeon nostalgia. Gull threatens to get Too Hot for Soundcloud. Feodora gets a little too eager for elf-slaying. George reconnects with some distant relatives. Levi tosses several pages of lovingly-crafted adventure notes out the window.
Mar 07, 2017•1 hr 9 min
After braving the creepy caverns, the adventurers reap the rewards of their do-gooding! First, we take some time to level them up and review the new tricks up their sleeves. Then, they kick back at the local pub to bond over moonshine and religious discourse. Also, if you haven't already, check out our Tumblr http://biggaynerds.tumblr.com/ for more material, including fanart!
Mar 01, 2017•1 hr
Our heroes—yeah, let’s go with heroes—descend further into the caverns and encounter: holes within holes! Peril after peril! Two dogs stapled together! Watch as they get walloped to death’s door and back (again), poke some gross cave stuff with sticks (again), and laugh at each other’s misfortune (again)!
Feb 21, 2017•1 hr 9 min
It's St. Valentine's Day, and what better way to celebrate than to descend into an unlit cave complex in search of dead bodies? George the bugbear, Gull the tiefling, Feodora the dwarf, and Myra the half-elf kick off their adventuring career and learn that everything's a threat when you're Level 1. This episode was made possible by https://roll20.net/ but not in a sponsorship way (yet).
Feb 14, 2017•1 hr 9 min
Levi leads us into the latest iteration of Dungeons & Dragons, the biggest name in tabletop roleplaying! We navigate character creation, noting the improvements that Fifth Edition brings to the table, and assemble a team with magical powers and checkered pasts. EDIT: Whoops, I forgot the music! Our intro and outro beats are still courtesy of Aesop Rock's The Blob, available here: https://soundcloud.com/rhymesayers/aesop-rock-the-blob
Feb 07, 2017•1 hr
