Abnormal Mapping

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!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: 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 IIMusic this EpisodeLoop Demo by Takahito Eguchi & Noriko MatsuedaTaiman Battle by Takahito Eguchi & Noriko MatsuedaYuka Suzuki by Takahito Eguchi & Noriko MatsuedaForgethill 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: Questions

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!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: 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 gamesNext Month’s Game Club: Racing LagoonMusic this EpisodePit of Peril by Kenneth C M YoungBossa 1 by Akihito Okawa and Houzou OkazakiJazz 1 by Akihito Okawa and Houzou OkazakiFunk 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: Questions

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.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 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 MosquitoMusic this EpisodeOne Last Time by Nobuo UematsuThe Grand Duchy of Jueno by Naoshi MizutaVoyager by Naoshi Mizuta

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!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: Dwarf Fortress, Neon White, Jackson's MMO Summer, The Forgotten City, Immortals of AveumNext Month’s Game Club: A Bonus Final Fantasy XI episode, and then Mister Mosquito at the end of the month!Music this EpisodeThe Forgotten City by Michael AllenThe Die is Cast by Michael AllenThe Voice of the People by Michael AllenLife's Greatest Blessings by Michael Allen