Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel

A tales of podcasters and microphones, eternally retold. This week Tommy, Ben and Adam have mysteries aplenty: Tommy tackles the bizarre world of Undertale, Ben steps aboard the intriguing Return of the Obra Dinn and Adam wonders how many Sonic the Hedgehog custom characters he's going to fight online in Soulcalibur VI. What's that I hear a clip-clopping in the distance? Sounds like a horse? Surel...

Three podcast hosts are dropped onto an island, only one can remain to review the new Call of Duty game. Has the gambit of eliminating the traditional single-player campaign in favour of a CoD take on the Battle Royale mode? The answer is yes. There's more detail in the show but if you're in the habit of getting your reviews exclusively from podcast descriptions then there you go. We also fawn ove...

The boys are joined once again by one of their favourites Kate Dehnert to provide possibly the most in-depth review of Super Mario Party that anybody has bothered to do yet (citation needed), as well as first impression's of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, talk Knox's new Xbox One X, frank discussions on car anatomy and much, much more. Make sure you check out the boys with some special guests at their...

It's the beginning of a brand new term at Hogfilthy Casualswarts (an extremely clever name that I spent ages coming up with), and three muggles named Tommy, Ben and Adam are here to talk about how they wasted their term break. News of wizards, cowboys, cult leaders and streaming services are covered this week before we dive into the roughly two thousand games that are releasing over the next few w...

It's a surprising end to their story, but Telltale Games have closed down and Tommy, Ben and Adam are here to talk though the biggest news of the week, as well as updated thoughts on Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Spider-Man, very timely and relevant Xbox 360 game The Cave and more. Also lengthy discussion on house hunting, floor planning and radio segment overextending. Who's the Fitzy and who's the...

Hey filthy animals, the boys are back and this week there's lots of video games to talk about - handy for this, a video games podcast. There's the Playstation Classic Mini, the private Call of Duty Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta that Knoxy played, a thorough look at the most recent Nintendo Direct, updated thoughts on Spider-Man for PS4, Tommy provides a hands-on review of Nintendo Labo and Ben talks t...

The boys are back in town and it's a full on party of an episode. In that Adam is very tired, Tommy secretly wishes there weren't all of these people in his house and Ben drinks two beers. There's also time to give a first impressions review of Insomniac's Marvel's Sony's Stan Lee's Spider-Man and Donut County, as well as some holiday reminiscence and more! Grab your last minute tickets to the Mel...

It's a big, bumper episode 150 - the boys reminisce about the show and some of their favourite memories and aspects of doing the podcast, before counting down their top 5 personal moments in gaming! There are shout-outs, in-jokes, and some very in-depth discussion of the greatest gaming moments of all time - specifically, ones we haven't covered much previously. Thanks so much to everyone who list...

The Filthy Lads have finally come to their senseis and recorded an episode all about Japan. We talk about all things video games from the Land of the Rising Sun... or should I say Land of the Rising FUN! No, I apologise, Land of the Rising Sun was correct. Buy tickets to the boys next Melbourne live show - September 15th 4pm - here:  http://www.filthycasuals.com.au/events/filthy-casuals-live-septe...

The boys have pre-recorded a special themed episode all about the best video games from Old Blighty (the United Kingdom)! The Filthy lads count down the best 30 British games of all time according to The Guardian. We list them all in no particular order. Check it out! Buy tickets to the boys next Melbourne live show - September 15th 4pm - here:  http://www.filthycasuals.com.au/events/filthy-casual...

This week the boys present one of their classic Themed Episodes . With Tommy, Adam and Ben in three different countries currently they've banked some themed, researched episodes about different topics in gaming. Today it's the history of multiplayer, and their favourite multiplayer games! Also a lot of Ricky Gervais talk. Buy tickets to the boys next Melbourne live show - September 15th 4pm - here...

Irish comedian and dancer Dave Callan (Rove Live, Good Game) joins the Filthy boys to review the year so far and go through literally every video game released to this point. From the big boys to the little boys and all the boys in between, these kind and knowledgable ones give their thoughts on everything from January to August, 2018, in the world of video games.  Buy tickets to the boys next Mel...

This week the boys are running on the smell of an oily rag, as Knox prepares to fly to Edinburgh and they recently wrapped pre-recording a month of episodes. They delve into the recent Quantic Dream scandal and workplace bullying, review the Apple AirPods, talk about Tommy's recent Taiko Drum Master purchase, and answer an interesting listener question about atmosphere and dialogue in games. Buy t...

This week the boys chat about Mario Kart free updates, Nintendo shutting down ROMs and digital distribution, and then get stuck into No Man's Sky - from the death-threats to the updates and now, a fully functioning multiplayer space sim! The boys also review Adult Swim game Pool Panic. Find our latest Premium episode where we provide a commentary track for Pixels (2015) at  https://filthycasualspo...

Tommy, Ben and Adam Travel down the well-worn Octopath of 2.5D, 16-bit throwback games. Does Octopath Traveler manage to be more than its been-there done-that pitch? You'll have to listen to find out! Or read the next sentence! Yes, it seems like it does. Does Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker manage to be more than another Wii U re-release for the Switch ffs? Less optimistic on that one. Also, the b...

In the depths of Australian Winter, the boys take solace around the warm glow slightly older games as they dive into Hollow Knight, Detective Pikachu and a little bit of The Witcher 3. Plus there's a lot of chat around non-video game things such as the still definitely relevant and not at all forgotten television show 24. Grab tickets to our upcoming live show in Melbourne on the 14th of July -  h...

This week the boys dissect the latest pieces of news and provide all of the latest reviews from the world of video games: the dated nature of the television show Friends, whether or not Tommy has seen The Godfather and Adam reviews Myst. All the big stuff. Also Ben has played Jurassic World Evolution, Tommy has gone in on the Mario + Rabbids DLC and Adam reviews Myst. This is actually me, Adam, wr...

This week the boys are finally back together, in person, for real, and cover off heaps of recent video game news. Microsoft and Nintendo have teamed up for crossplay, but Sony is being a lil bitch. What will this mean for the future? It's another edition of What Are Video Games? The main review for the episode is brand new Nintendo release Mario Tennis Aces. What do the boys think? Tune in to find...

The Filthy Boys are joined by friend of the show Kate Dehnert to dissect their experiences last week at the E3 showfloor in Los Angeles. That's right, all 4 of us were in LA for E3. Did we not mention that? Did we expressly say last week that two of us were in Thailand, and the others were in their home country of Australia? Huh, weird. Because we were all in the USA, attending E3. Find our latest...

It's the most wonderful time of the (video game) year, and Those Darn Filthy Boys won't let geographical divides stop them from talking everything to have come out of 2018's Electronic Entertainment Expo. Everyone Enjoy Engaging with this Entirely Entertaining Episode where we show our Excitement, Enthusiasm, Elation and many emotions more over this year's E3. Grab tickets to our upcoming live sho...

E3 kicks off in less than a week and we've got less than expert opinions on what might be about to happen. Will we be eerily accurate? If I could make one final prediction, it would be that we will be completely on the money, 100% correct, infallible in our soothsaying. So jump in now and get the E3 news before the rest of the world! Find our latest Premium episode where we provide a commentary tr...

An android programmed with human emotions, despised by its creators and yearning to break from its bonds and be free, Ben has played Detroit: Become Human this week. Adam has too, and they discuss its bizarre appeal alongside talk of Dark Souls Remastered, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, Yoku's Island Express and more! Check out our reaction video to the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 trailers...

It's a new (sort of) Zelda game (sort of)! Tommy and Adam have been playing Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition whilst Ben joins them to talk through a surprising amount of pre-E3 news as well as a dive into the electronic mailbag. All this plus Austin Powers this week on Filthy Casuals. Check out our reaction video to the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 trailers -  https://youtu.be/MTbedPFG4GU F...

It's been a leaky week, so the filthy boys sneak a peek. A whole heap of rumours this episode as the run-up to E3 reaches breakneck pace: Star Fox racing games, Pokemon Go spin-offs, reboots, sequels, and the most timely news of all in Adam giving his thoughts on 2011's mildly received Rage. Check out our reaction video to the latest Mario Tennis Aces trailer -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAT...

This episode of Filthy Casuals is brought to you by Harry's. For a free trial shave set, head to harrys.com/filthycasuals ! This week the boys talk some Nintendo for a change, poring over the details revealed about the Switch online service launching later this year, as well as a review of the re-release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and perhaps a surprise mini-review of that games still...