Abnormal Mapping Podcast
1) 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 (charm point), and Jackson is...Show More
2) 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 about the game. And oh boy, did...Show More
3) 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 some photos and perspective pu...Show More
4) 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 Jackson find Nintendo’s take on...Show More
5) 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, our feelings about short games,...Show More
6) 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 being the bioweapon cops out on th...Show More
7) 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 appreciation for genre work that...Show More
8) 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 certified mid classic, a game that ask...Show More
9) 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-big game.Thank you so much as...Show More
10) 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 platformer. We’re kind of split on...Show More