We dig through the pile of trash that is the Wii library for one of the hidden gems of its lineup, the one Rabbids game that people remember fondly! It turns out the kids who said this was one of the good games of their childhood were correct! We also talk way way way too much about Resident Evil.

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!

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Things Discussed: GBA anniversary, Castlevania, Logiart Grimoire, Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Pokopia, Resident Evil (the series), Screamer,

Next Month’s Game Club: The Chrono Jotter

Music this Episode
Jamaica Farewell by Harry Belafonte
Bãtutã Din Moldova by Fanfare Vagabontu
Bubamara by Fanfare Vagabontu
Somebody to Love by Jefferson Airplane

We return to a game we played near the very start of the podcast, but … in port form? Much to discuss about the place of ports as transformative work and also the strange routes of design lineage, especially when we talk about NiGHTS and Sonic Team’s peculiar ideas about what 3D gaming should look like. A TRULY action packed episode.

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!

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Things Discussed: Xbox has never been more dead, Persona 6 ideas, Dodonpachi, Touhou: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Final Fantasy XV 1.0 mod, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, Silksong, Ratcheteer, Persona 3 Reload, Walfie’s Nonograms, Initial Unity, Touge Shakai, DOOM, NiGHTS into Dreams

Next Month’s Game Club: Rabbids Go Home

Music this Episode
Gate of your Dream by Tomoko Sasaki
Message from Nightopia by Tomoko Sasaki
Track 12 by Aubrey Hodges
Club Doom by Aubrey Hodges
Dreams Dreams by Tomoko Sasaki

We play a bunch of classic phone games and talk about an era of small games that feel like they vanished from the earth. This was a great walk down memory lane, even if we mostly talk about Device 6.

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!

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Things Discussed: gamedownsights.com, Hollow Knight: Silksong, gacha corner, Call of Duty (franchise), Doom 2, Half-Life, Boomerang X, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, https://simogo.com/work/device-6/

Next Month’s Game Club: DOOM (PSX) and NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn)

Music this Episode
Device 6 by Daniel Olsén
Lace by Christopher Larkin
Glittermåne by Daniel Olsén
Anna by Jonathan Eng

Surprise! One final Abnormal Mapping before the end of the year. Jackson is joined today by Erin to get thoughts down about the most baffling Game of the Year in recent history, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It is a game that has kicked off a ton of discourse most of which talks around the actual game itself, which is what this podcast is about. I could not care less about France vs Japan I want to talk about this game’s weird fucking ending.

Erin can be found on bsky here, go give them a follow!!

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!

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Things Discussed: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Final Fantasy, Myst, Diablo

Next Month’s Game Club: Simogo Legacy Collection

Music this Episode
Until You’re Gone by Lorien Testard
Gestral Market by Lorien Testard

This one was in the can way before the new Mega Man was announced, but I’m glad they finally listened to us and made another one of these. But we went back to the first evolution of classic Mega Man with two of the less respected but surprisingly disparate entries in the Mega Man series. Hope you enjoy!

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!

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Things Discussed: Xbox is still dead, Silksong, Violent Storm, Q-Up, Dynasty Warriors 4, Myst IV: Revelation

Next Month’s Game Club: Simogo Legacy Collection

Music this Episode
Electrical Communication by GANASIA
Astro Man by Shusaku Uchiyama
Clown Man by Shusaku Uchiyama
Brandnew Way by GANASIA

This Abnormal Mapping needed an extra week to cook, but it’s finally here for you to enjoy! We talk about a bunch of arcade games, Capcom’s inability to tell a good story (charm point), and Jackson is the one who brings up gacha this time??? Please enjoy the episode!

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!

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Things Discussed: Xbox is dead, Mega Man, Violent Storm, Duet Night Abyss, Ball X Pit, Inazuma Eleven, Silksong, Mushihimesama, Batsugun, Castlevania the Arcade, Major Havok, Skins Game, Onimusha, Devil May Cry, Ninja Gaiden, Resident Evil

Next Month’s Game Club: Mega Man 7/8 at the end of the month!

Music this Episode
Rising Sun - 1st Movement by Takashi Niigaki
Onimusha (Demon Warrior) by Takashi Niigaki
Ai by Takashi Niigaki
a secret blast from the past song

After months of chipping away at it Em finally completed Persona 5 Royal, which means she invited two of her most Shin Megami Tensei-brained friends to come on and talk about the game. And oh boy, did they ever talk about the game. Over two nights! This is a big one.

Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells in addition to Around the Long Fire on our network. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia

Ina doesn’t have a regular podcast but sometimes remembers to watch 2WBY and show up on the podcast! You can find her on bsky and read her fanfic on AO3.

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!

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Things Discussed: Armored Core, Long Live the Queen, Umamusume,

Next Month’s Game Club: Onimusha: Warlords and then Mega Man 7/8

Music this Episode
Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There by Shoji Meguro
No More What Ifs by Shoji Meguro
Beneath the Mask by Shoji Meguro
Rivers in the Desert by Shoji Meguro

Some games are just very okay to the point where you don’t have too much to say about them, but thankfully we have some other gaming to keep us going as we poked through some photos and perspective puzzles this month.

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!

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Things Discussed: gaming news, Persona 5 Royal, Dragon Warrior III, Silksong, Persona 5 Dancing in Starlight, Colin McRay Rally 2.0, Marvel Infinity War, Charlie Murder, Zombie Vikings, Alltynex, Raiden Fighters, Strider (2014), Mega Man X 2-5, Viewfinder

Next Month’s Game Club: Onimusha: Warlords (and Bonus Persona 5 Royal podcast!)

Music this Episode
Wake Up Your Hero by Masanori Akita
Boss Area (Aces Version) by Yasuhiro Hashimoto
X vs Zero by Naoto Tanaka, Naoya Kamisaka, and Takuya Miyawaki
Yume Wo Kakeru by Kenta Higashiohji