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 Empress’ name?

Shops, items, stores, auction houses, capitalism ho! We’re talking video game shops. The weird tropey unreal staple in many video games. What are our favourite shops? Are there games where you work in a shop? Yes. Yes there are. Shoppu. 

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?

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. 

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 time you’re at a tournament.

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 Kingdom Hearts mobile? Read on to find out.

It's an XMAS SPECIAL!

We do poems and songs for you!

Its really just a whataya playing, we talked about, Diablo 4, Endless Ocean Luminous, Ghostwire Tokyo.

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

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?