Attention Elsewhere

Attention Elsewhere

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Attention Elsewhere episodes

  • Attention Elsewhere 5: Flee into Mommy’s Arms [Yin Shan Meng Tan]

    Please direct your attention towards Ep 5: Flee into Mommy’s Arms, in which we center Yin Shan Meng Tan—a 2013 manhua written and drawn by Zhang Jing (张晶)—and discuss classism, literal author self-inserts, and mommy issues.

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    Intro Music by Alix VanWinkle-Shaw

    迴夢遊仙變調 composed by Ho Yan-rui (吳欣叡), Tsang Chi-ho (曾志豪), Wan Ji-yi (駱集益), Zhou Chi-ho (周志華), Lin Kun-hsin (林坤信)

    Birds Singing in Spring (Chun Ying Zhuan) performed by Shanghai Folk Orchestra

    Prince Qin Breaking Through the Enemy Array (Qin Wang Po Zhen Yue) performed by Hubei Chime Bells Orchestra

    2 hr 14 min
  • 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!

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    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

    1 hr 11 min
  • 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!

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    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


    1 hr 18 min
  • 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.

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    Special shoutout to David DeGusta for fielding our questions and supplying us with additional scholarly resources.

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    Intro Music by Alix VanWinkle-Shaw

    Maebel New by Neway Debebe

    Kabu by Aster Aweke

    Asmarina by Feqadu Amdé-Mesqel


    1 hr 51 min
  • 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.

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    Intro Music by Alix VanWinkle-Shaw

    Garden District by Alec Lambert

    Silly Game by Alec Lambert

    Joyride by Alec Lambert

    1 hr 42 min

About Attention Elsewhere

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No medium is off limits. Everything is worth our attention. Alasdair & Eli draw from their own interests, obsessions, and research as they spotlight and discuss overlooked, underappreciated, and/or up-and-coming entertainment media, including books, games, films, manga, manhua, and everything in between.