Substitute Games Month is brought to a shuddering halt by the arrival of Chapter 5. But, before the drought ends, Kate and Lucretia gab about ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies, the controversial sort-of successor to Disco Elysium.
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Episode 27: Chapter 1, the March of the Dark King
BQ rejoins the show after discussing playing Undertale but not Deltarune in Episode 19 to react to playing Chapter 1 for the first time. Reactions include gonermaker, religious ska, gender, Greenster, divorce, school experience, the symbolism in the Dark World, and first encounters with every new character, and checking back in with Undertale favorites, immediately picking up on Kris-player dichotomy, and more.
Episode 16: Remember DECEMBER?
Kate and Valerie do some emergency podding about December Holiday, just in time for Christmas. It’s just the start of our talk about the most important absence in the game… We also cover the new newsletter, ARG, and Christmas in the game in general.
Merry Krismas!
Episode 15: Just Waiting for Today Felt Like... Years!!
Kate and Shadow of Roserade talk about the ways the fandom has gone crazy in the hiatuses between chapters. We also chat Alvin, the false dichotomy between theory and fanfic, and then take some incredible detours into Deltarune’s collaborative equivalent of the Zootopia abortion comic and Azzypants.
Episode 11: Maybe Things Took a Weird Route Right Now…
Kate and Jackie talk about the Weird Route, how we can understand Noelle’s motivations and what it all means. What is the nature of the soul? Does an agentic self exist distinct from an essential self? What do Charlie’s Angels even do?
Episode 3: Don't let mother see THIS!
Mama miba! Mom AMOEBA! Kate and Sophia talk Carol and Toriel, comparing and contrasting the two main moms of Deltarune and how their stories intersect with the game’s view of family.