Kate and Elsie kick off Season 2 with their first reactions to Chapter 5. Full spoilers ahead!
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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 24: Your MOTHER on the other hand...! Whoo!
Jackie tells Kate about playing Earthbound for the first time in 2026. They discuss the game’s influence on Undertale, Deltarune and the genre at large.
Episode 20: It's Kind of Like Dragon Blazers!
Griever introduces Kate to the influences the Final Fantasy series has had on Deltarune, and the characters across the series that parallel the main cast. We discuss a variety of — Wait, there’s a DR. GAST???
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 14: There's Nothing Wrong With Him He's Just Annoying
That ain’t Falco. Jackie returns to talk Berdly with Kate. We continue the podcast’s grappling with What Gaming Means and the breakdown of the nerd-jock dichotomy.
Episode 12: Eat Dirt, Losers
Kate and Sophia talk about the 2008 “Radiation’s Halloween Hack” and our own embarrassing teenage works. We find a game of surprising quality and discuss the way it presages several core themes of Undertale and Deltarune.
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 10: Pump Up the Tunes!
Ash Taylor joins Kate to talk about how Deltarune uses music and sound as part of its story and gameplay, beyond just leitmotif. In part two (41:00), we talk about her upcoming game, CHORDIOID.
Episode 9: NOT A PERSON SEEMED TO WANT IT
Lucretia gathers Kate and Valerie to reveal the most important character in Deltarune. The one who is connected to every mystery. The one with the deepest lore. The one we all want to learn more about. The one who speaks in hands.
That’s right…
No. It can’t be. It can’t be him. Is it too late to delete the episode
Episode 6: NON-MEN ARE A-OK, TOO!
Is it important that the protagonist of Deltarune is transgender? Kate and Valerie say yes.
Episode 2: I Played It Secret-Style
Kate and Riley round up Deltarune’s outstanding secrets, and how Toby Fox uses mysteries in writing.