I'll Show You Mine

Welcome to another episode of I’ll Show You Mine! This week James is showing Elyse the first game of the Witcher series, “The Witcher” from 2007. Developed by CD Projekt Red and published by Atari for Windows and CD Projekt for Mac, it was based on a series of fantasy books by Andrzej Sapkowski and has gone on to inspire a new Netflix series. Join us as we talk about the history of CD Projekt, the...

Welcome to a brand new season of I’ll Show You Mine! During the break we made a lot of changes, hope you enjoy them! This week Elyse is showing James “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” by Walt Disney Productions, released in 1971. It’s the story of an apprentice witch in wartime England who wants to use a magic spell to help defeat the Nazis. Join us as we gush over Angela Lansbury as Ms. Eglantine Price,...

Welcome to the last episode of this season of I'll Show You Mine! This time, James is showing Elyse "Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards" for the N64. Released in 2000, this game was just the latest entry in a long and storied career for ol' Kirb, but like the games before it, Kirby 64 uses variation and current tech to keep things fresh. Join us as we talk about the deceptively cute nature of Kirby game...

Welcome to the first I'll Show You Mine of 2020! We're ringing in the New Year with a classic Rankin/Bass animation, "Rudolph's Shiny New Year," from 1976. What, you didn't know that right after Rudolph saved Christmas he also saved New Year's by rescuing the Baby New Year? Okay, it's not one of the most well-known Rankin/Bass but it's the one that works for the season! Join us as we power through...

Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! We're celebrating the end of December, aka Star Wars season, with two of the early Star Wars video games that were released in the years between the end of the original trilogy and the release of the Special Editions in the late 90s, "Star Wars: Rebel Assault" and "Star Wars: Rebel Assault 2, The Hidden Empire" Join us as we play through as much as...

Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! We're kicking off the Christmas season with an odd duck episode, a movie that James has not seen that Elyse has, but doesn't quite... love. The smash Disney animation hit from 2013, Frozen. Join us as we get into the incredibly long development history of this movie, Elyse explains why she never really got the hype, and we explore why it became suc...

Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! We're celebrating JRPG Thanksgiving again with one of the most iconic Japanese RPGs of all time, Final Fantasy 7. Released in 1997, this game helped break JRPGs into the Western market and became one of the best known entries in the Final Fantasy franchise, spawning spin-offs and cameos for years to come. Join us as we do our best to recount the ve...

Welcome to another Halloween Spooktacular from I'll Show You Mine! This spooky season we're watching "The Quiet Family" from 1998, the first feature film directed by Kim Jee-woon. This Korean black comedy follows the Kang family, who buys a mountain lodge and has to take desperate measures when their guests all start dying… Join us as we talk about director Kim Jee-woon and his trajectory from dar...

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 Z...

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. J...

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 C...

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 thi...

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...

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 p...

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...

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 ba...

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 Whis...

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...

Welcome to the season finale of I'll Show You Mine! James is closing it out by showing Elyse "Ape Escape" for the PlayStation, released in 1999. This game was designed to feature the new Dual Shock controller for the PlayStation, so the controls are a little different than the typical 3-D platformers of the time. Also you're chasing time-traveling monkeys. Join us as we talk about choosing between...

Welcome to another switcheroo episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week, Elyse is showing James a video game: California Games for the NES to be precise. Released in 1987 by Epyx, California Games is a small collection of sports mini games that are simple to learn and difficult to master. Join us as we talk about the merciless precision of 80s arcade style games, reminisce about how even these pixe...

Welcome to I'll Show You Mine's first April Fool's switcheroo episode! This month we're switching things up a bit, with James showing Elyse a movie and Elyse showing James a video game. This time we're watching Rumble in the Bronx, Jackie Chan's US debut from 1995. James saw this movie as a young boy and it immediately made him a Jackie Chan fan. Join us as we talk about the legacy of the Hong Kon...

It's another episode of I'll Show You Mine! A bit late, but we made it! This time Elyse shows James "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" from 1959, starring Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro and Sean Connery in his first role, directed by Robert Stevenson. Darby O'Gill is a live action Disney movie about an old caretaker named Darby and his adventures with the various creatures of Irish folklore, particu...

Welcome to the sun-soaked beach that is a new episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week James shows Elyse "Tropico" the island management/dictatorship (??) simulator for Mac and PC from 2001. Join us as we dive in to this point-and-click monster of a game that is chock full of summery ambiance, problematic themes, and Comic Sans. We're talking about the vibe, the awkward bits, and the odd charm of...

Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This week, Elyse shows James "Paris is Burning" the documentary about the gay ball scene of New York in the 1980s from 1990. This film has received a lot of praise as well as controversy over the years, but it remains a landmark of gay cinema and a historical record for the origins of drag culture and gay life for Black and Latinx youth in 80s New...

Welcome to another episode of I'll Show You Mine! This time, James shows Elyse "Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island" (commonly known as simply "Yoshi's Island") for the Super Nintendo, released in 1995. This game bridges the gap between the Mario and Yoshi games that would come in later years, and still remains a fan favorite. Join us as we lavish praise on this beloved game, talk about what makes...