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What damage type would you be invulnerable to in real life? On this episode of That Guy's A Maniac, the boys pull "Invulnerability" from Richie's master list of 27 status elements—but not before standard conversational chaos takes over. Richie breaks down his highly stressful train ride from Glasgow to Edinburgh where he attempted to read a distinctly non-PG Alasdair Gray book in front of a teenager, leading to a deep dive into the legendary Scottish poet Ivor Cutler, government pigeon conspiracies, and why 80s 12-inch extended mixes are superior (even if you end up singing the hi-hat beat in your sleep). Plus, we talk about weeping at the end of Hamnet, defending the Super Mario Bros. Movie against grumpy critics, and the pure structural nightmare of a £40 plastic Yoshi popcorn holder. Finally, we talk gaming with our current late-night addictions, the open-world freedom of Mario Kart World, and the surprisingly wild metas forming in Pokémon Champions. Timestamps are a myth, just dive in!

What happens when you sit down to plan Season 7 and end up in a two-hour spiral about Pokémon, SSX Tricky, and human pheromones? In this bonus brainstorming episode, the boys workshop a potential new season theme around RPG Status Effects—starting with "Charm". From D&D spell saves and Final Fantasy VII party betrayals to designing beer-themed German Pokémon and debating whether human smell is just "air taste," no topic is left unturned. Press play for game mechanics, concert mishaps, and classic podcast banter!

We are back for Season 7! After looking over our listener stats and surviving the break, we're bringing actual structure to the pod this season, starting with our brand-new overarching theme: Status Effects in Video Games. In this premiere episode, we dissect how status mechanics like poison, silence, haste, and sleep mess with combat action economy in RPGs and survival horror games. But before we get technical, we tackle the big gaming questions of our era: Can you complete a Pokémon Nuzlocke in Kanto with literally zero Pokémon? What is the official Donkey Kong family tree canon (DK Jr., Cranky Kong, and Pauline in New Donk City)? Why did Patrick Stewart's hair keep glitching in Oblivion Remastered? Is NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 AI tech revolutionary or just photorealistic slop? Plus, we rant about Sims 2 pre-DLC expansions, $100 Dead or Alive swimsuit packs, and why game preservation on the upcoming Metal Slug collection is a win for gaming history.

It’s the season 6 finale and in order to celebrate the pokemon season we’ve got a DOUBLE KILL WHO WANTS THAT GUY TO BE A MASTERMIND double bill. Richie takes on Dunsparce. Cunzy takes on Omastar. May or may not include a far too long talk about the going rate for handy men. That Guy’s A Maniac. Why’d He Bite Me?

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).

Initially this episode was about one of our fave pokemon, Oricorio. But then we go hard into talking about every forms, modes, formes, shapes, variants, varieties, and all that…

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.

Join us for this week’s episode sponsored by the Pokemon Swellow and brought to you by the concept: vore. We talk realistic Yoshi game, Kiwis and Whales, Kirby and C’thun as well as Love and Deepspace (the game, not the concept)...

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.

Heathcliff, Heathcliff no one should terrorise the #neigh#bourhood. The Maniacs get a bit Eurotrashy this episode. We talk about Dragonball Zed, poundtown with mummy, horses, letters, penguins, gantin’, Wuthering Heights, biscuits and Shiver from Deep Cut. All inspired by lightning pokemon Zen Strika des-maximus TRAAAAANSFOOORM.

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 we talk about Galarian poor-man’s Skarmory, Corviknight. We talk a lot about corvids. Too much perhaps. Then we have not one but two That Guy’s A Mastermind Quizzes, quasi-legal hooky Zelda Ship of Harkinian and finish on Lady Gaga’s favourite Pokémon.

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.

Listen gang every season has to have one, this is a terrible episode… just skip it, Bellsprout just didn’t gel with us , Richie brings legal troubles to the podcast and we do an awful bit about Mickey Mouse at the end. CW: distended ballsack digestive enzyme imagery.

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