That guy's a Maniac...

  We'RE:Back for the first episode of the fifth season of the TGAM Podcast! Will this be the season the maniacs don't neglect the blog despite directing everyone to it every episode? Well just between you and me listeners I'm already an episode behind! As ever we've got SEASON GIMMICKS including a bit that we're not sure if it works or not THE WHOLE SEASON. Just like old times (remember the office skit? Like that but worse!). We also debut new game Character, Item, Level to the world. 

You thought the season was done but we've squeezed out a bonus episode for you. It's ALL BREAK TIME, ALL THE TIME. Hear Richie and Cunzy struggle to answer questions about any game released after 2001 from the Ultimate? Video Game Trivia card quiz. 

In this episode the 'maniacs' talk about if the Koopalings are Bowser's children or not for too long and then eventually talk about board games which are video games and video games which are board games but not 'board games'. Are they good are they bad?  

We're hoovering up all the unique pokémon in the main series games going all the way back to Pokémon Sapphire . Here's the introduction to the series , clearing out Pokémon Fire Red , Pokémon Colosseum , Pokémon XD Gale of Darkness and most recently a quick pit stop review of the Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald grab-bag spinoff games with pokémon unlockable for the main games. 

With the dust all but settled on Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet (just SV from here on) now that the second part of the DLC has come out and been thoroughly explored we'd thought we'd take the time before the epilogue drops to see how rock types were served in the latest mainline Pokémon video games. We've already reviewed how rock types, the greatest pokémon typing, were added to in Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield  so let's see what's new and what's returning for rock types in the newest pair of games and the DLC.  SPOILER WARNING: If, unlike us, you're not several hundred hours into these relatively new games and their expanded content then there may be a few spoilers within.

In past seasons we have gone back to a particular year and reviewed the happenings in games, and this season is no different! We take you back to the canonically 2014-style days of 2014

...are in your area now. This week we talk about those gamnes that remain standalone in their series, or ones that do deserve a sequel!