Abnormal Mapping 25: Grim Fandango

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03/27/15 • 87 min

The Mappers take on a special guest in this very special episode, as Heather Alexandra comes onto the cast to join us on our journey through the path of the spirit. We brave forests, destroy ships, run nightclubs, and manage to recite a poem or two in remembrance of classic adventure game Grim Fandango! No fancy intro this time, just good old fashion podcasting about a classic game! I hope you enjoy!

Art for this episode was done by Em, who themself himself an amateur artist when he’s not hosting this podcast.

You can get our podcast on iTunes, on Stitcher, or you can download it directly by clicking here.

Heather Alexandra can be found on twitter (@transgamerthink) and at her blog. You can find her Skies of Arcadia video here.

Reading List Additions: Justice Points and Major Third

Games Discussed: Goldvision Pacifist GTA Online, Skies Of Arcadia, Far Cry 3, Beyond: Two Souls, Heavy Rain, Dead Island, Bloodborne, Cave Cave Deus Videt

This Month’s Game Club: Grim Fandango

Next Month’s Game Club: Elegy for a Dead World

Music This Episode
Blown Away by Kevin McLeod
Rubacava by Peter McConnell
Casino Calavera by Peter McConnell
Manny & Meche by Peter McConnell
She Sailed Away by Peter McConnell
Bone Wagon by Peter McConnell

Art for this episode was done by Em, who themself himself an amateur artist when he’s not hosting this podcast.

You can get our podcast on iTunes, on Stitcher, or you can download it directly by clicking here.

Heather Alexandra can be found on twitter (@transgamerthink) and at her blog. You can find her Skies of Arcadia video here.

Reading List Additions: Justice Points and Major Third

Games Discussed: Goldvision Pacifist GTA Online, Skies Of Arcadia, Far Cry 3, Beyond: Two Souls, Heavy Rain, Dead Island, Bloodborne, Cave Cave Deus Videt

This Month’s Game Club: Grim Fandango

Next Month’s Game Club: Elegy for a Dead World

Previous Episode

Abnormal Mapping 24: Yakuza 3

You can get our podcast on iTunes, on Stitcher, or you can download it directly by clicking here.

Reading List Additions: History Respawned and Top Score

Games Discussed: P.T., Paris Hallway, Sci Fi Corridor Maze Walkthrough, Gone Home, GTA 4, Burnout Paradise, Sleeping Dogs, Final Fantasy VII, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Skyrim, Minecraft, Interactive Fiction, Your Actions Do Not Effect The Ending, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Galaxy, Dream.Sim, Mirror’s Edge, Tony Hawk, Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time, Attack of The Friday Monsters, Persona 3/4, Resident Evil

This Month’s Game Club: Yakuza 3

Next Month’s Game Club: Grim Fandango with special guest Heather Alexandra

Music This Episode

Blown Away by Kevin McLeod
Dead Run by Hidenori Shoji
D 2 A by Hidenori Shoji
Bray of the Dragon King by Hidenori Shoji
Kamurocho Lullaby by Hideki Sakamoto

Next Episode

Abnormal Mapping 26: Elegy For A Dead World

The Mappers deal with the loss of technology and hope in the only way they know how: deep existential crisis and how it informed criticism. Good thing they’ve finally stumbled across a game that is willing to compete with them for who can be the most fatalistic, even if it means doubling down on prescriptive ideas of what educational/artistic games should be. Also, we talk about lore for almost a half an hour and nobody makes a Star Trek joke, so it’s all a minor miracle today in this post-computer episode of this post-computer podcast.

You can get our podcast on iTunes, on Stitcher, or you can download it directly by clicking here.

This Month’s Game Club: Elegy for a Dead World

Next Month? TBD, sorry!

Games Discussed: Elegy for a Dead World, Pokemon Art Academy, Rock Band, Resident Evil HD, Even The Stars, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Skyrim, Dragon Age: Origins, Dishonored, Alan Wake, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Battlefield: Hardline, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Dark Souls

Music This Episode
Blown Away by Kevin McLeod
Game Over from Sega Rally Championship
Rock the Dragon by Shuki Levy and Kussa Mahehi
Wicked Child by Kinoyu Yamashita
All I Want by Offspring