Attention Elsewhere

Attention Elsewhere 4: The Genre is Empire [Signalis]

Please direct your attention towards Ep 4: The Genre is Empire, in which we center Signalis—a 2022 survival horror game developed by rose-engine—and discuss incest, the Rule of 6, and Adler. Part 2 of 2! ----- Intro Music by Alix VanWinkle-Shaw Signalis Menu Music by Cicada Sirens & 1000 Eyes Die Toteninsel Emptiness by Cicada Sirens & 1000 Eyes The Promise by Cicada Sirens & 1000 Eyes

Attention Elsewhere 3: Would James Sunderland Approve? [Signalis]

Please direct your attention towards ep 3: Would James Sunderland Approve?, in which we center Signalis—a 2022 survival horror game developed by rose-engine—and discuss the GDR, collages, and mac and cheese. Part 1 of 2! ----- Intro Music by Alix VanWinkle-Shaw Signalis Menu Music by Cicada Sirens & 1000 Eyes Become Whole Again by Cicada Sirens & 1000 Eyes Mynah by Cicada Sirens & 1000 Eyes

Attention Elsewhere 2: Fiammetta the Fly [Oromay]

Please direct your attention towards Ep 2: Fiammetta the Fly, in which Alasdair & Eli spotlight Oromay—a 1983 novel written by Baalu Girma and translated in 2025 by David DeGusta and Mesfin Felleke Yirgu—and discuss propaganda in journalism, women and revolution, and spiders. ----- Special shoutout to David DeGusta for fielding our questions and supplying us with additional scholarly resources. ----- Intro Music by Alix VanWinkle-Shaw Maebel New by Neway Debebe Kabu by Aster Aweke Asmarina by Feqadu Amdé-Mesqel

Attention Elsewhere 1: Baby's (Second) Visual Novel [Heaven Will Be Mine]

Please direct your attention towards Ep 1: Baby's (Second) Visual Novel, in which we center Heaven Will Be Mine—a 2018 visual novel developed by Worst Girl Games—and discuss the Cold War, genocide, and furries. ----- Intro Music by Alix VanWinkle-Shaw Garden District by Alec Lambert Silly Game by Alec Lambert Joyride by Alec Lambert