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Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel

Tommy Dassalo, Ben Vernel

A comedy podcast about video games, hosted by kind and knowledgeable boys (and Australian comedians) Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:17:14

Episode 516: Nintendo Direct Wrap, Hollow Knight:...

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/09/16

It's Mario's 40th birthday and what better way to celebrate than with a bunch of farming sims and Dynasty Warriors spin-offs! We're wrapping up everything featured in the big Nintendo Direct from last week including the new Super Mario Galaxy Movie announcement, Metroid Prime 4 release date, and the Virtual Boy resurrection! We've also got more thoughts on Hollow Knight Silksong after spending more time with it and impressions on the shadowdropped Donkey Kong Bananza DLC. Hosted on Acast. See

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1:09:14

Episode 515: Hollow Knight Silksong First...

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/09/09

The Loveable Lads from 'Laide, Team Cherry, are finally back with Hollow Knight Silksong. The game broke every digital storefront when it launch, but what are our early impressions of it? We've also got our first look at 007 First Light through an extensive State of Play, we've been wined and dined at a Playstation Playmakers event, and Ben reviews the action-adventure exploration game Hell Is Us!Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code FILTHY at checkout. Download the Saily app

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1:08:21

Episode 514: Metal Gear Solid Delta, Kirby And The...

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/09/02

Two big remasters this week - one of them featuring a deadly, highly skilled soldier who is able to seamlessly blend in to his surroundings in order to ruthlessly execute his targets, and the other one featuring Solid Snake. YES! We're also chatting about Resident Evil being too scary, games being too pornographic, and the failed experiment of an NFT video game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:18:42

Episode 513: Hollow Knight: Silksong Trailer,...

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/08/28

It was starting to feel like it wold never happen but the wait is over: there's finally a new episode of Filthy Casuals! We discuss the release date trailer for Hollow Knight: Silksong and how the developers took their sweet time because they were having too much fun working on it. Plus, the strange case of developers struggling to get Switch 2 dev kits, and reviews of Chibi Robo, Sengoku Dynasty, Herdling, and a complete breakdown of a classic Aussie archetype: The Little Nuggety Bloke.Get an

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1:11:33

Episode 512: Gamescom 2025, Kirby Air Riders Direct,...

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/08/21

LIVE (not really) from GAMESCOM (not really) this week we're bringing you a round up of a bunch of news and updates (yes really), including Hollow Knight: Silksong, a Black Myth sequel, a new Bubsy, and DLC for Indiana Jones and The Great Circle. We're also wrapping up the Kirby Air Riders Direct which gave us our first proper look at the racing, City Trial mode, and the comedy chops of Sakurai. Plus we're whetting our appetite for some upcoming releases, with the demoes for Hell Is Us and The

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1:40:24

Episode 511: Wheel World, Nintendo News, Death...

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/08/14

Tommy's back from Vietnam and there's a bunch of Nintendo presentation news to catch up on! A new Katamari Damacy, a few indies on the horizon, and a campfire to chill next to. We've also been playing some new games: Ben tackles the bicycle adventure Wheel World and the FF7 knock-off Fantasian, while Tommy's taken on the early stages of Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. PLUS we've both finished Donkey Kong Bananza and Death Stranding 2: On The Beach so we discuss our thoughts on the endings and big reveals

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1:11:08

Episode 510: The Legend of Case Boy with Dilruk...

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/08/07

Special guest DILRUK JAYASINHA joins us this week to take us through his personal history of gaming! We cover a tonne of ground in this loose and silly episode including: growing up in Colombo in Sri Lanka, what was the most coveted game console at the time? Why did his dad's work colleague buy him a Sega Game Gear? And what is the best video game to play while making love? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 509: How To Fix The Video Games Industry

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/07/31

Let's be honest, the gaming industry is in a pretty rotten place. In the last few months alone we've seen layoffs, cancellations, and price hikes - just to name a few. So this week, we're putting our heads together and brainstorming a few ideas for Fixing The Games Industry - all of which are totally serious and genuine and which we wholeheartedly stand behind!Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code FILTHY at checkout. Download the Saily app or go to https://saily.com/filthy

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1:31:59

Episode 508: Donkey Kong Bananza Review

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/07/24

You know him from the movies, theme parks, and kart racing games and now, after all these years, he's finally in his own video game: DONKEY KONG BANANZA is here and we've spent a tonne of time ripping, smashing and pummelling our way through this glorious 3D platformer that begs the question: what if apes real life? And speaking of real life: The Great Man Miyamoto has announced the cast list for the upcoming live action The Legend of Zelda movie! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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Squid Game Season 3 Review | Patreon Preview

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/07/19

We've decided to drop a little preview of what we do every week on our Patreon podcast. From weird stories from our lives to movie reviews, TV recaps and other recommendations, every single week we release a full episode of a Bonus podcast for Patrons at patreon.com/filthycasualspod. Here we've compiled our discussions on Squid Game across two weeks. Hope you enjoy! NOTE: this will contain spoilers for all of Squid Game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:14:35

Episode 507: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, Fantasy Life...

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/07/17

This week we're wrapping up all of the new details from last weeks Ghost Of Yotei State of Play, as well as reviewing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 (because we're aging millennials), Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time (because we're massive weebs) and some of the newly added levels in Astro Bot (because we love freaky little robot men).Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code FILTHY at checkout. Download the Saily app or go to https://saily.com/filthy Hosted on Acast. See

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1:10:44

Episode 506: Anger Foot, Xbox Cancellations

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/07/10

It's another rough week of news over at Microsoft with the announcement that a bunch of games have been cancelled and more people laid off. What does this mean for the future of the platform and more broadly - how do you navigate being a fan of an art form that is governed purely by corporate interests and rife with attitudes that are so removed from fun and escapism? As an antidote to all of this harshness, we've been playing and loving the great new (for PS5) indie game Anger Foot!Get an exclusive

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1:38:57

Episode 505: Is XBox Hardware Dead? AI In Games,...

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/07/03

The popular survival game The Alters has been found to have been using Generative AI. Is this a big deal? What does the spread of AI mean for the future of game development? And what does the mass layoffs at Xbox mean for the future of hardware development? Big questions that we do our best to wildly speculate on! Meanwhile, we're still sinking tonnes of hours into Death Stranding 2: On The Beach and Mario Kart World and we've got further thoughts on both of those games after our initial day one

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1:15:51

Episode 504: Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/06/26

It’s time for another big episode of one of the best comedy and video games podcasts available on the chiral network.DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH is finally here and The Great Man has done it again. We’ve played roughly the first half-a-dozen or so hours of the new blockbuster from Hideo Kojima so we’re wrapping up our initial thoughts on the improved pacing of the game, the stories, the characters and notable Australian figures we’re hoping make an appearance! Hosted on Acast. See

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1:25:56

Episode 503: Donkey Kong Bananza Direct, Hideo Kojima...

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/06/19

Tommy's come down with what seems like a common cold but may in fact be DONKEY KONG FEVER because we watched the Donkey Kong Bananza Direct overnight and we're still reeling from some of the new revelations. Pauline! Ostrich Bananza! DK Artist Mode! A confusing Kong family timeline! We also discuss our trip to Sydney to see two of The Great Men: Hideo Kojima in conversation with Dr. George Miller, as well as the demo for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 & 4, and the Switch 2 port of Cyberpunk

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1:30:40

Episode 502: Summer Games Fest 2025

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/06/12

Wow is it really Not E3 again already!? Summer Games Fest has rolled around and we're wrapping up all of the big announcements from the week: some wild characters are showing up in the new Sonic racing game, there's freaky boxing puppets, surprise DLC for Lies of P, Game Freak making something that looks like it runs properly, a new detective story from Ryu Ga Gotoku, a new Resident Evil and stacks more!Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code FILTHY at checkout. Download the

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1:24:44

Episode 501: Switch 2 & Mario Kart World Day One...

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/06/05

We've been burning the midnight and 7am oils and as a result we're now the proud owners of a Switch 2! We each have a Switch 2, I mean. We're not sharing custody of one Switch 2. We've been hammering Mario Kart World all day so we've got some early first day impressions PLUS a big round-up of everything announced in Sony's State of Play and Ben reviews the indie puzzle platformer Bionic Bay!Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code FILTHY at checkout. Download the Saily app or go

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1:15:27

Episode 500: The Top 10 Video Game Characters To Host...

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/05/29

Episode 500! Can you believe it? We've gone this long without kicking ourselves off the air. To celebrate, we're reminiscing a little bit on the history of the show and then doing something that neither we, or any other show, has dared to do before (possibly for good reason): delivering our definitive list of the Top 10 Video Game Characters To Host 500 Episodes Of A Podcast With! Who's got the best yarns, who's got the hottest riffs, and what if Fat Bastard Greek?Get an exclusive 15% discount on

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1:42:14

VIDEODRONE #19: The Last of Us S02E07 'Convergance'

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/05/27

We've made it to the season finale of The Last of Us and the season finale of Videodrone with special guest GREG LARSEN. Ellie's still on the hunt for Abby, there's a cliffhanger, there's a weird creepy island, and (thankfully) there's no Skellingtons. How did we feel about this episode, the season as a whole, what are our predictions for the next season(s) of this show, and does Mr. Oily exist within The Last of Us universe!?Little break from VIDEODRONE after this while we wait for a sick new

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1:09:52

Episode 499: Donkey Kong Country Osaka, Doom: The...

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel ·

2025/05/22

It's the final week of Ben's Japan trip and he's fresh from a visit to the new Donkey Kong Country addition to Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Osaka! We hear all about the new area: the food, the costumes, the music and of course the new immersive mine cart ride! On the other end of the spectrum, Tommy's been decapitating demons in the awesome new Doom: The Dark Ages, and in a sealed section at the very end, he's got some questions about the ending of the Blue Prince! Hosted on Acast. See

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