Abnormal Mapping 99: End of the Decade Farewell Tour

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12/27/19 • -1 min

On today’s very special Abnormal Mapping, we are here today to celebrate the end of the year, and indeed the end of the decade! We’ve got some lists of our favourite games, from this year and the decade at large. There’s some music in there as well, but not as much as on previous years, because it’s been a weird one. Here’s to the second decade of podcasting. That’s a terrifying thing to say.

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Next Month's Game Club: Outer Wilds

Your Programme This Evening:

MUSIC: The Lost Forest by Keiichi Okabe, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, Takafumi Nishimura (Nier)
Segment 1 - EM 2019
WORST:
MGSV
BEST:
Untitled Goose Game
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Bloodstained
Mario Maker 2
Don't Wake The Night
MUSIC: Wild Hearts Never Die by Daniel Olsén (Sayonara Wild Hearts)
Segment 2 - Jackson 2019
WORST:
Death Stranding
Nier Automata
BEST:
Nier
Death Stranding
Zone of the Enders 2
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sonic Adventure 2
MUSIC: Beyond the Bounds by Maki Kirioka (Zone of the Enders 2: The Second Runner)
Segment 3 - Em Decade
10. The Last Guardian
9. Tacoma
8. Gravity Rush 2
7. Device 6
6. Binding of Isaac
5. Animal Crossing New Leaf
4. Bayonetta 2
3. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Hollow Knight
1. Super Hexagon
MUSIC: Courtesy by Chipzel (Super Hexagon)
Segment 4 - Jackson Decade
10. What Remains of Edith Finch
9. Pikmin 3
8. Beeswing
7. Virginia
6. Abzu
5. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
4. Tacoma
3. The Room 2
2. Cibele
1. Thumper
MUSIC: Mickey Mouse March by Jimmie Dodd and Tsuyoshi Sekito (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep)
Segment 5 - Em Old
10. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker
9. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
8. Full Throttle
7. Portopia Serial Murder Case
6. We Love Katamari
5. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
4. Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
3. Planescape Torment
2. Doom
1. Final Fantasy IV
MUSIC: E2M3 Intermission by Bobby Prince (Doom)
Segment 6 - Jackson Old
10. We Love Katamari
9. Doom
8. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
7. Dead Rising
6. Killer7
5. Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
4. Mega Man 6
3. Earthbound
2. Metal Gear Solid 3
1. Final Fantasy VII
MUSIC: Tifa's Theme by Nobou Uematsu (Final Fantasy VII)

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Next Month's Game Club: Outer Wilds

Your Programme This Evening:

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Abnormal Mapping 98: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

We return to a franchise we haven’t explored since our earliest days as a podcast as our friend Cassie brings us on a journey through both of our favorite Zelda games remade for one of our least favorite Nintendo platforms! What does it mean to remake a game? Does toy Link really have the appeal of pixel Link? And why would you do anything other than jump all the time if a game allowed you to do it! All this and more as we dream of possibility and adventure on the beaches of Koholint.

If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts, writing, and even opportunities to be on an episode as a guest! Thanks to Cassie for being on this week, you can find her @buzzsunflower on twitter or check out her music on bandcamp!

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Things Discussed: Sudoku, Death Stranding, KORG Gadget, Metal Gear Solid V: the LP, Metal Gear Survive, Link's Awakening, Link to the Past, screen warp LP by MeccaPrime

This Month's Game Club:Link’s Awakening remake

Next Month's Game Club: End of year episode?

Music This Episode
Blown Away by Kevin MacLeod
Tal Tal Heights by Ryo Nagamatsu
Boss Battle by Ryo Nagamatsu
Ballad of the Wind Fish (Japanese ver) by Ryo Nagamatsu

Next Episode

Abnormal Mapping 100: Outer Wilds

A hundred years, a hundred games! Abnormal Mapping does a full journey around the sun as we reach the centenary celebration of our podcast, the world’s first and only game club, by tackling popular GotY winner Outer Wilds! What do two hardened Star Trek fans think about this space mystery? What do these two space communists think about fate and hope? And what do two very tired podcasts think about the hundred plus games we have talked about into microphones.

Thank you everyone for all your support on this incredible journey. Here’s to two hundred more!

If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts, writing, and even opportunities to be on an episode as a guest!

If you want to send us comments or questions, shoot us an email at [email protected]!

Things Discussed: eFootball PES 2020, Wattam, Brigador, A Short Hike, Outer Wilds, TNG Episode "All Good Things", the century of excellence and looking back at our huge library of episodes

This Month's Game Club:
Outer Wilds

Next Month's Game Club:
Timespinner

Music This Episode
Blown Away by Kevin MacLeod
End Times by Andrew Prahlow
The Sun Station by Andrew Prahlow
Travelers by Andrew Prahlow