Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel

Two chubby little villagers set out on the quest of a lifetime: to review the Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Demo! Tommy and Ben are back in the saddle and this week they lasso a whole mess of video game news, from the upcoming Xbox Direct to a few upcoming games that slipped past their cattle dog, from new Mario Tennis Fever features to the Anno city-builder series. There's some Warioworld hootenann...

It's a fresh year and that means a tonne of new games on the horizon. This week, we're taking a look at all of the big games on our radar for the next twelve months: new titles from huge developers, fresh sequels and (presumably) the release of a game that will no doubt be one of the biggest cultural events in recent memory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the second part of our huge countdown of our favourite games of 2025. We have deep discussions about the biggest games of the year, some indie surprises, revived franchises, as well as a summary of our thoughts on the year as a whole! 🌎Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ↣ https://nordvpn.com/filthy It’s risk- free with Nord’s 30-day money back guarantee! 👍 Get an exclusive 15% discount on Sail...

It's time for our yearly countdown of our favourite games of the past year! This week, we're going through numbers 6 - 10 of our individual lists as well as recapping the big news stories, trends and general feelings about the year in gaming. 🌎Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ↣ https://nordvpn.com/filthy It’s risk- free with Nord’s 30-day money back guarantee! 👍 Get an exclusive 15% discount on S...

The Game Awards are done and dusted for another year and we've finally recovered enough to bring you all of the huge announcements from the show. A couple of co-op games, some new online shooters, a new Capcom IP and HEAPS more. Plus we've gone BARKING MAD for the great new puzzle game DOGPILE!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After eight long years of waiting, it's finally here: Episode 528 of Filthy Casuals. Did I make a similar joke the other week? I can't remember and I'm too busy to check because I've been sinking a lot of time into Metroid Prime 4 Beyond. Does this long-awaited sequel live up to expectations? Are the NPC companions as annoying as the initial reports would have you believe? Is it fun to drive aroun...

We're a few days away from the release of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond so we're rounding up our hopes, dreams and fears for this long-awaited sequel. Tommy's been dabbling in a few demos to try and find the perfect 7 out of 10 game to enjoy over the summer break and Ben's dived in to the open-world action-adventure RPG Where Winds Meet. 🌎Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ↣ https://nordvpn.com/filthy It’...

The nominees are out for the second most prestigious awards in gaming (behind The Filthy Casuals End of Year list): The Game Awards. We go through the nominees in the major categories before HOOVERING up a game that SHOULD be nominated in every single category: the excellent racing / fighting game hybrid Kirby Air Riders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're once again paying a visit to Ben's Dev Corner to hear another report on how his game is progressing. Who knows, it may even be eventually playable on the Steam Machine, Valve's new hardware which just got announced this week. We discuss the pros and cons and where we see this machine sitting in the console landscape. PLUS there's a trailer for the new Mario Galaxy Movie with some i...

We're dropping this episode ON TIME in order to let you know that Grand Theft Auto 6 has been delayed. What can we possibly do to fill ONE ENTIRE YEAR until it's released? Well, off the top of my head: we could play a bit of Simpsons Fortnite, we could try the demo for Dogpile, we could review the new Tears of the Kingdom prequel Hyrule Warriors - Age of Imprisonment, and then we could record a po...

Animal Crossing is finally getting a Switch 2 update and The Outer Worlds finally has a sequel. Coincidence? Yes. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, yes. We're chatting about both things this week plus more of our Ball X Pit obsessions and we're starting to think about our Top 10 lists for the end of the year.  Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code FILTHY at checkout. Download...

The world went topsy turvy this week as Halo was announced for the Playstation 5 and Ben was in Adelaide. Thankfully, one of those things has been rectified and so we're back together chatting about recent games news and reviewing our new obsession Ball X Pit, as well as Once Upon A Katamari, Keeper, Cloverpit, and the demo for Dogpile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new Pokemon game is out in the wild which means that it's time for another round of 'What Are They Smoking In At Game Freak'? Pokemon Legends: Z-A has arrived alongside a MASSIVE leak of information regarding future plans for the mainline series, budgets, spinoffs and new engines. PLUS Ben's had a taste of the demos for Bubsy 4D, Reanimals and Tavern Keeper. Get an exclusive 15% discount on Sail...

Our beautiful friend BEN RUSSELL joins us this week! He's got some on-the-ground gossip from PAX over the weekend, as well as some thoughts on the continuing issues at Microsoft, Nintendo's weird little short film experiments and a review of Ghost of Yotei! 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 Hoste...

Oppressive regimes are buying games companies and prices for subscription services are skyrocketing but at least Kojima is still doing his damn thing. We wrap up the announcements from the recent Beyond The Strand presentation and we sink our teeth into Ghost of Yotei, a classic revenge story set in a massive and beautiful open world. Plus we've played some Final Fantasy Tactics and Mario Galaxy 2...

This week we're taking a look back at the September 2025 Sony State of Play, which gave us our first proper look at games like Saros, Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, Wolverine and... some speakers. We're also hitting the road for Sonic Racing Crossworlds with mixed results and venturing back into the underworld in Hades 2! Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code FILTHY at checkou...

Are you tired of lame and boring video games podcasts that DON'T talk about the new advertisement for Sonic Racing Crossworlds, patents in video games, hidden bosses in Silksong as well as reviews of Cronos: The New Dawn and the very, very beginning of Trails In The Sky 1st Chapter? Well, you've come to the right place because on this cool podcast for cool people, we talk about all of those topics...

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 mor...

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!...

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/priv...

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,...

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. P...

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...

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 ac...

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 Sai...