Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel

Imagine a world that was only video games. For as far as your eyes can see it is only video games. The grass is video games. The trees? Video games. The sea and the sky and the very air you breathe, all video games. The eyes you are using to look at this stuff are also video games. That is the world that Adam Knox describes to Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel on this week’s Filthy Casuals, as he descr...

Three hot dads hosting a podcast about video games this week chat about the Switch port of Dream Daddy, Mario Kart Tour, more thoughts on The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, more Apple Arcade and bits and pieces of news. I mean, somewhere I'm sure three hot dads are doing that. Over here you've just got an episode of Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo, Ben Vernel and Adam Knox, three hideous non...

Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny are both wrong, because it is officially Video Game Season. The end of 2019 is getting spicy with hot reviews of the Link's Awakening remake, the Borderlands 2 remake called Borderlands 3, Apple Arcade, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare beta and much more! Video games are coming out and we are going to play them and talk about them. If that's not cool with you then I'm sor...

They said we'd never do it. But here we are. 204 episodes. The most significant milestone in any podcast's life, this week Tommy, Ben and Adam will celebrate this momentous occasion the only way they know how: another podcast. Here's to episode 408! Our newest Bandcamp Premium Episode, The History of Final Fantasy, is available at  https://filthycasualspod.bandcamp.com , plus our recent comme...

This week the boys discuss Gears Ink, Gears 5, all the latest news from Tokyo Game Show that was interesting to them, Tommy checks in on Astral Chain and yes, finally the guys discuss the huge Nintendo Direct from last week. And we think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the amount of time they spend on it (3-5 minutes tops). Our newest Bandcamp Premium Episode, The History of Final Fantasy, is av...

Anime twins Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel are once again joined live in-studio by the grim, introspective director of the Federal Bureau of Control, Adam Knox, to talk the first two big releases of the coming video game storm that is September 2019. Remedy's terrific, if technically troubled take on surrealist sci-fi noir gets a full review, and we give our early impressions of Platinum's classic a...

This week the boys have lots of huge games to talk about - seriously, some major releases, hefty games worthy of discussion - along with massive news in the industry of video games. Instead, they decide to talk about an iPad game, a very old puzzle game and a demo. Also No Man's Sky VR made me sick. Our newest Bandcamp Premium Episode, The History of Final Fantasy, is available at  https://fi...

Wowee, what a huge event it is! That’s right, it’s episode 200 of the comedy podcast Filthy Casuals. And we all know what that means - only four weeks til the magical 204th episode! But enough about that - on this week’s show the boys chat all things Gamescom, including Death Stranding, Google Stadia, Avengers, No Man’s Sky Beyond, and heaps more! Our newest Bandcamp Premium Episode, The History o...

This week the boys chat about all the wacky new British Pokemon, rumored SNES Switch controllers, Adam reviews some room escape games and Owl Boy, Ben reviews We Happy Few, Tommy chats Wordscapes and the lads go in on their Fire Emblem: Three Houses experiences so far. Our newest Bandcamp Premium Episode, The History of Final Fantasy, is available at  https://filthycasualspod.bandcamp.com , p...

This week Timmy and Bjorn are joined again by Aiden who is over in Aberdeen for the Finger Festival, and the guys chat all things board games, specifically the recent news about a Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild rip-off that looks extremely similar despite some minor differences. The lads also chat about Jim Carrey's comments about the Sonic movie, cover the EVO leaks and the David Hayter tweet...

One is rough and ready, in touch with the land and willing to fight for it; another is regal and rational, dedicated to being the best they can be; the other is born into great power but must come to terms with their responsibilities; that's right, Tommy, Ben and Adam are back to do an episode of Filthy Casuals! This week covers all the news that's fit to riff, as well as a review of the new Fire...

The absolute madmen have actually done it. This week, Tommy and Ben give their first impressions of their brand new Xbox One S's (no idea if that's the right way to pluralise that, first time I've noticed something a bit weird about the Xbox naming conventions???), while wise old Adam teaches them the ways of the cross (big, green, angled cross to be clear). Game Pass, Ori and the Blind Forest, Ou...

It's the same Filthy Casuals you know and love, but smaller. And you can't take our arms off or plug us into a TV. And we don't really vibrate anymore. And we're yellow. This week Tommy, Ben and Adam react to the announcement of the new Switch Lite, Tommy builds a case for enjoying Dragon Quest Builders 2, Ben's gotten the message and played The Messenger and Adam clearly has too much free time an...

The doctors are in! Tommy Dassalo M.D., Ben Vernel P.H.D. and Adam Knox P.I.M.P. are here to take your through their impressions of the new Nintendo mobile game Dr. Mario World, some more Judgment, the quality or lack thereof of Hanna Barbera cartoons and the passing of a man who some believed had already passed. Also we recorded a handful of hours before the Switch Lite was announced, so we don't...

This week the boys review Super Mario Maker 2! In honour of this, you may construct the rest of the episode description yourself. We're doing live shows in Melbourne and Sydney! Stand-up, comedy, and a full live podcast for each show: 7pm on Saturday the 13th of July 2019 at the Cooper's Inn in the Melbourne CBD and 4pm Sunday the 21st of July at The Lansdowne in Chippendale, Sydney. Snap up your...

This week the boys are back and the same room so that Tommy and Ben can review Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, Adam can review My Friend Pedro, and early impressions of Bloodstained (including its performance on Switch) can be given. I wanted to get that description out of the way so I can list here my pitches for new generic Australian-animal-themed characters that are free for use by any dev te...

Clap along to this week’s episode of Filthy Casuals as Tommy and Adam give their first impressions of Cadence of Hyrule, Ben dives in to the best Final Fantasy game (IX). Mostly though, it's a bunch of shit talking with a thin veneer of Zelda stuff and a whole heap of smooth, fresh rhythm.  We're doing live shows in Melbourne and Sydney! Stand-up, comedy, and a full live podcast for each show...

Wooooooooooooo! The boys break down a huuuuugely fine E3, going through EA, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Bethesda, Nintendo, Square Enix and of course everyone’s favourite developer, PC Gaming Show. What did they like? What did they think was dumb? What personal story from their lives do they get sidetracked on? Listen to find out! We're doing another live show in Melbourne! Stand-up, comedy, and a full li...

This week your kind and knowledgable boys share their hopes and dreams for the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo. What games might be revealed at the Electronic Entertainment Expo? Will there be new footage of some games we're already excited for at the Electronic Entertainment Expo? Will anyone drop a huge bombshell like a new console at the Electronic Entertainment Expo? Damn...

A camera creeps down a strange pulsating pink tube. What’s that? A little bald head? It turns to the camera and we see... Tommy! He’s back from overseas! The boys talk about Team Sonic Racing, Observation, A Plague Tale and go deep on the eight minute Death Stranding trailer.   We're doing another live show in Melbourne! Stand-up, comedy, and a full live podcast, all happening at 7pm on the 1...

ARE YOU READY TO RAGE??? ARE YOOOOOU READY TO RAGE?!?!?! IT'S A PARTY PARTY PARTY PARTY HERE AT FILTHY CASUALS HQ AS BEN PUTS HIS BEER DOWN (PARTY FOUL) TO PLAY RAGE 2, TOMMY HITS UP THE NIGHTCLUBS OF BARCELONA AND ADAM SITS IN HIS ROOM AND READS VIDEO GAME NEWS BUT HAS A COCAINE ADDICTION!!! AND MORE!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! We're doing another live show in Melbourne! Stand-up, comedy, and a full liv...

This week, Tommy, Ben and Adam spent one of their eeveenings at the cinema to bring you a review of Detective Pikachu. They also talk about the bizarre news around Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, a quick word on the new game Snakeybus, the recent Sony State of Play, and a bunch more news and chat! Quite honestly, I thought of filling this description with a bunch of Pokemon puns but right now I can o...

Adam, Ben and Tommy enter a dark temple. They’re wearing different coloured ninja outfits. A voice from the ether yells, ‘PODCAST’. Tommy does a riff so good it blows Ben’s brains out of his ears. Adam throws a microphone through Tommy’s chest and says ‘get over here!’ Yep. It’s Filthy Kasuals. They talk Mortal Kombat 11, a Detective Pikachu pop up store and the Sonic the Hedgehog trailer. Subscri...

Sorry, babe, but I'm a drifter. I need to open road in front of me, a fast pair of wheels underneath me and a hundred open world objective markers completely surrounding me. If that means putting you behind me then hey, I guess that's just who I am. Also I like zombies. Yeah, that's right, I still like zombies in 2019. And I like listening to Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo, Ben Vernel and Adam...

In the video game podcasting system, Nintendo Switch based reviews are considered especially heinous. In Melbourne City, the dedicated podcasters who investigate these remakes and remasters are members of an elite squad known as the Filthy Casuals. These are their stories about baboons having sex and stuff like that. *Dun Dun* Subscribe the YouTube channel where we’ve been playing through A Way Ou...