Abnormal Mapping

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 ha

Abnormal 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 m

Abnormal 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! T

Abnormal 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 p

Abnormal 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 timele

Abnormal 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

Abnormal 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

Abnormal 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 w

Abnormal 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 h

Abnormal 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 e

Abnormal 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

Abnormal 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 a

Abnormal 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

Abnormal 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 J

Abnormal 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, o

Abnormal 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 bein

Abnormal 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 ap

Abnormal 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 certifie

Abnormal 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

Abnormal 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 plat