After a big day of mall brawls and super-finger-wagging, our young heroes must focus on other matters. For Pate and Luke, that means mandatory counseling sessions for the temporally displaced; for Juno and Pipa, it means hemming and hawing over their job search. Featuring: a tour of two very different Halcyon City neighborhoods, anglophobia, a moment of vulnerability, a brief architecture lesson, and creepin'. Music by Perennial Sounds LLC
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 10 min
After busting some criminals, our young heroes have themselves been busted for busting up an otherwise thriving and profitable shopping mall! When faced with judgement by the Exemplars--the biggest-deal heroes in Halcyon--will they make good impressions or just make the situation worse? Music by Perennial Sounds LLC
Sep 09, 2020•1 hr 28 min
Our Masks campaign kicks off in the most bustling, vibrant part of any American city: the shopping mall! When our young heroes are witness to a crime, of course they'll spring into action... but could a simple robbery by some punks prove to be more of a challenge than they expect? Music by Perennial Sounds LLC
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Here we go! It's a campaign years in the making with Masks: a New Generation! Join Owen, Levi, Saturn, Sara, and Jo as they dive into a world of superheroics and young-adult drama! Meet a brash Celtic warrior, a super-charged corporate orphan, an antihero's past self, and a genius robot catboy. Together, can they become Halycon City's new champions, or at least well-adjusted adults? Featuring new music by Perennial Sounds LLC: http://perennialsounds.com/
Aug 28, 2020•1 hr 29 min
Out of all the competitors in the long and sometimes messy history of Giant Robot Derby League, Princess Catamount of the Royal Standard and Alpha of the Chrome Crushers may not have the most impressive statistics... but the story those numbers tell is one worth hearing. Join Owen and Sara in this GM-less, non-linear, conversation-based game about athletes, relationships, and numbers! Sports are Just Numerology is written by Ben Roswell and can be found here: https://roswellian.itch.io/sports-ar...
Aug 19, 2020•59 min
It all comes down to this. The Resurrectionists have one of the two things they came for, but can they find closure and still escape the Heavensent? It's time to say goodbye. Visual aid: https://imgur.com/a/ZdxGDGP Our intro and outro music is sampled from Aesop Rock's The Blob: https://soundcloud.com/rhymesayers/aesop-rock-the-blob
Jul 30, 2020•2 hr 24 min
As we hurtle towards the climax of the Resurrectionists' final, sea-train-based heist, the situation escalates rapidly and our antiheroes have to think fast! But even when their goals are tantalizingly in reach, changes and revelations--both internal and external--threaten to shift priorities! What happens when you become something else to get what you want?
Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 51 min
Having uncovered a secret that only raises more questions, the Resurrectionists get to work, grilling suspects and consolidating allies. I can't really say much more for fear of spoilers, except that at one point I make what may be the inverse of a Freudian slip.
Jul 15, 2020•1 hr 45 min
After their first day on the Heavensent ended in a shocking revelation, the Resurrectionists stop to get their bearings and finally grill the Azure Rose for everything it knows about the Sun Shard and the man who so desperately wants it. After that, things quickly escalate as this train mystery is graced by the one element it was missing: MURDER! Ira steals valor, Blondie steals a full-grown man, Flint reconnects with an acquaintance, and Thalia just goes from one shocking revelation to the next...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 57 min
Wooee, it's one of those LONG episodes! There's a little too much to sum up here, but for the sake of tantalizing: Blondie lives out the true tourist experience, Ira has a date, Flint snoops his way into a surprise, and Thalia sticks her spectral nose where it doesn't belong. Visual aid: https://imgur.com/a/ZdxGDGP
Jun 24, 2020•2 hr 7 min
As we settle into the train heist's unique system of time management, the gang starts sinking their teeth into the mission. With two targets, likely disguised and/or hidden, what's the best way to find them (let alone secure them) in three days? Ira and Thalia chat up NPCs while Blondie and Flint get up to some sneaky business. Visual aid: https://imgur.com/a/ZdxGDGP
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 15 min
All aboard the Resurrectionists' last score! Once a month, the double-decked locomotive known as the Heavensent takes a three-day journey from Doskvol to Grand Tycheria, crossing over the inky sea. This month, Adelaide Phroaig hopes to clandestinely flee the city, escaping both Imperial assassins and her double-crossed allies, the Resurrectionists. Presumably, she is taking the mysterious Sun Shard--the source of so much infamy--with her. Our antiheroes must use the next three days to find the n...
Jun 09, 2020•59 min
With their last big score--infiltrating an sea train in search of revenge and some kind of magic stone--looming in front of them, the Resurrectionists consolidate what resources they have in preparation. Blondie sticks to what he knows, Flint makes some prosperous gambles, Ira seeks creature comforts, and Thalia looks after her husband. At the back of everyone's minds: will it be enough?
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr 21 min
With the action of their rescue mission having rapidly escalated, the Resurrectionists have to act fast to get their man and get out before this becomes another fight to the death. Can Blondie use his brawn smarter, not harder? Can Shade resist using her scary ghost power? Can Silver really talk their way out of anything? And can Flint use all of this to find out what's up with Sweet Winter?
May 27, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Amidst everything else, Thalia's husband has gone missing under (cough cough) mysterious circumstances, and only the demonic Blue Rose knows where he is. Of course, its knowledge isn't free. Paying off the Resurrectionists' supernatural informant means saving an unexpected figure from Flint's past, and THAT means the crew has a whole lot of scheming to do. (Apologies for some brief audio trouble near the start; Fern has had to switch his recording equipment.)
May 20, 2020•1 hr 20 min
With one of their most harrowing scores behind them, the Resurrectionists have some time to breathe. However, none of them can afford to take their eyes off of their next big goal: revenge and, if they're very lucky, getting an Imperial enemy off of their backs. When the stakes are this high, can they resist the Blue Rose's offers? Blondie has a heart-to-heart while getting stitched up, Ira keeps making new friends, Flint struggles to find class solidarity, and Arden has a reunion.
May 13, 2020•1 hr 16 min
No time for introductions; this episode starts with the coldest open in the podcast so far! Our scrappy antiheroes have always punched above their weight, but now that they know just who wants them dead and who's on their payroll, their chances of survival seem lower than ever! Will they escape this death trap, and if so, at what cost? Find out in this thrilling and chilling episode of Big Gay Nerds! Content warning for gore.
May 06, 2020•1 hr 29 min
We pick up from our last horrifying cliffhanger to find the Resurrectionists in one of their tensest and most mysterious situations to date! Trapped in a fineries shop with a corpse, at least one killer, and some strangely cagey employees, their goals quickly shift from revenge and profit to survival and escape! Ira tries to keep the peace, Arden and Blondie go hunting, and Flint pulls some tactical slight-of-hand. Content warning: some gore, a hostage situation.
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 15 min
Last time, the Resurrectionists discovered that they had been double-crossed by their oldest ally! Now they're out to take revenge the only way they know: robbing the upper-middle-class quasi-Victorian equivalent of a Burlington Coat Factory. Things start off smooth, with thorough information gathering and the return of Arden "the Pebble", the gang's long-incapacitated Lurk! However, there might be more sinister going on here... Content warning: depiction of an elderly person exhibiting memory l...
Apr 22, 2020•1 hr 33 min
After defending their turf, the Resurrectionists are left with bolstered resources, a mysterious hostage, and, in one case, lasting psychological damage! It's time for them to lick their wounds and take stock of what's on their plates; in other words, classic downtime activities! Content warning: Interrogation of a captive.
Apr 08, 2020•1 hr 36 min
It's April 1st, and while everyone else is joking around, we've been stuck with a very serious scheduling conflict. There's only one thing to do: another Talky Episode. Waiting for Godot, the Role-Playing Game, and many other RPGs by Jared Sinclair can be found here: https://s-jared.itch.io/
Apr 01, 2020•1 hr 6 min
The Resurrectionists are back from the dead in a big way: one extra-long episode featuring a score so exciting we could only stand to do it all in one go! We left our antiheroes with a cliffhanger: their sewer-travelling rivals, the Capillariat, have finally declared open war after a long history of violent exchanges! With the gang's gambling den overrun, they'll have to mount a counterattack quickly or lose a valuable resource! Can they do it without spilling enough blood to make the law's retr...
Mar 24, 2020•1 hr 59 min
In this episode... oooh, I don't want to spoil it! But rest assured you'll see some fierce cyborg wrestling rivalries, romance with varying degrees of requital, surprise arrivals galore, and one huge celebrity cameo! So don't delay, act now, supplies are running out...
Mar 11, 2020•58 min
After last episode's little ultraviolent intermission, it's time to step back and get a feel for who these underground cyborg wrestlers REALLY are. For example, did you know that Krunk the Barbarian is more comfortable in graphic tees than armor made out of car tires? Or that Wage Slave has a real estate business? Or that Clout Strife's real name is... Clout Strife? And what about all those other wrestlers on the card? Listen on to learn more about these unique individuals, and then hear them be...
Mar 04, 2020•1 hr 5 min
In the futuristic dystopia of 1999, while the masses are placated by the spectacle of professional wrestling, there exists a turbulent underground of freelance operatives who break the law and risk their necks in search of fortune. Tonight, a fresh team of these "runners" will take on the forces of... well, professional wrestling. It's Saturn running a variant of our favorite one-stat system, and it's up to us to save their own WWW character! Content warning: This turns into kind of a bloodbath,...
Feb 26, 2020•1 hr 39 min
Alright chummers, flick on your holo-vids (or, if you're a Premium subscriber, wink your left eye to activate your implanted display) for the latest episode of Underground Cyborg Wrestling! We've got a flashbang show for you tonight, because some of our best talent--Wage Slave, Fashbasher, Krunk the Barbarian, and Clout Strife--are in the squared circle, and almost all of them have bad blood with each other!
Feb 13, 2020•1 hr 22 min
We're going back to the future in more ways than one! The year is 1999, and our technologically-advanced society is plagued by injustice and corruption. The masses need a distraction from their lives of corporate-mandated drudgery... and there's no better solution than watching a bunch of beefed-up caricatures pretend to hurt each other! With Levi guiding the way, Owen, Saturn, Snapper, and Fern will assemble a roster of cyberpunk combatants with enough gimmicks, grudges, and deeply silly names ...
Feb 05, 2020•43 min
Our first adventure in a galaxy far, far away comes to a head in the shadowy slave-pits of Hell, where our heroes are closer than ever to freeing themselves... and to being captured by the Baron's security! Everyone will need to contribute their unique skills--Manwe Ba's smooth salesmanship, Jaci's flashy heroism, and Jay's brutal cunning--to come out ahead!
Jan 22, 2020•1 hr 44 min
Having ditched their tour guide and made contact with other would-be escapees, our rough-and-tumble heroes are out to break the literal grip that Hell has on its people and, more importantly, our heroes' ship. Can they make their way to Transit without drawing undue attention to themselves? Of course not, but hopefully they can still get what they're after. Jaci does some drifting, Jay runs into a colleague, and Manwe Ba makes an important detour.
Jan 15, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Our ragtag band of space explorers have discovered a highly developed, prosperous world with extremely welcoming inhabitants, but something feels a little off... could it be that there's something BAD about the planet Hell? Well, no matter what secrets this big red tourist trap holds, we'll unearth them and find some way to turn it all into profit.
Jan 08, 2020•1 hr 8 min
