Abnormal Mapping Em Marko and Jackson Tyler

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 game2. Because we were sure of quality3. 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 EpisodeThe Fight for Naming Rights by Mitsuto Suzuki, Masashi Hamauzu, and othersLet's Go, Mt. Corel! by Mitsuto Suzuki, Masashi Hamauzu, and othersQueen's Blood by Mitsuto Suzuki, Masashi Hamauzu, and othersCrazy 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 EpisodeManagarmr, Sequestrian Primal by Tsutomu NaritaHanging Gardens of Mont Qaf by MentrixFrozen as it Falls by MentrixEnd 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 EpisodeThe Promise by Masashi HamauzuCaius’ Theme by Naoshi MizutaZero 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 EpisodeGun Barrel by Sean Callery and Jeff TymoschukEverything or Nothing by MyaTheme of RENA by Motoi SakurabaThe Leaflands (Day) by Yasunori NishikiNearly 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 EpisodeAPOCALYPSIS NOCTIS by Yoko ShimomuraValse di Fantastica by Yoko ShimomuraSomnus by Yoko ShimomuraMain 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 EpisodePractice by MicfrogMission 03 by Chikayo FukudaComing Home by Hrishikesh HirwayShooting 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