I'll Show You Mine

It's time for another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week James is showing Elyse "The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX" for the Game Boy Color, released in 1998. DX is essentially a color port of the original Link's Awakening, released for the Game Boy in 1993, but a good game doesn't really need too many changes.

Join us as we dive in to this odd duck in the Zelda franchise, a handheld Zelda game that doesn't take place in Hyrule, involves none of the main characters we've come to know, and might all... be a dream? We'll get into the inspiration for this game, the meta humor of it, and James says "obtuse" a lot, because it's a good word to describe this delightfully eerie chapter in the Zelda series. Obtuse.

Our next episode will be October 25th, when Elyse shows James "The Quiet Family" from 1998.

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Our theme song is:

Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud

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Welcome to I'll Show You Mine! This week Elyse is showing James "Anastasia" from 1997. A Fox Animation Studios film directed by Don Bluth, "Anastasia" is a musical historical fiction about the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov. In this version of the story, Anastasia survived the Russian Revolution and must remember who she is and find her way to Paris to reunite with the only family she has left.

Join us as we talk about "that Don Bluth feeling", the real history behind the fiction, and get a little real about how even though it is impressive in its own right, we get why Bluth animation wasn't quite as successful as Disney back in the day. Also, James discovers Boney M's "Rasputin."

Our next episode will be October 10th, when James shows Elyse "The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX" for the Game Boy Color.

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Our theme song is:

Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud

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Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week James is showing Elyse the cultural phenomenon, the myth, the legend: World of Warcraft, aka WoW, released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment.

Join us as we dig into Elyse's fear of MMORPGS, James' reminisces about a simpler time when he could dive into games with friends for hours at a time, and we break down the differences between WoW Classic and the current version of the game.

Our next episode will be September 27th, when Elyse shows James "Anastasia" from 1997.

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Our theme song is:

Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud

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Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week Elyse is showing James "Speed" from 1994, starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, and Dennis Hopper. One of the iconic action movies of the 1990s, Speed follows Jack Traven of the LAPD as he battles wits (and traffic, lol!) with an extortionist bomber who has rigged a bus to explode if his demands are not met.

Join us as James imagines this movie starring Tom Cruise, Dennis Hopper gets all the props for his portrayal of villain Howard Payne, and Elyse slowly comes to grips with the realization that while fun, Speed maybe isn't quite as good as she remembered??

Our next episode will be September 13th, when James shows Elyse World of Warcraft Classic, for PC.

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Our theme song is:

Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud

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Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week James is showing Elyse "Need for Speed: Underground 2". This racing game from 2004 was the sequel to "Need for Speed: Underground", an offshoot of the Need for Speed games inspired by street racing culture made popular by films like The Fast and the Furious.

Join us as Elyse stumbles through another racing game, we talk about the on-point mechanics as well as the extremely dated elements of the game, and a painting of Brooke Burke stops by to remind us to drive safe in real life.

Please listen to the entirety of "Riders on the Storm (Fredwreck Remix)" by Snoop Dogg & The Doors: youtu.be/u7KncmJj82s

Our next episode will be August 30th, when Elyse shows James "Speed" from 1994.

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Our theme song is:

Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud

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Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week Elyse shows James "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken," a live action Disney movie from 1991 directed by Steve Miner and starring Gabrielle Anwar as Sonora Webster Carver, a bonafide horse diving girl from the early 30s. Yes, diving horses as an attraction was a real thing, Google it, there are like, a lot of wild pictures of it.

Join us as we ponder horse girl energy and fashions and talk about how Depression era age gap relationships feel a little weird now. James is astonished by Ben Parker in an old man mullet, and Elyse forgets the name of J.C. Leyendecker.

Our next episode will be August 16th, when James shows Elyse "Need for Speed: Underground 2" for PC.

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Our theme song is:

Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud

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Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week James is showing Elyse "Firewatch" for the PC, released in 2016. Probably the most recent game we've ever played, Firewatch is by developer Campo Santo and follows the story of Henry, a man trying to get away from it all by taking a summer job as a firewatch in Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. Along the way Henry forms a relationship with fellow lookout Delilah who lives in the tower across the way, and strange things happen over the course of the summer.

Join us as we talk about the wonder and awe of being out in nature alone, the great environmental storytelling in this game, and the bittersweet mood that settles over the whole adventure. And if you want to play the game, do it before you listen, because spoilers abound!

The song at the end of this episode is "Ol' Shoshone" from the Firewatch OST, by Chris Remo.

Our next episode will be August 2nd, when Elyse shows James "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken" from 1991.

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Our theme song is:

Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud

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Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week, Elyse shows James "The Music Man" from 1962, directed by Morton DaCosta and starring Robert Preston and Shirley Jones, One of the classic American musicals, "The Music Man" tells the story of Harold Hill, a traveling salesman/con artist who comes to River City, Iowa to sell the residents on a boy's band, but gets a little more than he bargained for.

Join us as we talk about how this musical is basically imprinted on Elyse's DNA because her dad played the lead role as a young adult, discuss all the musical nerdery at play, and just soak up the bright colors, fancy costumes, and precise choreography of one of the most beloved musicals of all time.

Our next episode will be July 19th, when James shows Elyse "Firewatch" for PC.

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Our theme song is:

Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud

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Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week, James is showing Elyse a cult classic, Psychonauts, for PC, just in time for the sequel to be announced (more than 10 years later!)

This 2005 game takes place in a summer camp for psychic children and follows runaway Razputin as he tries to hone his psychic abilities and unravel the mystery of what is happening to all the campers at Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp.

Join us as we talk about this game's troubled development and later popularity, reminisce about our own summer camp experiences, marvel at how good it feels to play this game, and split our sides laughing at all the jokes and clever ways it finds to tell its unique story.

In case you missed it, we're changing our release day to Fridays instead of Wednesdays! TGIF.

Our next episode will be July 5th, when Elyse shows James "The Music Man" from 1962.

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Our theme song is:

Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud

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Welcome to a new season of I'll Show You Mine! We're kicking things off with a Disney classic, The Parent Trap from 1961. Written and directed by David Swift, this movie follows the story of two twin girls separated as babies who meet up at summer camp and scheme to trade places and get their estranged parents back together.

This movie has it all: secret twins, summer vibes, a beautiful California ranch house, shady ladies, and love triangle shenanigans. It was a movie that was embedded into Elyse's childhood and even though James has seen the 1998 Lindsay Lohan remake, it's not the same thing! Join us as we talk about this film's great one-liners, praise Maureen O'Hara's outfits, and Elyse momentarily, unforgivably, forgets Natasha Richardson's name.

Our next episode will be June 19th, when James shows Elyse "Psychonauts" for the PS2.

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Our theme song is:

Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud

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