I'll Show You Mine

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 games, lament our cat Rocko jumping on our N64 and freezing the system multiple times, and Elyse completely misses James beating the game. We'll be taking a little break while we prep a bunch of new stuff for next season, keep an eye on our Twitter and your podcast feed and we'll be back before you know it! Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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 this absolutely buckwild storyline, shake our heads at the awkward writing, and laugh at all the weird moments in the animation and the plot itself. And don't forget to have a happy New Year! Our next episode will be January 24th, when James shows Elyse "Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards" for N64. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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 we can stand of the original, brutally difficult "Rebel Assault" and discuss the more detailed plot and easier mechanics of the sequel. We marvel at the similarities between Luke Skywalker and the star of "Hidden Empire," Rookie One and answer the age-old question, at the end of the day, can you look at this thing and call it a Star War? Our next episode will be January 10th, when Elyse shows James "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" from 1976. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joakim Karud

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 very convoluted plot, talk about what worked and didn't, and marvel at what a mind-blowing and impressive experience this was in 1997. This is our longest episode ever and it's pretty much all going deep on the plot and character details of FFVII so be warned! Big Nerd Alert. If this isn't your thing might wanna skip this one. Our next episode will be December 13th, when Elyse shows James "Frozen" from 2013. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud Creative Commons

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 dark humor to blockbuster action and thrillers, James takes a hard line against Meet the Parents, and we hammer into memory a name that any movie fan should definitely familiarize themselves with: Song Kang-ho. Just a warning, this movie deals with some sensitive topics like suicide and sexual assault, not treated like punchlines but they are discussed frankly in this episode. Our next episode will be November 8th, when we kick off JRPG Thanksgiving with Final Fantasy VII. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our

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. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud Creati

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. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-s

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: https://youtu.be/u7KncmJj82s Our next episode will be August 30th, when Elyse shows James "Speed" from 1994. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 cre

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. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/

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. Follow @isympodcast on Twitte

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. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-Sh

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. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and

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. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joaki

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 Nintendo and Sony back in the day, how the weirdness of this game is kind of what makes it fun, and the great Anime Wave of the late 90s and early 2000s that inspired a generation of young artists. Thanks for listening, friends! We'll be taking the rest of May off to take a breather and get ready for the next season. See you in June! Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/l

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 pixel art stages evoke memories of growing up here in California, and try out our best surfer dude voices. We'll be back to normal on May 8th when James actually will show Elyse "Ape Escape" for the PlayStation. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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 Kong style of martial arts action movies, Jackie Chan's signature action-comedy style, and the so-bad-it's-good dubbing throughout this perfectly 90s spectacle. Our next topsy-turvy episode will be April 24th, when Elyse shows James "California Games" for the NES. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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, particularly the King of the leprechauns, King Brian. Join us as we talk about this charming oddity and what makes it fun, because we needed a little bit of a break from taking things seriously this week. Our next episode will be April 10th, when James shows Elyse "Ape Escape" for the PS. Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art! Our theme song is: Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/