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Abnormal Mapping 175: Children of the Sun

July 24, 2025

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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!

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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 ZUN

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