<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

<description>&lt;p&gt;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.&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;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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This Month’s Second Game Club&lt;/strong&gt;: Mister Mosquito&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music this Episode&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;One Last Time by Nobuo Uematsu&lt;br&gt;The Grand Duchy of Jueno by Naoshi Mizuta&lt;br&gt;Voyager by Naoshi Mizuta&lt;/p&gt;</description>

ft. Austin Walker

Abnormal Mapping 164: Final Fantasy XI

<description>&lt;p&gt;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.&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;Dwarf Fortress, Neon White, Jackson's MMO Summer, The Forgotten City, Immortals of Aveum&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next Month’s Game Club&lt;/strong&gt;: A Bonus Final Fantasy XI episode, and then Mister Mosquito at the end of the month!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music this Episode&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Forgotten City by Michael Allen&lt;br&gt;The Die is Cast by Michael Allen&lt;br&gt;The Voice of the People by Michael Allen&lt;br&gt;Life's Greatest Blessings by Michael Allen&lt;/p&gt;</description>

When in a cursed microcosm of Rome...

Abnormal Mapping 163: The Forgotten City

<description>&lt;p&gt;This month it’s just me, Jackson, being joined by Crystal to play Citizen Sleeper. Em is currently in Hospital after major surgery and so I’m taking over and organizing the podcasts while they recover! Please send them well wishes. It’s time to talk about RPG systems, and the strange act of critiquing leftist video games that you mostly agree with. I think this is a good discussion about a fun game and I hope everyone enjoys it!&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;Pokemon NetBattle, Dragon Age, Final Fantasy XI, Citizen Sleeper, Skyrim, Fallout New Vegas, Dragonstomper&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next Month’s Game Club&lt;/strong&gt;: ??? Possibly The Forgotten City, we shall see&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music this Episode&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Possible Futures by Amos Roddy&lt;br&gt;Ember’s Wake by Amos Roddy&lt;br&gt;A Window to the Sun by Amos Roddy&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Timestamps&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(00:00:00) - Segment 1: Dragon Age/FFXI&lt;br&gt;(00:31:21) - Segment 2: Citizen Sleeper&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Abnormal Mapping 162: Citizen Sleeper

Abnormal Mapping is a monthly game club of Em and Jackson, talking primarily about old games with an eye to critiquing without nostalgia.

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