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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 gami…
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We talk mankey, monkeys, angry monkeys, Primeape, Annihilape, etymology, getting angry, anime, TCG cards and peek, everyone is a Garchomp, Tomb Raider, pigs and monkeys in games- pigs and monkeys in starfox, there are no pigs in Resident Evil, super monkey ball, monkey from timesplitters, monkeys in minecraft, pig cops in Duke Nukem.…
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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.…
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Who’s that Podcast? It’s TGAM the Podcast! We’re back for Season Six. We’ve got new games. There’s a new gimmick. Cunzy is our first That Guy’s a Mastermind™ contestant. This week we talk about the Pom Poko suit from Super Mario, snails, first partner Pokémon, frogs in video games and what would the Final Fantasy VII characters be if they were D&D …
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This episode explores the role of narcotics, medicines and other forms of drugs in video games. A 2018 study highlighted that many video games portrayed drugs in a positive light both those fictitious and based on real world recreational drugs. The maniacs really get into the weeds on this one and talk about the long association between video games…
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In order to celebrate spooky February, we’re talking all things dead, alive and dead again in video games. Hear it first here: the Buffy Reboot. Is Silent Hill Man dead? Shadowman. Other games. The snowman. Father Christmas. Jack Skellington. Did you know all the protagonists in Final Fantasy VII and VIII were named after something? What is the Emp…
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We finish the fight! Listen to this podcast to remember to the type effectiveness of Dark, Fairy and Steel type moves in the Pokemon game. Riche and Cunzy are STUNNED by learning that electric type is _________ and that __________ has never been water. Worst of all ___________ never went in the ________! Can you believe it?…
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New Game Plus what does it mean to you? This week the maniacs talk all about new game plus.Where did the term come from? What was the first game you could New Game Plus in. Other ‘exciting’ things like the order of events poorly remembered in such games as Tales of Vesperia, Final Fantasy XIII and Resident Evil 2.…
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It is the much anticipated fourth and penultimate part of our quick and easy reference guide to pokemon move type effectivenessses. This week we take down the trio of Rock, Ghost and Dragon types. Why is roadrunner a lie? Why can’t gengar punch your Dad? Why is Fairy immune to Dragon? All this and less covered here readers. Bookmark for the next ti…
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It’s the end of the gaming year and the beginning of a new gaming year! The maniacs look back to their video game resolutions from 2023 and make new ones for 2025. Did Richie download Suicide Squad Death to the Justice League? Did Cunzy1 1 go all in for Tomb Raider loot boxes? What is zero dawn? Did we finally get our hands on GPS-action-RPG Kingdo…
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We talk about some of the games we have picked up and are “re”playing whether it's a remaster, remake or just a new one (or emulated in some way). We chat Donkey Kong, Detroit: Become Human, Katamari, two of the Daniel Mullins Games Inscyption and Pony Island , Pokemon GO! and Mario Kart. Keep an ear out for Richie's Scottish newscaster impression…
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This week the maniacs examine Hiroki Azuma’s thesis on Japan’s Database Animals and think about the aspects of ‘character’ brought out in character and collecting based videogames? Does catering to these atomised aspects lead to character obsessions? How does Moe (萌え) influence modern Western game design?…
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It’s the halfway point in our mnemonic special. A foolproof way of remembering all the super effective, not very effective and immunity interactions between Pokemon types. This week we talk about how flying type is a buffed normal, why nobody likes gengar, why mosquitos hate Pride and how Forretress resists Professor X. Of course I mean, we cover g…
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This week the maniacs have a hot shot Character, Item, Level and then revel, in coming up with foolproof ways to remember all the type match ups from Pokémon. Is your Dad normal type? Familiarise yourself with the elemental triangle (and grass). And does thinking about bugs filled with dry grass really help? Listen to find out all this and morelull…
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One of the four elemental forces (arguably the worst one), this week we’re talking wind in video games. What is wind? We discuss wind as a force, farting in games, games where you play as the wind and a lot of talk about Pilotwings which may or may not have wind in it actually. Oh! We didn’t talk about Windwaker. I’ve only just remembered. Damn.…
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In this week’s podcast, the maniacs take on the challenge of defining Retro Games. What is a retro game? Are there handy definitions that can be pinched from fashion,music or wider culture? Is it a console generation thing? Can it be defined technologically? Chronologically? They also pick the Definitive Top 3 Retro Games of All Time. May be some d…
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The maniacs are back for their fifth season of video game podcasting. This season we’RE RE:Visiting, RE:Mixing, RE:Classing, RE:Troing. RE. The gimmick is RE words. We introduce to the world new game Character, Item, Level. Have a new skit (that doesn’t get any better readers). Richie enters a new era post-WOW and it’s a weird one. Cunzy plays some…
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Season 4 Episode 19 The Music Episode We delve into some of the Music we love and discuss it! Previous Music Episodes: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thatguysamaniac/episodes/Music-Banter---Part-1-e1qrm0j https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thatguysamaniac/episodes/Music-Banter-Part-Deux-e1rt5fm With thanks to the original work from: S…
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Season 4 Episode 18 Every season we have an episode dedicated to our memories from a specific gaming system. And since our gimmick this season is DS, its only fitting we talk about our faves on the DS system! Almost all the Pokemon Games, Diamond, Pearl, Heart Gold, Soul Silver, Ranger, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2... And many of the ot…
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