What is a final goodbye if it falls of deaf ears? What is bravery in the face of hard vacuum? What is a single mobile suit piloted by a single boy in the face of galactic war? None of these questions will be answered today, but everyone will suffer under the burden of them. Such is the way of life. Such is the way of Gundam.
Episode 17: NEWTYPE.BIZ
2017-12-20 00:56:59 +0000 UTC View PostFriends, hello! I am here, with the weekly update, a little later than usual, but it has arrived nonetheless. All the patreon stuff about charges has thankfully gone away so hooray, no more updates on that front, we're all free for sixth months until they try to stealth make less obvious changes.
For now though, here's what's been happening this week:
Hi, friends!
Jackson here with this week's Patreon Letter. So a quick thing: on monday, I started taking antidepressants again. I don't know why because I don't remember this being the case last time but the adjustment period is hitting me hard. My head is swimming constantly, I'm getting migraines, can't eat much without feeling nauseous. It's a bad scene. Anyway, I hope that doesn't a...
2017-12-16 15:05:47 +0000 UTC View Post
The White Base takes a lickin' and keeps on kickin', Amuro learns that tragedies can take all sorts of forms, and Mirai takes center stage as the Gundam crew arrive at Side 6 for a variety of misadventures. Also, the race is on for which side will figure out the sordid past of the blonde siblings first as both Sayla and Char start dropping one too many hints that more is going on than they've ever...
2017-12-12 23:13:07 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone. Let's talk. If you're on twitter at all this week was full of Discourse about Patreon's new processing system. Everyone knows it sucks. I hope they roll it back but I'm not going to hold my breath. I see lots of people talking about boycotting Patreon and pulling their projects and their pledges. I guess I understand wanting to do something when you're mad, but ...
Abnormal Mapping...
2017-12-10 15:17:49 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! Em here today for your latest letter. This won't be about the Patreon stuff, I'll instead put that in the weekly update that's free for everyone. I'll be short here, tho: we're not going anywhere unless we absolutely have to, because while Patreon might suck it's the best we've got right now, and Abnormal Mapping wouldn't exist without it and without your support. So thank you for ...
2017-12-09 15:06:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Space, the war-torn frontier. These are the voyages of the 13th Autonomous Corps of the Tianem Fleet. It's urgent mission: to provide a decoy against Zeon attack, to seek out Zeon bases and destroy installations, to courageously battle with no hope of winning.
Episode 15: Ryu Will (not) Be Replaced
2017-12-05 23:38:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey there everyone, it's Jackson, here with this week's Patreon Update. A light week in terms of things dropping but we're very busy with AM's second annual game of the year soundtrack episode! It is gonna be fun!
Hey there, everyone!
It’s Jackson here with another Patreon Letter, I hope you’re having a good day! Ok, that’s not true. I know you’re not having a good day, none of us are having a good day right now. So let’s get this party started and talk about death!
What Remains of Edith Finch is fantastic. If you have not played What Remains of Edith Finch, stop re...
2017-12-02 21:18:23 +0000 UTC View Post
After spending approximately three weeks on travelling to the Battle of Odessa in five days time, the White Base now is able to cross the Atlantic in a single episode and we're able to say goodbye to multiple doomed characters in a single 30 minute podcast. The fits and starts of Gundam are the fits and starts of war, and while love might not bloom on a battlefield, it can certainly reap the most ...
2017-11-28 23:27:40 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone, M here again with a cool rundown of everything we've got going on this week. Kind of a quiet week, but it's the holidays so I assume everyone's just used to that. Anyway!
Hey everyone, it's almost December which means me and Jackson put a hard lock on what counts for our Game of the Year discussion. We find it easier and healthier to just count our year as starting on December 1 and ending November 30 than trying to rush through games right up to recording. We're not charged with being thorough anyway, and our goty list is explicitly about games that are new to us,...
2017-11-25 19:42:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello friends, M here. Writing in the middle of the Thanksgiving weekend is a little like working a night shift, in that I'm pretty sure I'm writing into a void this weekend. But I do have something on my mind, and that something is Animal Crossing.
I've been a huge fan of Animal Crossing since it...
2017-11-25 14:45:50 +0000 UTC View Post
With Odessa behind us the White Base takes some time to rest and repair. But everyone's favorite boy is here and ready to take center stage. That's right: Kai steps up and gets an episode about him! Oh also Char's back, I guess.
Episode 13: Zaku of the Sea
2017-11-22 00:27:55 +0000 UTC View PostHello, hello, Jackson here with this week's patreon update! As always, we're very busy getting everything out and together as we hit the final stretch of the year. Here's the exciting hits from this week:
Hey there, friends! It’s Jackson here with another Patreon letter. This week has been kind of a struggle for me, my mental health has been less than ideal, plus I’ve had to re-do a bunch of uni work thanks to the many failures of The Cloud. To top it all off, it’s my Birthday tomorrow, so I’m just overall not in the best of moods. What I’m trying to say is this: you have to be nice to me...
2017-11-18 18:36:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Callooh, callay, tis time for Odessa Day!
'Twas brillig, when Amuro wabe,
and Matilda mimsied to the grave.
The Doms galumphed to M'quve's groan,
and the H-bomb tittered the whole way home.
The Great Gundam Project Episode 12: A Picture Worth A Thousand Sighs
2017-11-14 22:38:24 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! It's been another solid week as we wind down the year, so here's what happened on Abnormal Mapping the last seven days.
Hi everyone, M here. It's been kind of a rough few weeks for me, so you'll excuse me if I just get right to my point today. I want to talk about Mario Odyssey. Yes, again, sorry. It's really the thing we've been focused on at AM HQ.
Two days ago I 100%ed Mario Odyssey, by which I mean I got all th...
2017-11-11 14:26:52 +0000 UTC View Post
We round the halfway point of Gundam today as the White Base takes a beating, Ryu won't stay in bed, Bright won't get out of bed, Amuro needs to think with his head, and we lose a beautiful boy to the horrors of war.
Episode 11: The Long One
2017-11-08 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello! It's Jackson here with another one of our weekly updates, giving you all the information about what the hell has been happening this week. At least round our neck of the woods. Can't help you in a wider sense.
Anyway!
Hey there, friends!
It's Jackson here with another Patreon letter! After this week we'll be all back to normal and me and M will be alternating weeks once more, just like it was written in ancient times, by the precursor race. You know, video games.
This past week I've been primarily doing two things. One: playing the brand new Mario Video Game, in stores now for the Nintendo Switch, and t...
2017-11-04 18:32:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Amuro is still out in the wastes. Ramba Ral is getting desperate as his supplies dwindle. The desert is hard on all of us. Today? Two decisive battles for the fate of the White Base, and one sad fallen war hero. RIP <redacted>!
Episode 10: Child Soldiers are Weird
Hey everyone, M here! We did a lot of things this week! Let's just hop right into them:
Patreon Letter 28th October
Hello friends,
It’s Jackson here with another Patreon letter! First things first, yesterday was M’s Birthday, so everyone needs to be extra nice to them, tell them that the podcast is good, give them the validation that they crave. I’ve known them for five years, been doing this podcast for four, I talk to them every day and we still haven’t run out of s...
2017-10-28 12:04:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Amuro is a busy boy, designing fight simulations and falling asleep at computers and leaving the ship to go on harebrained adventures out in the wastes of this battlefield—Earth (not to be confused with Battlefield: Earth). Also we discover a world where anime hasn't figured out how to be horny yet. It's a good time. For us. Not for Amuro.
Episode 9: "Let Mechs Wear Capes"
2017-10-25 01:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHey, everyone! Jackson here, the update is a little later this week; it's been a busy day and a busy week, but we are here to bring you the update on what's going on. We recorded two and a half hours of podcasts, read basically the entire Star Trek Book for SOS, and we're gonna watch Discovery shortly! Lots going on, but I wanted to make sure the update went out.
Hello friends, M here again with a letter for you. Didn't you write one last week? you ask me. Yes, I did. But Jackson's out of town for a family thing and my birthday is next weekend so it made sense to flip these things so we did. So you get me talking about Sonic in this, the weekend before Mario Odyssey d...
2017-10-21 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we talk about the Mysterious Japan-only Episode 15, and the secrets of Mobile Suit Martial Arts(tm) that are contained within. Amuro shows us why the Guncannon is cool, Sayla shows us that the pilot really makes the mech, and we debate the merits of hamburgers for breakfast.
Episode 8: Orphan Dad or Orphan Daddy?
2017-10-18 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, friends! M here today to give you the run down on all the things we did this week. It's a busy week! They're all busy weeks these days. So let's get to it.