Abnormal Mapping
- Episodes
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- monthly
- Latest episode
- Oct 29, 2026
About the podcast
Abnormal Mapping is a monthly game club of Em and Jackson, talking primarily about old games with an eye to critiquing without nostalgia.
Episodes 198
Abnormal Mapping 191: Before the Green Moon
We do some farming and go to space in this indie game about the themes behind your average life sim and farming game. We had a good time! Good thing we can find good games while the rest of games are on fire …
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We do some farming and go to space in this indie game about the themes behind your average life sim and farming game. We had a good time! Good thing we can find good games while the rest of games are on fire.
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: Bioware shutdown, Epic meltdown, Xbox Microslop, Remedy games thriving?, Earthion, Blue Wish Desire, Quest 64, Metal Gear Solid, Persona 3 Reload, Dressmaker, The Case of the Golden Idol, Parking Garage Rally Circuit, Fields of Mistria, Before the Green Moon
Next Month’s Game Club: Castlevania 64
Music this Episode
Believe in the Speed by The Holophonics
Title Theme by Turnfollow
The World Glitters by Hidehito Ikumo and Catton Arthur
Endless Horizon by Yuzo KoshiroAbnormal Mapping 190: U.N. Squadron
Emmmeline had surgery this month so I am joined by Dia for another exciting surprise episode of Abnormal Mapping. We will not miss a month, come rain or shine. That is the pact we signed in 2013. Enjoy a lot of …
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Emmmeline had surgery this month so I am joined by Dia for another exciting surprise episode of Abnormal Mapping. We will not miss a month, come rain or shine. That is the pact we signed in 2013. Enjoy a lot of Metroidvania talk, and a classic Capcom Shmups
Thank you for your support while we have dealt with many health issues this year, it is greatly appreciated, thank you to Dia for coming through, and everyone send nothing but love and kindness to Emmeline while she’s recovering from even more surgery.
Things Discussed: Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, Metroid: Planets, Metroid II: Return of Samus, Super Metroid, The Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past, The Legend of Zelda Link’s Awakening, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Super Tennis, Castlevania: The Adventure, U.N. Squadron, Forgotten Worlds
Next Month’s Game Club: Before the Green Moon
Abnormal Mapping 189: OFF
We’re back with a bunch of games and gaming news, including a look back at one of the more influential entries in the RPG Maker sphere, Belgium post-modern RPG OFF! We had a really good time with this one.Thank …
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We’re back with a bunch of games and gaming news, including a look back at one of the more influential entries in the RPG Maker sphere, Belgium post-modern RPG OFF! We had a really good time with this one.
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: physical games are dead, Double Fine freed, thoughts on Rare, Halo: Combat Evolved, Quake 2, Jackson’s Kingdom Hearts document, Touhou 5 Mystic Square, Proverbs, Kamaitachi no Yoru, OFF,
Next Month’s Game Club: Before the Green Moon
Music this Episode
Pepper Steak by
Stay in Your Coma by
Fake Orchestra by
Avatar Beat byAbnormal Mapping 188: Another World
Em is recovering from illness this month so Jackson called up Dia Lacina in order to preserve the streak. THE STREAK NEVER DIES. WE WILL NOT MISS A MONTH.Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate …
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Em is recovering from illness this month so Jackson called up Dia Lacina in order to preserve the streak. THE STREAK NEVER DIES. WE WILL NOT MISS A MONTH.
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: Let’s Plays, Undernauts, Shinsekai: Into The Depths, Metroidvanias, Shmups, RetroAchievements, Another World, Heart of the Alien
Next Month’s Game Club: OFF (2008)
Music this Episode
Escape from Another World
Flight from Another World
Uncertain Flight from Another WorldAbnormal Mapping 187: Resident Evil 0
Jackson continues their Resident Evil journey as we play one of the least discussed numbered entries in the series. Is there a reason that’s the case? Turns out, yeah!Thank you so much as always for listening …
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Jackson continues their Resident Evil journey as we play one of the least discussed numbered entries in the series. Is there a reason that’s the case? Turns out, yeah!
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: games have never been more dead, Warframe, Persona 3 Reload, Kowloon’s Gate, The Namco Museum Museum, Kingdom Hearts MelonMix, Chip & Ironicus Rebirth LP, Street Fighter 6, Granblue Fantasy Versus, Resident Evil Code Veronica, Resident Evil Zero,
Next Month’s Game Club: OFF (2008)
Music this Episode
Welcome to the Parade from Granblue Fantasy Versus
ZERO from Resident Evil 0
R.E.D. (Zangief’s Theme) from Street Fighter 6
Want To Be Close -Reload- from Persona 3 ReloadAbnormal Mapping 186: Echo Point Nova
Our friend Molly returns to Abnormal Mapping to run, jump, grapple, dig, climb, surf, and shoot shoot shoot our way through one of the more cool and intense games we’ve played in recent memory. Please …
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Our friend Molly returns to Abnormal Mapping to run, jump, grapple, dig, climb, surf, and shoot shoot shoot our way through one of the more cool and intense games we’ve played in recent memory. Please enjoy!
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Next Month’s Game Club: Resident Evil 0
Music this Episode
Astra by Floating Door
Gamma by Floating Door
Occluded by Floating Door
Roll the Credits by Floating DoorAbnormal Mapping 185: The Chrono Jotter
We’re joined by our friend Kim to talk about a visual novel of the murder game and detective kind! Ran Ibuki is a very not normal girl who finds herself stuck in a timeless place where girls mostly fall in love …
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We’re joined by our friend Kim to talk about a visual novel of the murder game and detective kind! Ran Ibuki is a very not normal girl who finds herself stuck in a timeless place where girls mostly fall in love and kill each other, and it’s up to us to get her out! We had a pretty good time with this one, please enjoy.
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: Final Fantasy XIV, Voices of the Void, Scarlet Hollow, she danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died, Not So Instant Messaging, Our Lovely Ladyverse, Of The Devil, The Chrono Jotter
Next Month’s Game Club: Echo Point Nova
Music this Episode
Mystic Room by 贤狼HUSKY
Lloigor by 贤狼HUSKY
BuggShash by 贤狼HUSKY
Azathoth by 贤狼HUSKYAbnormal Mapping 184: Rabbids Go Home
We dig through the pile of trash that is the Wii library for one of the hidden gems of its lineup, the one Rabbids game that people remember fondly! It turns out the kids who said this was one of the good games …
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We dig through the pile of trash that is the Wii library for one of the hidden gems of its lineup, the one Rabbids game that people remember fondly! It turns out the kids who said this was one of the good games of their childhood were correct! We also talk way way way too much about Resident Evil.
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: GBA anniversary, Castlevania, Logiart Grimoire, Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Pokopia, Resident Evil (the series), Screamer,
Next Month’s Game Club: The Chrono Jotter
Music this Episode
Jamaica Farewell by Harry Belafonte
Bãtutã Din Moldova by Fanfare Vagabontu
Bubamara by Fanfare Vagabontu
Somebody to Love by Jefferson AirplaneAbnormal Mapping 183: NiGHTS Into Dreams and DOOM (PS1)
We return to a game we played near the very start of the podcast, but … in port form? Much to discuss about the place of ports as transformative work and also the strange routes of design lineage, especially …
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We return to a game we played near the very start of the podcast, but … in port form? Much to discuss about the place of ports as transformative work and also the strange routes of design lineage, especially when we talk about NiGHTS and Sonic Team’s peculiar ideas about what 3D gaming should look like. A TRULY action packed episode.
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: Xbox has never been more dead, Persona 6 ideas, Dodonpachi, Touhou: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Final Fantasy XV 1.0 mod, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, Silksong, Ratcheteer, Persona 3 Reload, Walfie’s Nonograms, Initial Unity, Touge Shakai, DOOM, NiGHTS into Dreams
Next Month’s Game Club: Rabbids Go Home
Music this Episode
Gate of your Dream by Tomoko Sasaki
Message from Nightopia by Tomoko Sasaki
Track 12 by Aubrey Hodges
Club Doom by Aubrey Hodges
Dreams Dreams by Tomoko SasakiAbnormal Mapping 182: Simogo Legacy Collection
We play a bunch of classic phone games and talk about an era of small games that feel like they vanished from the earth. This was a great walk down memory lane, even if we mostly talk about Device 6.Thank you …
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We play a bunch of classic phone games and talk about an era of small games that feel like they vanished from the earth. This was a great walk down memory lane, even if we mostly talk about Device 6.
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: gamedownsights.com, Hollow Knight: Silksong, gacha corner, Call of Duty (franchise), Doom 2, Half-Life, Boomerang X, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, https://simogo.com/work/device-6/
Next Month’s Game Club: DOOM (PSX) and NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn)
Music this Episode
Device 6 by Daniel Olsén
Lace by Christopher Larkin
Glittermåne by Daniel Olsén
Anna by Jonathan EngAbnormal Mapping 181: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Surprise! One final Abnormal Mapping before the end of the year. Jackson is joined today by Erin to get thoughts down about the most baffling Game of the Year in recent history, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It …
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Surprise! One final Abnormal Mapping before the end of the year. Jackson is joined today by Erin to get thoughts down about the most baffling Game of the Year in recent history, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It is a game that has kicked off a ton of discourse most of which talks around the actual game itself, which is what this podcast is about. I could not care less about France vs Japan I want to talk about this game’s weird fucking ending.
Erin can be found on bsky here, go give them a follow!!
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Final Fantasy, Myst, Diablo
Next Month’s Game Club: Simogo Legacy Collection
Music this Episode
Until You’re Gone by Lorien Testard
Gestral Market by Lorien TestardAbnormal Mapping 180: Mega Man 7 & 8
This one was in the can way before the new Mega Man was announced, but I’m glad they finally listened to us and made another one of these. But we went back to the first evolution of classic Mega Man with two of …
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This one was in the can way before the new Mega Man was announced, but I’m glad they finally listened to us and made another one of these. But we went back to the first evolution of classic Mega Man with two of the less respected but surprisingly disparate entries in the Mega Man series. Hope you enjoy!
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: Xbox is still dead, Silksong, Violent Storm, Q-Up, Dynasty Warriors 4, Myst IV: Revelation
Next Month’s Game Club: Simogo Legacy Collection
Music this Episode
Electrical Communication by GANASIA
Astro Man by Shusaku Uchiyama
Clown Man by Shusaku Uchiyama
Brandnew Way by GANASIAAbnormal Mapping 179: Onimusha: Warlords
This Abnormal Mapping needed an extra week to cook, but it’s finally here for you to enjoy! We talk about a bunch of arcade games, Capcom’s inability to tell a good story (charm point), and Jackson is the one …
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This Abnormal Mapping needed an extra week to cook, but it’s finally here for you to enjoy! We talk about a bunch of arcade games, Capcom’s inability to tell a good story (charm point), and Jackson is the one who brings up gacha this time??? Please enjoy the episode!
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: Xbox is dead, Mega Man, Violent Storm, Duet Night Abyss, Ball X Pit, Inazuma Eleven, Silksong, Mushihimesama, Batsugun, Castlevania the Arcade, Major Havok, Skins Game, Onimusha, Devil May Cry, Ninja Gaiden, Resident Evil
Next Month’s Game Club: Mega Man 7/8 at the end of the month!
Music this Episode
Rising Sun - 1st Movement by Takashi Niigaki
Onimusha (Demon Warrior) by Takashi Niigaki
Ai by Takashi Niigaki
a secret blast from the past songAbnormal Mapping 178: Persona 5 Royal
After months of chipping away at it Em finally completed Persona 5 Royal, which means she invited two of her most Shin Megami Tensei-brained friends to come on and talk about the game. And oh boy, did they ever …
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After months of chipping away at it Em finally completed Persona 5 Royal, which means she invited two of her most Shin Megami Tensei-brained friends to come on and talk about the game. And oh boy, did they ever talk about the game. Over two nights! This is a big one.
Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells in addition to Around the Long Fire on our network. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia
Ina doesn’t have a regular podcast but sometimes remembers to watch 2WBY and show up on the podcast! You can find her on bsky and read her fanfic on AO3.
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: Armored Core, Long Live the Queen, Umamusume,
Next Month’s Game Club: Onimusha: Warlords and then Mega Man 7/8
Music this Episode
Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There by Shoji Meguro
No More What Ifs by Shoji Meguro
Beneath the Mask by Shoji Meguro
Rivers in the Desert by Shoji MeguroAbnormal Mapping 177: Viewfinder
Some games are just very okay to the point where you don’t have too much to say about them, but thankfully we have some other gaming to keep us going as we poked through some photos and perspective puzzles this …
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Some games are just very okay to the point where you don’t have too much to say about them, but thankfully we have some other gaming to keep us going as we poked through some photos and perspective puzzles this month.
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: gaming news, Persona 5 Royal, Dragon Warrior III, Silksong, Persona 5 Dancing in Starlight, Colin McRay Rally 2.0, Marvel Infinity War, Charlie Murder, Zombie Vikings, Alltynex, Raiden Fighters, Strider (2014), Mega Man X 2-5, Viewfinder
Next Month’s Game Club: Onimusha: Warlords (and Bonus Persona 5 Royal podcast!)
Music this Episode
Wake Up Your Hero by Masanori Akita
Boss Area (Aces Version) by Yasuhiro Hashimoto
X vs Zero by Naoto Tanaka, Naoya Kamisaka, and Takuya Miyawaki
Yume Wo Kakeru by Kenta HigashiohjiAbnormal Mapping 176: Star Fox 64
We played a classic of the greatest console ever made, the Nintendo 64, this month! How did Em find returning to a game she 100%ed long ago? How did Ace Combat superfan Jackson find Nintendo’s take on the …
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We played a classic of the greatest console ever made, the Nintendo 64, this month! How did Em find returning to a game she 100%ed long ago? How did Ace Combat superfan Jackson find Nintendo’s take on the genre? All this and more in this episode!
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: Switch 2, PS5 price hikes, San Francisco Rush, Hydro Thunder, Wave Race 64, Extreme G, F Zero X, Mario Kart 64, Star Wars Episode 1 Racer, Ridge Racer Type 4, Gran Turismo, Sega Rally 2, Persona 5, Star Fox 64
Next Month’s Game Club: Viewfinder
Music this Episode
Opening by Koji Kondo
Area 6 by Koji Kondo
Aquas by Koji Kondo
Star Wolf Theme by Koji KondoAbnormal Mapping 175: Children of the Sun
A small and fascinating puzzle game gets us through a rough month this week as we talk about score chasing, the tone of indie games in aesthetics vs mechanics vs story, our feelings about short games, and more …
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A small and fascinating puzzle game gets us through a rough month this week as we talk about score chasing, the tone of indie games in aesthetics vs mechanics vs story, our feelings about short games, and more. This was a pretty solid little game!
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: Switch 2, Persona 4 and 5 (Freckled1der's daily Persona 4 LP ), NBA 2k12, NFL Blitz, Super Tennis, Sports games at large, Juufuutei Raden's Guide for Pixel Museum, play Gary's game Bite the Hand, Touhou 3
Next Month’s Game Club: Star Fox 64
Music this Episode
Virtua Tennis introduction
Cult Jam, Pts 1-2 by Aidan Baker
FIFA Anthem by Franz Lambert, Rob May, Simon Hill
Marisa Kirisame’s Theme ~ Dimensional Dream by ZUNAbnormal Mapping 174: Parasite Eve II
We dig into Square’s attempt at survival horror as they hand Parasite Eve over to one of the creators of Resident Evil who proceeds to make a police procedural about being the bioweapon cops out on the streets …
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We dig into Square’s attempt at survival horror as they hand Parasite Eve over to one of the creators of Resident Evil who proceeds to make a police procedural about being the bioweapon cops out on the streets. It’s very funny, but mostly pretty good? Glad we got around to this one.
New podcast art is by boo! Go hire her to make you stuff!
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Next Month’s Game Club: Children of the Sun
Music this Episode
Forbidden Power by Naoshi Mizuta
The First Encouonter by Naoshi Mizuta
M.I.S.T. by Naoshi Mizuta
Ghost Town by Naoshi MizutaAbnormal Mapping 173: No Case Should Remain Unsolved
We play a small detective game and come away with a nice appreciation of adapting the mystery story into mechanics, a discussion about light investment gaming, and our appreciation for genre work that thrives …
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We play a small detective game and come away with a nice appreciation of adapting the mystery story into mechanics, a discussion about light investment gaming, and our appreciation for genre work that thrives in their own little gaming ecosystems.
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: density gaming, Unnamed Space Idle, RPG gaming, Lovely Lady RPG, Journal Updated's latest episode you should definitely listen to, investigation games, Her Story
Next Month’s Game Club: Parasite Eve 2
Music this Episode
Blown Away by Kevin MacLeod
Skim the Surface of the Sea by Yoshitatsu Sakai
Left Lane Right Brain by Kud-Lida
Atsui Kodou by Isao BitoAbnormal Mapping 172: Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
We’re joined this month by Nora Blake of Export Audio to talk about her and Em’s favorite dead Konami franchise: Castlevania! We’re playing the first PS2 game, a certified mid classic, a game that asks can you …
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We’re joined this month by Nora Blake of Export Audio to talk about her and Em’s favorite dead Konami franchise: Castlevania! We’re playing the first PS2 game, a certified mid classic, a game that asks can you really get ten hours out of five rooms? The answer is: kinda?????
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: Red Dead Redemption, Girls' Frontline, Persona 5 Royal, Pinfeather, Contra, Vampire Survivors Castlevania DLC, tons of Castlevania from all over the franchise
Next Month’s Game Club: No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Music this Episode
Lament of Innocence (Leon's Theme) by Michiru Yamane
House of Sacred Remains by Michiru Yamane
Melancholy Joachim by Michiru Yamane
Statue Enchanted by the Darkness by Michiru YamaneAbnormal Mapping 171: Soul Blazer
We played an old SNES game today and talk about the elemental qualities of RPGs and action games. Also, Jackson keeps gaming, and Em makes ambitious plans to tackle a too-big game.Thank you so much as always …
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We played an old SNES game today and talk about the elemental qualities of RPGs and action games. Also, Jackson keeps gaming, and Em makes ambitious plans to tackle a too-big game.
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: Metaphor Refantazio, Captain Commando, Warriors of Fate, Batman Returns, The Punisher, Denjin Makai, Armored Warriors, Guardians, Guardian Heroes, Die Hard Arcade, Battle Circuit, Dynamite Cop, Sengoku 3, Spike Out, Fighting Force, Gekido, Onimusha Warlords, Zone of the Enders 1, Castle Crashers, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Double Dragon Neon, Ninja Gaiden Black, Devil May Cry 3, Towerborne, Monster Hunter
Next Month’s Game Club: Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Music this Episode
Into the Dream by Yukihide Takekawa
World of Evil by Yukihide Takekawa
Basement of Dr Leo by Yukihide Takekawa
Koibito no Inaiyoru by Yukihide TakekawaAbnormal Mapping 170: Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman and Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
We’re playing two not very classics of their respective genres today as we go back to the back half of the 90s to play an early action game and a relatively early 3D platformer. We’re kind of split on which …
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We’re playing two not very classics of their respective genres today as we go back to the back half of the 90s to play an early action game and a relatively early 3D platformer. We’re kind of split on which game we prefer along lines I expect you’d predict, but we both had a pretty good time with both games anyway! Also, before that, Jackson gives the MOTHER of all segment 1 updates.
At 16:15 or so until 1:15:30 Jackson's Audacity file broke and we had to use the backup. Em's a little quiet during this section but it's mostly okay. I did my best with the edit. Sorry about that!
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!
If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!
Things Discussed: Devil May Cry 1, The Bouncer, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, TMNT 89 Arcade, Oni, Maken Shao: Demon Sword, Final Fight, Double Dragon, Golden Axe, Double Dragon 2: The Revenge, Downtown Nekketsu Story, Shinobi, Black Belt, Rolling Thunder, Altered Beast, Aliens, Ninja Gaiden (NES), Contra, Super Contra, Double Dragon (NES), Shadow Dancer, Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone, Mega Man 2, Galaxian, Defender, Scramble, Tempest, Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos, Space Harrier, Shadow of the Ninja, Xevious, Devil Blade Reboot, Batsugun, Varyznex, The Hurricane of the Varstray: Collateral Hazard, Alien vs Predator, Shoot 1Up DX, Exed Exes, Gradius, Terra Cresta, Twinbee, Slap Fight, Ninja Gaiden 3: The Ancient Ship of Doom, Streets of Rage 2, Bare Knuckle 3, TMNT 4: Turtles in Time, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Final Fight 2, Final Fight 3, Knights of the Round, Jackson's shmup diaries on their youtube, Touhou 1 and Touhou 2, Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman, Devil May Cry, Godhand, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, Froggun, Lode Runner, Tomb Raider
Next Month’s Game Club: Soul Blazer
Music this Episode
Johnny No More byDavid Nowlin and Greg Weber
Rising Zan Them by Hironobu Kageyama, Atsunori Namba, Yoshichika Shimamura
Volcano Island 4 by Justin Scharvona, Karin Griffin and Martin Gwynn Jones
Bonus Theme 1 by Justin Scharvona, Karin Griffin and Martin Gwynn Jones
Snow Island 4 by Justin Scharvona, Karin Griffin and Martin Gwynn JonesAbnormal Mapping 169: 1000xRESIST
We tackle a newer game this month as we talk about the critically acclaimed adventure game 1000xRESIST. We found plenty to love and plenty to pick at during our time with this one, but it’s exactly the kind of …
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We tackle a newer game this month as we talk about the critically acclaimed adventure game 1000xRESIST. We found plenty to love and plenty to pick at during our time with this one, but it’s exactly the kind of messy game we tend to like around here, so we’re glad we played it and I hope you enjoy listening to us talk through it!
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Things Discussed: Balatro, Sonic Colors, Crash Bandicoot, Dynasty Warriors 9 and 3, Saga 1, 1080XRESIST, science fiction metaphors, queer reads, trauma and parents and children, a little bit about China and Hong Kong (but less than you'd think)
Next Month’s Game Club: Rising Zan: Samurai Gunman and Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Music this Episode
Watcher Haunted by Drew Redman
The Orchard - In Motion by Drew Redman
Inside Sunrise by Drew Redman
Fixer's Song -Extended- by Drew RedmanAbnormal Mapping 168: Sonic the Hedgehog (2006): Legacy of Solaris
We close out the year by playing one of the most infamous games we’ve ever covered, a game that has been a running joke and shorthand for bad game for nearly twenty years. And yet, do we find the judgment of …
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We close out the year by playing one of the most infamous games we’ve ever covered, a game that has been a running joke and shorthand for bad game for nearly twenty years. And yet, do we find the judgment of history fair? Do we believe in redemption for a certain blue hedgehog and the anime princess who loves him? We’re going to try our best, as we finally play Sonic 06 (with as much help as modding can give us)!
To install Legacy of Solaris for yourself, please watch this video!
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Things Discussed: Stellar Blade, Infinity Nikki, Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty, Jumping Flash 1 & 2, Sonic Advance 2, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Unleashed, Sonic and the Black Knight, Sonic 06, Sonic at large, the video Jackson referenced Em had no idea about, game projects, controller preferences, dreaming up better worlds for video games
Next Month’s Game Club: 1000xRESIST
Music this Episode
Boss Solaris Phase 2 by Hideaki Kobayashi, Tomoya Ohtani, et al.
Wave Ocean ~ The Inlet ~ by Hideaki Kobayashi, Tomoya Ohtani, et al.
Town Mission 3 by Hideaki Kobayashi, Tomoya Ohtani, et al.
My Destiny (Theme of Elise) by Hideaki Kobayashi, Tomoya Ohtani, et al.Abnormal Mapping 167: Shenmue II
We’re joined by Dia Lacina once again as Ryo continues the next leg of his quest to track down Lan Di, his father’s killer. What strange challenges will he find in China? How does Yu Suzuki follow up one of the …
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We’re joined by Dia Lacina once again as Ryo continues the next leg of his quest to track down Lan Di, his father’s killer. What strange challenges will he find in China? How does Yu Suzuki follow up one of the most ambitious, incredible games of all time? We find ourselves surprised at almost every turn as Shenmue II goes big and goes small and goes adventuring!
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Things Discussed: Stalker 2, watch Dia and Em play Gabriel Knight 3 on Dia's YouTube channel, Vanishing Point, NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup, Super Mega Baseball 4, Streets of Rage, Some Sonic Games, Sonic X Shadow Generations, Mother, Ninja Baseball Bat Man, Arctic Eggs, Shenmue, Shenmue II, Shenmue 3 predictions, the most a game has ever made us laugh
Next Month’s Game Club: Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), the Legacy of Solaris mod (install tutorial video)
Music this Episode
Joy by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Yuzo Koshiro, Ryuji Iuchi, et al.
Queen’s Street by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Yuzo Koshiro, Ryuji Iuchi, et al.
Campfire Discussion by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Yuzo Koshiro, Ryuji Iuchi, et al.
The Path to Destiny by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Yuzo Koshiro, Ryuji Iuchi, et al.Abnormal Mapping 166: Racing Lagoon
One of the hot new releases of … wait, 1999? That can’t be right. Oh, it’s a fan translation. One of the hot new fan translations hitting the inter-oh I’m being informed the fan translation is from three years …
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One of the hot new releases of … wait, 1999? That can’t be right. Oh, it’s a fan translation. One of the hot new fan translations hitting the inter-oh I’m being informed the fan translation is from three years ago! How embarrassing. Well, we’ve been meaning to play this one for a hot minute, and when Em finally tried it they were so instantly in love with it they insisted we cover it for the podcast. So we did! Turns out, we had a great time! Please join us as we try to discover what is beyond speed!
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Things Discussed: Lollipop Chainsaw, Akiba's Trip, Oneechanbara,Oneechanbara 2, Ys IX Monstrum Nox, Etrian Odyssey, Ratchet and Clank 4 and 5 PS2, Air Comabat, Ace Combat 2, Ace Combat 3, Ace Combat 4, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Racing Lagoon, Racing Lagoon plot summary from Dungeon Chill, Ashita no Joe, Final Fantasy, Initial D, the lost generation and the bubble economy, fan translations, gallery of all the loading screens in Racing Lagoon
Next Month’s Game Club: Shenmue II
Music this Episode
Loop Demo by Takahito Eguchi & Noriko Matsueda
Taiman Battle by Takahito Eguchi & Noriko Matsueda
Yuka Suzuki by Takahito Eguchi & Noriko Matsueda
Forgethill by Takahito Eguchi & Noriko MatsuedaTimestamps
(00:00:00) - Segment 1: We’re Gaming!
(00:54:20) - Segment 2: Racing Lagoon
(02:00:45) - Segment 3: QuestionsAbnormal Mapping 165: Mister Mosquito
Sometimes you decide to finally pick up one of those games you’ve always heard of but never got around to, the curiosities that you are pretty sure aren’t must plays, but stick in your brain anyway. Some might …
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Sometimes you decide to finally pick up one of those games you’ve always heard of but never got around to, the curiosities that you are pretty sure aren’t must plays, but stick in your brain anyway. Some might argue this has been the history of Abnormal Mapping at large! But this month we do one of the epitomes of this style of game as Em chose one of the big PS2 curiosities from the era of “I can’t believe they localized that!”
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
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Things Discussed: PlayStation 5 Pro, Ratchet & Clank PS2 trilogy, Harmful Park, Ranger X, Haunted Castle Revisited, Castlevania Judgment, CybeRRRevolution, Phantasy Star Online, Astro Bot, Mister Mosquito, quirky games
Next Month’s Game Club: Racing Lagoon
Music this Episode
Pit of Peril by Kenneth C M Young
Bossa 1 by Akihito Okawa and Houzou Okazaki
Jazz 1 by Akihito Okawa and Houzou Okazaki
Funk 1 by Akihito Okawa and Houzou OkazakiTimestamps
(00:00:00) - Segment 1: Gaming Catchup
(01:03:00) - Segment 2: Cassette Beasts
(01:43:20) - Segment 3: QuestionsAbnormal Mapping 164: Final Fantasy XI
Jackson is joined today by official Final Fantasy Correspondant Austin Walker to talk about Final Fantasy XI - specifically the base game and Rise of the Zilart. It’s been a busy MMO summer and we simply needed …
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Jackson is joined today by official Final Fantasy Correspondant Austin Walker to talk about Final Fantasy XI - specifically the base game and Rise of the Zilart. It’s been a busy MMO summer and we simply needed to get it out of our systems and into microphones somewhere. Please enjoy this three hour tribute to a game that’s still around and still good as hell.
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Things Discussed: Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy XIV, all the other Final Fantasies a little too, World of Warcraft and MMOs. It’s mostly just FF11 though.
This Month’s Second Game Club: Mister Mosquito
Music this Episode
One Last Time by Nobuo Uematsu
The Grand Duchy of Jueno by Naoshi Mizuta
Voyager by Naoshi MizutaAbnormal Mapping 163: The Forgotten City
Em is back from the month off to talk about the joy of a kind of cheesy mystery with a great sci-fi premise as we get to live out our Star Trek: The Original Series dreams by lecturing ancient peoples about how …
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Em is back from the month off to talk about the joy of a kind of cheesy mystery with a great sci-fi premise as we get to live out our Star Trek: The Original Series dreams by lecturing ancient peoples about how our modern world view is clearly the best one. This sounds like it’s selling The Forgotten City short, but I promise it isn’t, we really liked this game. Sometimes good things are also kind of silly things, is all, and we delight in the silliness in this episode.
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
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Things Discussed: Dwarf Fortress, Neon White, Jackson's MMO Summer, The Forgotten City, Immortals of Aveum
Next Month’s Game Club: A Bonus Final Fantasy XI episode, and then Mister Mosquito at the end of the month!
Music this Episode
The Forgotten City by Michael Allen
The Die is Cast by Michael Allen
The Voice of the People by Michael Allen
Life's Greatest Blessings by Michael AllenAbnormal Mapping 162: Citizen Sleeper
This month it’s just me, Jackson, being joined by Crystal to play Citizen Sleeper. Em is currently in Hospital after major surgery and so I’m taking over and organizing the podcasts while they recover! Please …
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This month it’s just me, Jackson, being joined by Crystal to play Citizen Sleeper. Em is currently in Hospital after major surgery and so I’m taking over and organizing the podcasts while they recover! Please send them well wishes. It’s time to talk about RPG systems, and the strange act of critiquing leftist video games that you mostly agree with. I think this is a good discussion about a fun game and I hope everyone enjoys it!
Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!
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Things Discussed: Pokemon NetBattle, Dragon Age, Final Fantasy XI, Citizen Sleeper, Skyrim, Fallout New Vegas, Dragonstomper
Next Month’s Game Club: ??? Possibly The Forgotten City, we shall see
Music this Episode
Possible Futures by Amos Roddy
Ember’s Wake by Amos Roddy
A Window to the Sun by Amos RoddyTimestamps
(00:00:00) - Segment 1: Dragon Age/FFXI
(00:31:21) - Segment 2: Citizen Sleeper
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