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No medium is off limits. Everything is worth our attention.

On their podcast, Alasdair & Eli spotlight overlooked, underappreciated, and/or up-and-coming entertainment media, folding in external research to develop a deeper understanding of each piece.
Heaven Will Be Mine's setting and core conceit (that of the relationships that form between pilots as they operate their ship-selves in the vastness of space) draw, pretty explicitly, from elements of the mecha genre. But what's most fascinating, perhaps, is it's interpretation of the "Newtype."
January 21, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I (Alasdair) had intended to play "We Know the Devil" (also by Worst Girl Games) before we recorded Ep. 1. But having finished it now, I can safely say it makes a great companion piece to "Heaven Will Be Mine": store.steampowered.com/app/435300/W...
We Know the Devil on Steam
WE KNOW THE DEVIL is a visual novel about teens reluctantly fighting the devil at summer camp. Follow meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy Venus as they get to know each other--but one always...
store.steampowered.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:59 AM
As preparation for Ep. 1, we read, watched, and listened to a wealth of critique, analysis, and fan theory of Heaven Will Be Mine, including Niamh Timmons' fantastic essay, "Gravity = Culture: Trans Liberatory Potentials and Limitations in [HWBM]": gamestudies.org/2404/article...
Game Studies - Gravity = Culture: Trans Liberatory Potentials and Limitations in <em>Heaven Will Be Mine</em>
gamestudies.org
January 18, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Check out our debut episode!

We're diving right in with a discussion on New Age spirituality, Cold War tensions, and ongoing imperial projects as they relate to the visual novel Heaven Will Be Mine.

If you're a speculative fiction fan (a la Gundam, Star Trek, etc.), this one's for you!
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.

Find us elsewhere on our Linktree pinned at the top!

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Attention Elsewhere 1: Baby's (Second) Visual Novel
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January 15, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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.

Find us elsewhere on our Linktree pinned at the top!

open.spotify.com/episode/7DVN...
Attention Elsewhere 1: Baby's (Second) Visual Novel
open.spotify.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM