<description>&lt;p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;We tackle a newer game this month as we talk about the critically acclaimed adventure game 1000xRESIST. We found plenty to love and plenty to pick at during our time with this one, but it’s exactly the kind of messy game we tend to like around here, so we’re glad we played it and I hope you enjoy listening to us talk through it!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;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!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Things Discussed: &lt;/strong&gt;Balatro, Sonic Colors, Crash Bandicoot, Dynasty Warriors 9 and 3, Saga 1, 1080XRESIST, science fiction metaphors, queer reads, trauma and parents and children, a little bit about China and Hong Kong (but less than you'd think)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next Month’s Game Club&lt;/strong&gt;: Rising Zan: Samurai Gunman and Croc: Legend of the Gobbos&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music this Episode&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Watcher Haunted by Drew Redman&lt;br&gt;The Orchard - In Motion by Drew Redman&lt;br&gt;Inside Sunrise by Drew Redman&lt;br&gt;Fixer's Song -Extended- by Drew Redman&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Hair to hair, sister.

Abnormal Mapping 169: 1000xRESIST

<description>&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;We close out the year by playing one of the most infamous games we’ve ever covered, a game that has been a running joke and shorthand for bad game for nearly twenty years. And yet, do we find the judgment of history fair? Do we believe in redemption for a certain blue hedgehog and the anime princess who loves him? We’re going to try our best, as we finally play Sonic 06 (with as much help as modding can give us)!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsXhSlG05F4"&gt;To install Legacy of Solaris for yourself, please watch this video! &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;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!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Things Discussed: &lt;/strong&gt;Stellar Blade, Infinity Nikki, Ratchet &amp;amp; Clank: Tools of Destruction, Ratchet &amp;amp; Clank: Quest for Booty, Jumping Flash 1 &amp;amp; 2, Sonic Advance 2, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Unleashed, Sonic and the Black Knight, Sonic 06, Sonic at large, &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jeMp7qdS2U"&gt;the video Jackson referenced Em had no idea about&lt;/a&gt;, game projects, controller preferences, dreaming up better worlds for video games&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next Month’s Game Club&lt;/strong&gt;: 1000xRESIST&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music this Episode&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Boss Solaris Phase 2 by Hideaki Kobayashi, Tomoya Ohtani, et al.&lt;br&gt;Wave Ocean ~ The Inlet ~ by Hideaki Kobayashi, Tomoya Ohtani, et al.&lt;br&gt;Town Mission 3 by Hideaki Kobayashi, Tomoya Ohtani, et al.&lt;br&gt;My Destiny (Theme of Elise) by Hideaki Kobayashi, Tomoya Ohtani, et al.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

IT'S NO USE!

Abnormal Mapping 168: Sonic the Hedgehog (2006): Legacy of Solaris

<description>&lt;p&gt;We’re joined by Dia Lacina once again as Ryo continues the next leg of his quest to track down Lan Di, his father’s killer. What strange challenges will he find in China? How does Yu Suzuki follow up one of the most ambitious, incredible games of all time? We find ourselves surprised at almost every turn as Shenmue II goes big and goes small and goes adventuring! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;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!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Things Discussed: &lt;/strong&gt;Stalker 2, &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLJ2iHE5eGLZgXlsRZG8xoa3tu8x5t08vV&amp;amp;v=59kU2WFUJDs"&gt;watch Dia and Em play Gabriel Knight 3 on Dia's YouTube channel&lt;/a&gt;, Vanishing Point, NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup, Super Mega Baseball 4, Streets of Rage, Some Sonic Games, Sonic X Shadow Generations, Mother, Ninja Baseball Bat Man, Arctic Eggs, &lt;a href="https://www.abnormalmapping.com/the-abnormal-mapping-podcast/2023/10/26/abnormal-mapping-151-shenmue"&gt;Shenmue&lt;/a&gt;, Shenmue II, Shenmue 3 predictions, the most a game has ever made us laugh&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next Month’s Game Club&lt;/strong&gt;: Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), the Legacy of Solaris mod &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsXhSlG05F4"&gt;(install tutorial video)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music this Episode&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Joy by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Yuzo Koshiro, Ryuji Iuchi, et al.&lt;br&gt;Queen’s Street by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Yuzo Koshiro, Ryuji Iuchi, et al.&lt;br&gt;Campfire Discussion by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Yuzo Koshiro, Ryuji Iuchi, et al.&lt;br&gt;The Path to Destiny by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Yuzo Koshiro, Ryuji Iuchi, et al.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Would you like to try a game of Lucky Hit?

Abnormal Mapping 167: Shenmue II

<description>&lt;p&gt;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!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;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!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Things Discussed: &lt;/strong&gt;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, &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?pp=ygUOcmFjaW5nIGxhZ29vbiA%3D&amp;amp;v=JHdrc0E1CtY"&gt;Racing Lagoon plot summary from Dungeon Chill&lt;/a&gt;, Ashita no Joe, Final Fantasy, Initial D, the lost generation and the bubble economy, fan translations, &lt;a href="https://imgur.com/a/XWx0huv"&gt;gallery of all the loading screens in Racing Lagoon &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next Month’s Game Club&lt;/strong&gt;: Shenmue II&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music this Episode&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Loop Demo by Takahito Eguchi &amp;amp; Noriko Matsueda&lt;br&gt;Taiman Battle by Takahito Eguchi &amp;amp; Noriko Matsueda&lt;br&gt;Yuka Suzuki by Takahito Eguchi &amp;amp; Noriko Matsueda&lt;br&gt;Forgethill by Takahito Eguchi &amp;amp; Noriko Matsueda&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Timestamps&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(00:00:00) - Segment 1: We’re Gaming!&lt;br&gt;(00:54:20) - Segment 2: Racing Lagoon&lt;br&gt;(02:00:45) - Segment 3: Questions&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Abnormal Mapping 166: Racing Lagoon

<description>&lt;p&gt;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!”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;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!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Things Discussed: &lt;/strong&gt;PlayStation 5 Pro, Ratchet &amp;amp; Clank PS2 trilogy, Harmful Park, Ranger X, Haunted Castle Revisited, Castlevania Judgment, CybeRRRevolution, Phantasy Star Online, Astro Bot, Mister Mosquito, quirky games&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next Month’s Game Club&lt;/strong&gt;: Racing Lagoon&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music this Episode&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Pit of Peril by Kenneth C M Young&lt;br&gt;Bossa 1 by Akihito Okawa and Houzou Okazaki&lt;br&gt;Jazz 1 by Akihito Okawa and Houzou Okazaki&lt;br&gt;Funk 1 by Akihito Okawa and Houzou Okazaki&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Timestamps&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(00:00:00) - Segment 1: Gaming Catchup&lt;br&gt;(01:03:00) - Segment 2: Cassette Beasts&lt;br&gt;(01:43:20) - Segment 3: Questions&lt;/p&gt;</description>

One of the many games featured in Astro Bot for the PS5

Abnormal Mapping 165: Mister Mosquito

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