Abnormal Mapping

We leap back in time to the Mega Drive to talk about two action classics back when action games meant jumping and avoiding and not perfect parries. Not exactly divisive that we enjoy these types of games, but the generational split is very real as we talk about these two classics of game. Join us, for a walk down memory lane (Sega edition). 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: Roboquest, NiER: Reincarnation, Final Fantasy XVI: The Rising Tide, Needy Streamer Overload, Blazing Lazers, Felvidek, Binding of Isaac, Dynamite Headdy, Ristar, Gunstar Heroes, Beyond Oasis, Zelda, Angry Video Game Nerd Next Month’s Game Club: Myst III: Exile Music this Episode Opening Theme by Katsuhiko Suzuki, Yasuko, et al You're Izayoi by Katsuhiko Suzuki, Yasuko, et al Indication by Yuzo Koshiro Ending by Yuzo Koshiro Timestamps (00:00:00) - Segment 1: Games Played (00:33:30) - Segment 2: Dynamite Headdy and Beyond Oasis (01:32:10) - Segment 3: Questions

We finish our long Final Fantasy adventure by playing Square’s largest single player Final Fantasy yet. But does size equal quality? Does it equal ambition? We have many thoughts about this and about where the entire Final Fantasy VII Remake Project has gone and is heading in this enormous podcast about an equally enormous game. After dozens of hours, we are left with one simple question: why do we do this to ourselves? 1. Because we were ready to game 2. Because we were sure of quality 3. Because we were clueless Trick question. The correct answer was: because it’s our job. 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: Balatro, Cosmo Cheats at Poker, Rise of the Ronin, Jackson's piece on the ending of FF7 Rebirth, Jackson's Rise of the Ronin review, Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, every other Final Fantasy on earth but ones with specific spoilers include: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Intergrade, and Crisis Core, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy XVI Next Month’s Game Club: Beyond Oasis and Dynamite Headdy Music this Episode The Fight for Naming Rights by Mitsuto Suzuki, Masashi Hamauzu, and others Let's Go, Mt. Corel! by Mitsuto Suzuki, Masashi Hamauzu, and others Queen's Blood by Mitsuto Suzuki, Masashi Hamauzu, and others Crazy Chocobo by Mitsuto Suzuki, Masashi Hamauzu, and others Timestamps (00:00:00) - Segment 1: Games Played (00:30:00) - Segment 2: Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth (01:57:34) - Segment 3: Questions

We’re joined by Molly for the return of one of the classics, a guy who just needs to jump over every spike in all the world, conveniently located in a beautiful palace. That’s right, we’re here to talk about the return of Prince of Persia, and the surprising ways Ubisoft have melded the last ten years of exceptional platforming games into something with its own identity. 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Granblue Fantasy: Relink and Granblue Fantasy, Pseudoregalia, Iconoclasts, Monster World IV, Prince of Persia, Immortality, Another Code: Recollection, Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, a bunch of Metroidvania stuff broadly Next Month’s Game Club: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Music this Episode Managarmr, Sequestrian Primal by Tsutomu Narita Hanging Gardens of Mont Qaf by Mentrix Frozen as it Falls by Mentrix End Credits by Mentrix Timestamps (00:03:30) - Segment 1: Games Played (00:37:10) - Segment 2: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (01:33:15) - Segment 3: Questions

We interrupt your regularly scheduled coverage with a special announcement: Jackson has played the Final Fantasy XIII games, at last. Despite the frankly illegal amount of Final Fantasy content lately they were not going to let that go to waste. They are joined by Erin (@Woodabris, Woodaba on Youtube) to discuss the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, with a little Type 0 in there. It’s time to get remember: Fabula Nova Crystallis. 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy Type-0, Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XVI, Final Fantasy XII, Mass Effect (lol). Next Month’s Game Club: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Music this Episode The Promise by Masashi Hamauzu Caius’ Theme by Naoshi Mizuta Zero by Bump of Chicken Timestamps (00:00:00) - Intro (00:10:30) - Final Fantasy XIII (00:51:00) - Final Fantasy XIII-2 (01:30:00) - Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII (02:27:10) - Questions

We’re going back to the heady days of licensed multi-platform games in the early 00s this month as we play 007: Everything or Nothing and talk about the era of arcane save processes, weird genre mashups, awful final missions, and the ways in which the whole medium could turn on a relatively short dime to become something new. Was this game an unheralded prelude to the next-gen era? Maybe! We talk about 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! Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy Type-0, Final Fantasy XIV, GoldenEye, The Binding of Isaac, Star Ocean The Second Story R, Octopath Traveler II, 007: Everything or Nothing, 007: NightFire Next Month’s Game Club: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Music this Episode Gun Barrel by Sean Callery and Jeff Tymoschuk Everything or Nothing by Mya Theme of RENA by Motoi Sakuraba The Leaflands (Day) by Yasunori Nishiki Nearly Civilized by Esthero Timestamps (00:00:00) - Segment 1: Games Played (00:32:00) - Segment 2: 007: Everything or Nothing (01:58:10) - Segment 3: Questions

We close out the year with a podcast years in the making, as Molly joins us and we take a road trip with the king to be and his homies and play the much maligned but beloved by us Final Fantasy XV! This podcast will cover the main game and the first three episode DLCs (Gladio, Prompto, Ignis), and there’ll be a follow up podcast on the patreon (free for everyone) in about a week covering the movie, the anime, Episode Ardyn, and the Awful Book. Please look forward to 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! Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: Coral Island, Granblue Fantasy Versus, The 3rd Birthday, Oboeshoesgames video on The 3rd Birthday, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, Air Combat, The Binding of Isaac, Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy broadly Next Month’s Game Club: James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing Music this Episode APOCALYPSIS NOCTIS by Yoko Shimomura Valse di Fantastica by Yoko Shimomura Somnus by Yoko Shimomura Main Theme from FINAL FANTASY by Yoko Shimomura Timestamps (00:00:00) - Segment 1: Games Played (00:29:10) - Segment 2: Final Fantasy XV (01:58:10) - Segment 3: Questions

We keep gaming as we tackle a bunch of small games in a classic grab bag and talk through a whole mess of games that are interesting and worthwhile but often have one or two extremely obvious parts that hold it back. Some of them are reasonable critiques, some of them are just the unfortunate realities of game production, some are just The Times. I think the array of responses and games really makes for a solid episode however, and I hope you’ll agree! 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Here’s Where To Get All Four Games This Month: BETON BRUTAL The Red Lantern Inertial Drift (+ DLC) Silent Bomber Things Discussed: Signalis, Heretic, Jusant, Valis III, The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros Wonder, The Red Lantern, Firewatch, Beton Brutal, Getting Over It, Inertial Drift, production values in video games, Silent Bomber, the PSX aesthetic, Sean Seanson's video on Silent Bomber, TheGamingBritShow's video on Silent Bomber, petting the dog, Oboe Shoes Games a guy we like a lot, watch Em and Dia play The Dagger of Amon Ra Next Month’s Game Club: Final Fantasy XV and the four Episode DLCs Music this Episode Practice by Micfrog Mission 03 by Chikayo Fukuda Coming Home by Hrishikesh Hirway Shooting Star Overdrive by Turbo Timestamps (00:00:00) - Segment 1: Games Played (00:32:00) - Segment 2: Grab Bag 2023 (01:48:59) - Segment 3: Questions

It’s Jackson here with a surprise episode of Abnormal Mapping! This was meant to be a bonus anniversary surprise but scheduling woes got it pushed back a week, but that’s not important: I finally played Majora’s Mask. And I’m joined by my good friend Crystal to talk about it. Things Discussed: Majora’s Mask, most Zeldas, some Resident Evil. Next Month’s Game Club: Grab Bag! 2023 BETON BRUTAL The Red Lantern Inertial Drift (+ DLC) Silent Bomber Music this Episode Opening by Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi End Credits by Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi

We’ve been doing this for ten years! Damn, that’s a long time to be doing a monthly game club. But we’ll keep trucking into our second decade as we start a series that neither of us have played before. We’re joined by a guest, Shenmue superfan Dia Lacina, to talk about Ryo and his ridiculous quest for vengeance. Please enjoy this supersized episode, and thank you for however long you’ve been listening! 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: a decade of excellence!, Retro Mystery Club Vol 1: The Ise-Shima Case, Shadow the Hedgehog: Reloaded, Half-Life, Journal Updated's episode on Half-Life, Digital Eclipse's new Wizardry remaster, The Lamplighters League, The Secret History of Mac Gaming book, Letterforms & Illusions, Drakmyth Castle, Forza Motorsport (2023), Game Tengoku CruisinMix Special, Jet Set Radio Future, Ys VIII, Shenmue, arcade games vs computer games, a history of being too online in games Next Month’s Game Club: Grab Bag! 2023 BETON BRUTAL The Red Lantern Inertial Drift (+ DLC) Silent Bomber Music this Episode Shenmue by Ryuji Iuchi Working Man by Ryuji Iuchi Nightfall by Ryuji Iuchi Wish... (Vocal Version) by Yumiko Yamamoto Timestamps (00:00:00) - Segment 1: Games Played (00:47:45) - Segment 2: Shenmue (01:40:50) - Segment 3: Questions

We celebrate a century and a half of excellence this month as we talk about 3D platforming as we take a thorough look at Demon Turf and talk about platforming for sickos, designing games around the expectations of Nintendo Polish, and what that means in terms of expectations and the war within ourselves to appraise a thing. Demon Turf is really good, if you like 3D platformers, absolutely check it out, it’s something really special! Ambitious in a way few other games in this space are. 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: Paradise Killer, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, The Misadventures of Tron Bonne, El Viento, Top Gear 2, Donkey Kong 94, getting into the weeds about Donkey Kong, Demon Turf, 3D Mario games, Spark 3, 3D Sonic games, Lunistice Next Month’s Game Club: Shenmue Music this Episode Blown Away by Kevin MacLeod Lets Get Porked Up by Fat Bard Hot N Cold Beats by Fat Bard Damps Sea Dog Shanty by Fat Bard Timestamps (00:00:00) - Segment 1: Games Played (00:33:30) - Segment 2: Demon Turf (01:24:45) - Segment 3: Questions

We’re back with one of the obvious classics of all time, a game neither of us had played before this month but came like a lighting strike into our lives with its charm and brevity and interesting vision of early 3D RPG design. That’s right, it’s time to servbot up some exploration, with a dash of adventure, you dig? Okay, okay, I’ll stop. 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: Deathsmiles, Prehistoric Isle II, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Thronefall, Bowser's Fury, Duke Nukem 3D, Holocure, Venba, En Garde!, go check out Em and Dia playing Gabriel Knight 2 and Flower Sun and Rain!, Mega Man Legends, Ocarina of Time, Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider, Metroid Prime, the Mega Man franchise at large, making 3D games from 2D franchises, the reviews of yesteryear Next Month’s Game Club: Demon Turf Music this Episode Another Sun by Makoto Tomozawa The Main Gate by Makoto Tomozawa The Apple Market by Makoto Tomozawa Anata no Kaze ga Fuku Kara by Morishita Reika Timestamps (00:00:00) - Segment 1: Games Played (00:38:39) - Segment 2: Mega Man Legends (01:16:16) - Segment 3: Questions

Em is joined by anime gaming expert Olivia today to talk about a classic of Visual Novels, the Muv Luv trilogy of games! We have a brief RPG checkin first, nothing especially spoiler-heavy so don’t worry if you’re not also 7 games into Kiseki, but the Muv Luv sequence is, of course, exceedingly spoiler heavy by nature. 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: Kiseki, Persona, Donkey Kong Country 3, Octopath Traveler 2, Muv Luv Extra, Muv Luv Unlimited, Muv Luv Alternative This Month’s Game Club: Mega Man Legends Music This Episode Muv-Luv by Taku Iwasaki, Hikaru Nanase, Hijiri Anze, et al Campus Life by Taku Iwasaki, Hikaru Nanase, Hijiri Anze, et al Creeping Anxiety by Taku Iwasaki, Hikaru Nanase, Hijiri Anze, et al Asu he no Houkou by JAM Project (00:00:00) - Segment 1: Games Played (00:30:30) - Segment 2: Muv Luv (02:13:00) - Segment 3: Questions

We’re joined by post-gamer and friend of the show Austin Walker to talk about the latest and greatest in the long running Final Fantasy series. That’s right, it’s Clive time! Join us as we try to grapple with this large action RPG and talk mostly about its story and themes. Some mechanical talk, but this is very writing centric as an episode. Enjoy! Check out Austin’s podcasts Friends at the Table, A More Civilized Age, and Shelved by Genre! They’re all good! NOTE: This episode released a bit early, so maybe think about sending in Muv Luv emails if you’re hearing this week of release, okay? 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: Lakeburg Legacies, Last Epoch, Valis: The Fantasm Soldier, Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, Top Gear, Final Fantasy XVI, Hollow by Brian Catling Next Week: A bonus Abnormal Mapping talking about Muv Luv with friend of the show Olivia! Next Month’s Game Club: Mega Man Legends Music This Episode Final Farewells by Nobuo Uematsu & Takafumi Imamura To Sail Forbidden Seas by Masayoshi Soken Our Terms by Takafumi Imamura My Star by Masayoshi Soken (00:00:00) - Segment 1: Games Played (00:27:35) - Segment 2: Final Fantasy XVI (02:02:10) - Segment 3: Questions

We’re joined by blogger of the year and adventure game maestra Dia Lacina to talk about one of the most iconic games of the LucasArts era, Monkey Island 2! There’s plenty of other games besides, but it’s really mostly this one, because it’s worth it. You can watch Dia play Monkey Island 1 for free HERE, and support her Patreon to watch her play all of Monkey Island 2 right now! 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: Diablo 4, Diablo 2 and 3, Dia's review of Diablo 4 for Paste, Em was on Novel Not New to talk about Private Eye Dol (listen on the Scanline Media patreon), Chorus, Plague Tale Requiem, Alone in the Dark, Battlefield Bad Company, Street Fighter 6, Citizen Sleeper, Cyberpunk 2077, Monkey Island 2, Monkey Island, adventure games, Gabriel Knight, Space Quest, Next Month’s Game Club: Final Fantasy XVI Music This Episode Monkey Island 2 Intro Theme by Michael Land Captain Kate's Boat by Michael Land The Cemetery by Michael Land Monkey Island 1 Main Theme by Michael Land (00:00:00) - Segment 1: Games Played (00:30:46) - Segment 2: Monkey Island 2 (01:26:53) - Segment 3: Questions

We’re joined by special guest Niamh to talk about one of the classics of video game, infamously one of only two games we bailed on playing in history, and one of the once most divisive RPGs of history now mostly considered one of the greats. That’s right we’re revisiting Final Fantasy VIII playing Chrono Cross! FOR THE TIMELINE AND STORY SUMMARY VIDEO IF YOU NEED IT, CHECK THIS OUT We do NOT summarize the story and assume people are familiar with the plot, for time reasons. Even still it’s one of our longest episodes! 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Dynasty Warriors 4, Tears of the Kingdom, Secret of Mana, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Chrono Cross, Radical Dreamers, Chrono Trigger This Month’s Game Club: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge Music This Episode Scars of Time by Yasunori Mitsuda Another World by Yasunori Mitsuda The Girl Who Stole the Stars by Yasunori Mitsuda Radical Dreamers -Le Tresor Interdit- by Noriko Mitose and Yasunori Mitsuda

Em’s been so busy gaming we had to break out segment 1 into its own podcast to spare our Chrono Cross episode the world’s most topheavy structure, but we ended up having a great time. Second half of the pod is all Resident Evil talk if that’s not your speed, but before that is more normal. Spoilers for RE through Village, though! 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: the (at the time) upcoming Sony show, Until Dawn, the Ranged Touch LP for Until Dawn, Ridge Racer Type 4, Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom, Final Fight, Flowers - Le volume sur printemps, Marvel's Avengers, Pokemon Emerald Rogue, a fake Xbox "E3" leak we found hilarious, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3 Remake, Resident Evil 3, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard and its DLCs, Resident Evil: Village and its DLC This Month’s Game Club: Chrono Cross Music This Episode Prologue Theme by Ryuichi Nitta & Mayuko Okamura Urban Fragments by Kohta Takahashi feat. Kimara Lovelace Ending Theme 2 by Ryuichi Nitta & Mayuko Okamura

We’re back to talk about a small game about chilling out and brewing potions and what it says for the act of gaming itself to engage in a relaxing sort of simulated labor. There’s a whole world of games out there we don’t really touch on, and it was nice to brush up against it for once. Also, as usual, lots of gaming talk in general. 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: Tears of the Kingdom, Resident Evil 2, Jackson was on Journal Updated for Return of the Obra Dinn, Returnal, Saya no Uta, Atelier Sophie, Potion Craft, busywork games, modding games for your own enjoyment, getting grounded from games, controller memory, questions about potions, gaming during climate change This Month's Game Club: Potion Craft Next Month’s Game Club: Chrono Cross Music This Episode The Front Hall by Masami Ueda, Shusaku Uchiyama, and Syun Nishigaki Campanella of Sun Through Trees by Ryudai Abe, Daisuke Achiwa, Hayato Asano, et al Song of Saya II by ZIZZ STUDIO Liela Xea by Ryudai Abe, Daisuke Achiwa, Hayato Asano, et al

We’re back with a normal episode of Abnormal Mapping as we dig into our backlog a bit and then talk about a very low key narrative adventure game and have a pleasant time digging into gardening, melodrama, and narratives about guilt and responsibility. 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! Things Discussed: Resident Evil at large, Muv Luv, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, Hi-Fi Rush, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (spoiler talk ends at 36:00, Jackson's Paste piece they reference, Frogun, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Return of the Obra Dinn, Saya no Uta, Mutazione, limited edition consoles, memories of playing games, gardening vs farming in games, A Good Gardener, Dia's LP of Space Quest with Em This Month's Game Club: Mutazione Next Month’s Game Club: Potion Craft Music This Episode Title Theme by Alessandro Coronas Long Song by Alessandro Coronas The Trip by Alessandro Coronas My Way by Frank Sinatra

On this very special episode Em is joined by Dia Lacina and Emrys to talk about Sega’s iconic JRPG franchise Phantasy Star. We talk about the banging soundtrack, the innovations it brings to the genre, and the ways it has been forgotten by time. Because it’s four games, it’s a little lighter than usual, but it was great to settle in and talk about these truly fantastic games. For reference, the versions of Phantasy Stars Em used and recommends: Sega Ages Phantasy Star for Nintendo Switch Phantasy Star II Improvement by FlamePurge Phantasy Star III Retranslated by R. Capowski, Peaches, and lory1990 Phantasy Star IV General Improvement by Fauntleroy 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! This Month's Game Club: Mutazione Music This Episode Phantasy Star 2 Title Screen by Tokuhiko Uwabo Phantasy Star 3 Title Screen by Izuho Numata PS3 Town Theme by Izuho Numata PS3 Overworld 1 by Izuho Numata PS3 Battle Losing by Izuho Numata PS3 Wren Transforming by Izuho Numata Phantasy Star 4 Machine Center by Izuho Numata and Masaki Nakagaki Phantasy Star 4 Credits Theme by Izuho Numata and Masaki Nakagaki

We’re joined by Dia Lacina to talk about foundational survival horror classic Resident Evil, and mostly talk about genre and the strange legacy of having a remake that’s more popular than the original. It was nice to be able to dig into a classic like this and find plenty to talk about both as a game and as a cultural object. 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 abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com! If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts! This Month's Game Club: Resident Evil (PSX and REmake) Next Month's Game Club: Mutazione Things Discussed: future plans and Jackson's injury, Phantasy Star episode coming soon, check out the Forspoken VoIP Life for the Forspoken story discussion, Granblue Fantasy, Destiny 2, Ys 2 and Ys 3: Wanderers of Ys, Fire Emblem Gaiden, Resident Evil, Resident Evil Remake, Resident Evil 2 and 0 and 4, adventure games vs action games, horror games big and small, what is a survival horror, demakes, CRT filters, remasters and aspect ratios Music This Episode Be Careful by Mieko Ishikawa First Floor Mansion by Makoto Tomozawa, Koichi Hiroki, Masami Ueda Save Room by Makoto Tomozawa, Koichi Hiroki, Masami Ueda Still Dawn by Makoto Tomozawa, Koichi Hiroki, Masami Ueda