That Guy's a Maniac

This week the maniacs talk about how World of Warcraft is not very interesting to look at, the frog/salamander/whale Pokémon Heatran and the top Volcanoes in games (the only Volcanoes they could remember).

Despite both claiming to have done research before this episode, the maniacs discover live, the inspiration behind the Grubbin line of Pokemon. It isn’t a bus, it isn’t a plane, it’s Grubbin! Despite this they do still talk about modes of transport in games (thrilling stuff) plus everyone’s favourite monarch, Queen Slug for A Butt.

Dearest gentle reader. It’s always a good idea to write the podcast blurb just after you record it. Otherwise the list you leave yourself raises more questions than it does provide answers. Apparently in this episode, taking the lead from stealth bomber-ghost-dragon pokemon dragapult we talked about- fusion, decraniation, sex with mothers, Lobot piss, Duplocalkus and the Trill. I see some thematic links but not sure how we got there.

This week we’re all about those night-time raptors that’s right it’s Bubo and Noctowel. We talk about true owls, bay owls, apple pie owls, stinky owls and not even rowlet. Explore with us the unique verb ‘to baust’ and this episode’s unofficial sponsor is the word generic. We talk about generic titles, generic answers and generic mall names. Find out in our mid-podcast quiz how to abort a god-fetus.

This week the maniacs discuss in brief Nidoran♂ and the rest of the Nido line and Richie’s That Guy’s A Mastermind topic is 1995’s Discworld. We end up talking about Carry On films, Peter Cook on Have I Got News For You, hooky whelks from the Barras, asexual Nidoran coming to generation 10 Pokemon games and forays into domestic terrorism and DC comics, maybe.

We’re going batty this week on TGAM! We kick things off, pondering Capcom vs. Pokémon. We take a dive into the "lovecore" aesthetic, debate the fine line between things that are cute but ugly, and give some much-needed attention to Succubat, Woobat, and Swoobat. Also, expect a significant Red Dwarf diversion Smegheads

This week’s Pokemon is Calyrex, the horse-fusing, garlic heed. We talk about fusions. Richie hates Calyrex. Cunzy1 1 takes on the Kirby’s Dream Land Master Maniac Quiz and we round off the podcast with a legendary segment about horses, hoses and garlic in video games. Galloppen?

It’s the end of year Estival celebration and we’ve got a jam-packed show! We’ve got 36 video game-themed Christmas cracker jokes, we’ve got a brutal half-time Chrono Trigger round of That Guy’s a Mastermind and if that wasn’t enough it’s the 2025 TGAM Video Game Christmas Awards. Find out who scoops the wins in our six unique categories.

We re-talk about Hallo Kitty being a British Schoolgirl, the symbiosis between jellycat and penguins and the pokemon Mantyke. Richie takes on Metal Kart 3 for the SNES in That Guy’s A Miltank. We then try to remember anything about video games.

This week, we try to make sense of the goat phenomenon. We're comparing the villagers of Animal Crossing to the outright chaos of Goat Simulator and the dark comedy of Cult of the Lamb. We'll also debate some classic gaming mysteries: Which goat has the highest HP? And, most importantly, does a GTA car count as a 'mount' in the purest sense of gaming taxonomy? Tune in for the answers you didn't know you needed.

This week we have never really looked at Klingklang. Is it a wheel? How many gears are there? Where is the face? Cunzy1 1 tests his knowledge of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and the maniacs talk gear in games. Gear gating, cosmetics and the realistic Chariot based Gran Turismo game we never knew we needed.

It’s Horsea folks! But not really. We quickly get too excited to talk about our first impressions of Pokémon Legends ZA (mild spoiler warning) and then take a bit of an odd tangent talking about male pregnancy in video games and we add our first items onto the TGAM scale of sadbad.