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 WorldNext 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 SoulsMusic This EpisodeBlown Away by Kevin McLeodGame Over from Sega Rally ChampionshipRock the Dragon by Shuki Levy and Kussa MahehiWicked Child by Kinoyu YamashitaAll I Want by Offspring