Mating Habits of the Modern Geek

Join members of the GURPS Actual Play podcast As The Dice Roll: Cautious Optimism as they embark on a new adventure in the GURPS Genre - Super Heroes! In this episode, they're headed to an adventure theme park to hunt alleged invisible assassins! We stream on Twitch Saturdays at 2:00 pm (at least once a month) Twitch: @MatingHabitsPodcast And this video can also be downloaded as a podcast the following Monday by subscribing to the Mating Habits of the Modern Geek Podcast. Our theme music is Super Hero from  www.tabletopaudio.com/ Consider joining their Patreon and adding hundreds of themed background music and ambience tracks to your next TTRPG session. www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/KSpTfb6h Copyright Operation Exile, LLC 2024   PLAYER BIOS: Name: Todd Sullivan Player Bios:  Todd is an I.T. Technician and general nerd.  Living in North Carolina with his wife and two cats he enjoys TTRPGs, Board Games, Video Games, and sundry nerdy things. Social Medias: Threads: @toddasullivan42, YouTube: @gadgethovel Character Name:  All The Characters (Todd's the GM!)   Name: Raven Player Bios: Raven is avid player of RPGs, particularly WoW and ESO and co-hosts Girls Gone WoW which is a podcast about WoW that has recorded over 600 episodes. She is a charity finance director by trade and is based in the UK with her cat and a pony. Social Medias: @silkyraven on Twitter/Bluesky/Instagram Character Name: Lorelei Character Power: (edited) Shapeshifter   Name: Joe Hogan Player Bio: Joe is an educator, a geek, and a member of the LGBT community. He lives in Palm Springs, California with his wonderful and supportive husband. When he is not teaching theatre to high schoolers, he enjoys video games, ttrpgs, and anything Marvel related. He hosts the now-retired podcast, Geektitude, and is the editor of As the Dice Roll (which is not retired… just behind schedule). Social Medias: IG: @epicgrays, The App Formerly Known As Twitter: @epicgrays Character Name: Donovan Graves - *Barrier* Character Power: Barrier can generate force fields and energy blasts.   Name:  Kelley Hightower Player Bios: Kelley has been a video gamer since 1986 and a TTRPG gamer since 1996.  She hosts a long-running podcast, Mating Habits of the Modern Geek and makes a living as a modern-day scribe and a small-but-sharp cog in the machine of local government.  She loves opossums, horror movies, martinis, and lives with her two cats, chickens, and GM husband in North Carolina. Social Medias: @Kelleydisagrees on Twitter/Instagram @matinghabitsofthemoderngeek on YouTube @matinghabitspodcast on Twitch Character Name:  Sullivan “Sully” or *Shatter* Character Power:  Shatter can control all forms of glass with telekinesis.   Name: Carrie Lambertsen Player Bio: Annoying little sister of the GM. Video game journalist and senior writer for Screen Rant’s gaming department. Loves video games, board games, Disney Lorcana, D&D/Gurps, LEGO, tacos, and capybaras. Social Medias: @craftingrogue on Twitter/X, @Carrielambertsen on Instagram, and not social media but: https://screenrant.com/author/carrie-lambertsen/ Character Name: Sunburst (Sunny) Bean, with her lovable capybara friend Captain Snugglefoot Character Power: Teleportation, Speak with Animals From all of us at Mating Habits Presents, thanks for playing games with us!

Kelley and Todd are back but instead of geeky relationship advice, they're changing the podcast to one about TTRPG reviews, actual plays, home-run rpgs, and general chats about geeky stuff.  Sit back and enjoy your commute and if you have the free time, come play with us! We stream on Twitch Saturdays at 2:00 pm (at least once a month) Twitch: @MatingHabitsPodcast YouTube: MatingHabitsoftheModernGeek Discord: https://discord.gg/KSpTfb6h Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees @toddasullivan42 YouTube: @gadgethovel moderngeekcast@gmail.com   Copyright Operation Exile, LLC 2024

Join members of the GURPS Actual Play podcast As The Dice Roll: Cautious Optimism as they embark on a new adventure in the GURPS Genre - Super Heroes! We stream on Twitch Saturdays at 2:00 pm (at least once a month) Twitch: @MatingHabitsPodcast And this video can also be downloaded as a podcast the following Monday by subscribing to the Mating Habits of the Modern Geek Podcast. Our theme music is Super Hero from  www.tabletopaudio.com/ Consider joining their Patreon and adding hundreds of themed background music and ambience tracks to your next TTRPG session. www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com Copyright Operation Exile, LLC 2024   PLAYER BIOS: Name: Todd Sullivan Player Bios:  Todd is an I.T. Technician and general nerd.  Living in North Carolina with his wife and two cats he enjoys TTRPGs, Board Games, Video Games, and sundry nerdy things. Social Medias: Threads: @toddasullivan42, YouTube: @gadgethovel Character Name:  All The Characters (Todd's the GM!)   Name: Raven Player Bios: Raven is avid player of RPGs, particularly WoW and ESO and co-hosts Girls Gone WoW which is a podcast about WoW that has recorded over 600 episodes. She is a charity finance director by trade and is based in the UK with her cat and a pony. Social Medias: @silkyraven on Twitter/Bluesky/Instagram Character Name: Lorelei Character Power: (edited) Shapeshifter   Name: Joe Hogan Player Bio: Joe is an educator, a geek, and a member of the LGBT community. He lives in Palm Springs, California with his wonderful and supportive husband. When he is not teaching theatre to high schoolers, he enjoys video games, ttrpgs, and anything Marvel related. He hosts the now-retired podcast, Geektitude, and is the editor of As the Dice Roll (which is not retired… just behind schedule). Social Medias: IG: @epicgrays, The App Formerly Known As Twitter: @epicgrays Character Name: Donovan Graves - *Barrier* Character Power: Barrier can generate force fields and energy blasts.   Name:  Kelley Hightower Player Bios: Kelley has been a video gamer since 1986 and a TTRPG gamer since 1996.  She hosts a long-running podcast, Mating Habits of the Modern Geek and makes a living as a modern-day scribe and a small-but-sharp cog in the machine of local government.  She loves opossums, horror movies, martinis, and lives with her two cats, chickens, and GM husband in North Carolina. Social Medias: @Kelleydisagrees on Twitter/Instagram @matinghabitsofthemoderngeek on YouTube @matinghabitspodcast on Twitch Character Name:  Sullivan “Sully” or *Shatter* Character Power:  Shatter can control all forms of glass with telekinesis.   Name: Carrie Lambertsen Player Bio: Annoying little sister of the GM. Video game journalist and senior writer for Screen Rant’s gaming department. Loves video games, board games, Disney Lorcana, D&D/Gurps, LEGO, tacos, and capybaras. Social Medias: @craftingrogue on Twitter/X, @Carrielambertsen on Instagram, and not social media but: https://screenrant.com/author/carrie-lambertsen/ Character Name: Sunburst (Sunny) Bean, with her lovable capybara friend Captain Snugglefoot Character Power: Teleportation, Speak with Animals From all of us at Mating Habits Presents, thanks for playing games with us!

Times change and the advice that your grandparents gave your parents about finding love probably doesn't apply today.  Also, we saw Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and make some incorrect predictions about The Mandalorian. Find Todd online @Aron1701 Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Network. www.ko-fi.com/matinghabits www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com Copyright Operation Exile, LLC 2023

We're back with Roger to discuss why breakups are often complete surprises to men.  We also talk Destiny: Lightfall, Legos, Valentine's Day, Last of Us, The Mandalorian, Strange New Worlds and Discovery. We got Letters!! Find Todd online @Aron1701 Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Network. www.ko-fi.com/matinghabits www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com Copyright Operation Exile, LLC 2023

We couldn't let January pass us by without a new episode.  We've been off having holidays, COVID, and settling into new jobs but now we're back talking about... Vox Machina, The Last of Us, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Glass Onion, and a new dating app that is supposed to help counteract the boredom of traditional dating apps. https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/dating-app-fatigue  https://www.getthursday.com/  Tables get flipped for a great start to 2023! Find Todd online @Aron1701 Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Network. www.ko-fi.com/matinghabits www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com Copyright Operation Exile, LLC 2023

Roger joins Todd and I as we discuss Andor, The Right Stuff conservative dating app. and way too much Hitler talk.  Have single men lost the plot on these dating apps? We flip tables over nosey coworkers, bad drivers, and fair-weather friends. Find Todd online @Aron1701 Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Network. www.ko-fi.com/matinghabits www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com Copyright Operation Exile, LLC 2022

Kelley and Todd discuss their new careers, Biscuitville, and how Practical Magic is NOT a scary film. Tables get flipped over urgent care appointments and folks not honoring the social contracts in the drive-thru lane. Find Todd online @Aron1701 Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Network. www.ko-fi.com/matinghabits www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com Copyright Operation Exile, LLC 2022

Kelley and Todd have tied the knot and become Mr. and Mrs. Mating Habits!  Join the newest direction of the podcast where Todd and Kelley (and sometimes Roger and the rest) talk about geeky movies, TV shows, video games, and what it's like for these two geeks to be married - sorry in advance for the shmoop!  Find Todd online @Aron1701 Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Network. www.ko-fi.com/matinghabits www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com Copyright Operation Exile, LLC 2022

Todd is back and we discuss romance in roleplaying - no, not that type of roleplaying, silly; the tabletop kind! We flip tables, do some Would You Rathers, and find hygge as always. Find Todd online @Aron1701 Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Network. www.ko-fi.com/matinghabits www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com Copyright Operation Exile, LLC 2022

The Business braves COVID to have a calm discussion about new revisions to Dungeons & Dragons 5e, GURPS, Cthulhu, and basically every RPG under the sun.  We also talk about the new season of Destiny 2, Horizon Forbidden West, ice cream parlors and bad GMing. Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Network. www.ko-fi.com/matinghabits www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com Copyright Operation Exile, LLC 2022

Todd and I talk about our mental health issues, what worked for us, and what didn't.    I saw The Northman, Todd played baseball again, and we flipped some tables and found some joy.   Mental Health is a serious and important issue.  Neither Todd nor Kelley are experts, and if you need immediate help, please reach out to:   National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish.    800-273-8255   Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Network. www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com Copyright Operation Exile, LLC 2022

Roger co-hosts with Kelley on this episode about wedding dos and don'ts, what makes for a good ceremony and reception, and Roger's true feelings about wedding photographers. Tables get flipped over Facebook Group Fights, and Hygge is found in some light jazz. Links: https://www.wbtv.com/2022/04/20/couple-spends-just-500-their-wedding/ Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Network. www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com

Todd returns to discuss Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga, my recent trip to see Letterkenny Live!, and non-traditional weddings as he and I plan our own. Tables get flipped over the theft of Easter, the "Dark" side of the moon, and Hygge is found in hot chocolate and handwritten notes. Links: https://www.herecomestheguide.com/wedding-ideas/alternative-wedding-ideas Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Network. www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com

Paris is quite literally in the house to help me record an episode through a fog of new brain meds and too many Heinekens.  We talk about attending The Viking Experience, debunked Alpha theories, and whether your a man who likes women as people, or just likes to have sex with female bodies.  Enjoy! www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com

Roger returns to spoil the heck out of The Batman, The Book of Boba Fett, and the last The Joker - so don't blame us if you haven't watched them yet.   We discuss my recent trip up to Alaska, share a UNC Basketball moment, flip tables, have warm Hygge thoughts, and talk about if people even realize how large a part their subconscious plays in their desires.   Check out the newly-added Patron tiers at Mating Habits Patreon! www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com

Todd returns to talk about Valentine's Day Lore, tangents about Critical Role controversies, and how good robes and automatic ranch are. Show Links: https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/valentines-day-facts https://kotaku.com/critical-role-marquet-third-campaign-asian-cultures-col-1848500055 Check out the newly-added Patron tiers at Mating Habits Patreon! www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com

Joe Hogan of Geektitude joins me to talk about what happens when you get caught in your car eating secret cake, and whether or not your loved ones have a right to be angry about it. https://www.themarysue.com/eat-your-cake-dad-aita/ Check out the newly-added Patron tiers at Mating Habits Patreon! www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com

Roger and I know some folks out there who are going through some tough relationship stuff, and we offer our two cents. How do you know when to jump ship and get yourself out of a bad situation? As always, we also talk a lot about nothing including Eternals, Red Notice, and we flip tables as usual. Check out the newly-added Patron tiers at Mating Habits Patreon! www.patreon.com/matinghabits Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com

Happy New Year, Mating Habits Fam!  Welcome Todd Sullivan of Nerdberg Review and Farming Simulated Fame (and also my boyfriend) to the show where we talk about our long-distance relationship and what we did over his Holiday Visit. We discuss Spiderman: No Way Home, Hawkeye, Shang-Chi, and Matrix Resolutions(?), Co-op video game It Takes Two, X-Wing, and One Night Werewolf. Find us at www.matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com @Mating Habits @KelleyDisagrees moderngeekcast@gmail.com