Big Gay Nerds

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Big Gay Nerds 313: Let's All Punch Each Other At Once (Shinobigami 4.3) Aug 30, 2025

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It's our biggest, WILDEST PvP session yet! All four of our shinobi antiheroes, plus an evil undead witch, commit to a decisive battle for the cursed artifact! We've got SECRET MOVES! We've got TENSION! We've got DESPERATELY SCRAMBLING TO LEVERAGE EVERY ADVANTAGE SO YOU CAN MAKE AN IMPORTANT ROLL! We've got JIRO SPEAKING THROUGH GENNY LIKE THE GREEN GOBLIN MASK AND MAKING HER GET KIND OF TOXIC! This is an all-timer, folks. Content warning for the undead, violence (all kinds), decapitation, mind control, and smoke. Music is "Cyber_Noir" by Peritune www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vtxrVyaHuc under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Big Gay Nerds 312: Ghosts and Girl Goons (Shinobigami 4.2) Aug 10, 2025

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In this episode, the four rival shinobi go about gathering intelligence and preparing for the inevitable confrontation. Jiro makes an aggressive play thanks to insider information, Seiko goes on a reverse field trip to Ninja School, Mina goes on the hunt, and Shiori commands her girl goons. Content warning for the undead and surveillance. Music is "Cyber_Noir" by Peritune www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vtxrVyaHuc under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Big Gay Nerds 311: Rookie of the Year (Shinobigami 4.1) Jul 22, 2025

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Your favorite game of ninja espionage returns, and this time we finally have what BGN scholars would refer to as our current "core cast" in play! When rumors of a cursed artifact in a rural village surface, agents of the Shadow War converge like sharks, but could someone be chumming the waters to draw them out? Jiro, Seiko, and Mina return, alongside a new face played by Sara! Listen in for cliff-side fights, idol routines, shadow clones, and surprise reappearances! Content warning for surveillance, the undead, dangerous falls, and brain trauma. Music is "Cyber_Noir" by Peritune www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vtxrVyaHuc under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Big Gay Nerds 310: Ripsnake (GURPS Yonder Star 1.4) Jun 12, 2025

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Start up the music, it's time for the biggest space-captain fight since Kirk took on that lizard-man! River must survive an attempt on his life while he and Max grapple with an unexpectedly zealous foe--and the GURPS grappling rules. Will The Girls get there in time to help? And will this spell disaster for the Melchior's maiden voyage? Listen and learn! Content warning for light body horror, threat of gun violence, assassination attempt. Music is "Whistling Winds" by Peritune www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVjSLiLF0RY under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Big Gay Nerds 309: Fishing For Clues (GURPS Yonder Star 1.3) May 28, 2025

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The Melchior's officers keep looking for answers to the mysterious death, but the more information they unearth, the less sure they are of anything, including the victim's own identity! With a ticking clock hanging over them, the expedition itself could be in jeopardy--and might their own lives also be in danger? Content warning for discussion of imperialism, surveillance and espionage, autopsy, and possible body horror. Music is "Whistling Winds" by Peritune www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVjSLiLF0RY under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Big Gay Nerds 308: What if General Grievous Was a Cool Dude (GURPS Yonder Star 1.2) May 09, 2025

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GASP! There's been a murder upon the Melchior! Unless her blood just Did That somehow. But just in case it IS murder, we'd better lock down the ship and look for suspects! The officers scramble to unravel this shocking mystery; will all their technology and training be enough to keep the maiden voyage on schedule? Content warning for discussion of imperialism, surveillance, corpses, and blood. Music is "Whistling Winds" by Peritune www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVjSLiLF0RY under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Big Gay Nerds 307: Motley Crew (GURPS Yonder Star 1.1) Apr 21, 2025

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It's time to get our most ambitious campaign yet underway! In the wake of brutal oppression and bloody rebellion, a coalition of different species and cultures attempts to repurpose the tools of violence for discovery and diplomacy. One such tool, Captain River La Rosa, is being led to his first command under the Alliance's peacetime navy, and he's about to find that just being a former Hegemony soldier isn't enough to make him the oddest officer aboard. But the whole motley crew will soon have much more to worry about than first impressions... Content warning for discussion of imperialism, corpses, and blood. Music is "Whistling Winds" by Peritune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVjSLiLF0RY under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BGN Preview: Yonder Star Apr 04, 2025

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Take a glimpse of the future's past. A fungal acolyte examines an alien specimen. A weary turncoat recounts a brutal war. A soldier of fortune leaves his fortune behind. A captive outlaw takes some time to reflect. An uplifted entertainer sets foot among the stars. They do not know it, but their fates are intertwined...

BGN 306: It's Scary to Talk Back to Your Parents (Kids on Bikes 1.6) Feb 16, 2025

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It's the finale of our first Kids on Bikes episode! The kids (sans bikes) literally descend once more into the strange conspiracy beneath Davis, risking their own hides for the good of their new weird little friend. Can they free Duende's "parent," and when they do, could some kind of complication somehow arise from freeing a giant tentacled memory-eating alien? Listen and find out! Content warning for underground facilities, tentacles, strangulation, accelerated time, and winged monsters. Intro and outro music from "Come Play with Me" and "Anxiety" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com/) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

BGN 305: Canadian Road Warriors (Kids on Bikes 1.5) Jan 29, 2025

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Having escaped the secret underground bunker with their new friend, the kids (sans bikes) need to come up with a plan for what to do next. Obviously Ryder's plan to jump the northern border and become itinerant highwaymen is GREAT, but we could at least use a Plan B. After splitting up for some side missions, the gang must break into somewhere even riskier: Ryder and Fiona's house. Will they get what they need without a confrontation with their increasingly mysterious mother? Is Duende more of an asset or a liability? What if Terry had got that knife after all, where would we be now? Content warning for discussion of memory loss, child endangerment and parental abuse, and faceless beings. Intro and outro music from "Come Play with Me" and "Anxiety" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com/) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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