Big Gay Nerds

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 above.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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/).

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?

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?

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.

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!

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)!

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).

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

Another Monsterhearts session wraps up with ominous cliffhangers! I think that means we’re doing it right. With a strange new threat and personal secrets revealed, the students of MDC are left vulnerable and confused, but make a last-minute push to obliterate your sympathy for them.