<description>&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;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, and more. This was a pretty solid little game! &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; Switch 2, Persona 4 and 5 (&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKkuUmwghVE5t8WI68mq7qpfPark2oNPr"&gt;Freckled1der's daily Persona 4 LP&lt;/a&gt; ), NBA 2k12, NFL Blitz, Super Tennis, Sports games at large, Juufuutei Raden's Guide for Pixel Museum,&lt;a href="https://superbiasedgary.itch.io/bite-the-hand"&gt; play Gary's game Bite the Hand&lt;/a&gt;, Touhou 3&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;: Star Fox 64&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;Virtua Tennis introduction &lt;br&gt;Cult Jam, Pts 1-2 by Aidan Baker&lt;br&gt;FIFA Anthem by Franz Lambert, Rob May, Simon Hill&lt;br&gt;Marisa Kirisame’s Theme ~ Dimensional Dream by ZUN&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Abnormal Mapping

Em Marko and Jackson Tyler

Abnormal Mapping 175: Children of the Sun

JUL 24, 2025-1 MIN
Abnormal Mapping

Abnormal Mapping 175: Children of the Sun

JUL 24, 2025-1 MIN

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<p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">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, and more. This was a pretty solid little game! </p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">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!</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Things Discussed:</strong> Switch 2, Persona 4 and 5 (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKkuUmwghVE5t8WI68mq7qpfPark2oNPr">Freckled1der's daily Persona 4 LP</a> ), NBA 2k12, NFL Blitz, Super Tennis, Sports games at large, Juufuutei Raden's Guide for Pixel Museum,<a href="https://superbiasedgary.itch.io/bite-the-hand"> play Gary's game Bite the Hand</a>, Touhou 3</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Next Month’s Game Club</strong>: Star Fox 64</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Music this Episode<br></strong>Virtua Tennis introduction <br>Cult Jam, Pts 1-2 by Aidan Baker<br>FIFA Anthem by Franz Lambert, Rob May, Simon Hill<br>Marisa Kirisame’s Theme ~ Dimensional Dream by ZUN</p>