Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel

After a 2024 full of talking about games, it's finally time to talk about the games of 2024. We've all got favourites, and we aren't afraid to share them! Who will earn a coveted spot amongst the Filthy Casuals Games of the Year? There's only two ways to find out: by listening to this podcast, or by asking somebody who has already listened to this podcast and also has a pretty incredible memory. S...

It's time to frock up, awards season is here. Which of course in the world of video games means you're watching 60 trailers in an expensive dress. And loving it! We talk through all the big announcements from this year's Game Awards, including a bunch of surprises like Elden Ring Nightreign, Naughty Dog's Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophecy, The Witcher 4, the Okami Sequel, a new Onimusha game, an...

A red line appears on a map, tracking the flight of this podcast from Filthy City to Your-Ears-Ville. On board the plane are three adventurers, out to hunt ancient relics such as Unreal Tournament and the news that Epic are giving some of its series' games away for free now, news that Wallace and/or Gromit may be Pokemon, and reviews of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Antonblast, as well as...

Seasons may be changing into a Christmasy winter or a festive summer, subject to your hemisphere, but what is evidently a global and year-round constant is the dependable presence of new leaks around the Switch 2. We've got some good ones this week, and we talk new joy-cons and screen sizes. For those of you who already knew the Switch 2 would have controls and a screen, we also talk Ben's new Ras...

The desolate, toxic wasteland of podcasting is braved once again by three courageous men with only an enormous amount of weaponry to protect them. In the Zone this week are our early thoughts on Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, a potential new PlayStation handheld console and the new train carriage they've made in the meantime, future plans for the Final Fantasy and Witcher series, and a whole bunch...

The nominations for podcast which contains some discussion about which games are nominated for Game of the Year at the Game Awards are: Filthy Casuals. And probably heaps of others, but us too! We talk about the noms for the big prize, Half-Life 2’s 20th anniversary, plus the recent Warcraft remasters, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remaster, The Rise of the Golden Idol, and more! We’d like to thank the p...

It’s been a big year for brothers reuniting after long absences, but the Oasis of video games is back with Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Tommy’s played it, Adam’s played a little Rise of the Golden Idol, Ben’s played a little Metal Slug Tactics, and we’ve all played a little “What’s In The News This Week?” The answer? Things like the launch of the PS5 Pro, Shigeru Miyamoto walking around a theme...

Tear open your podcast booster pack, because I have a good feeling you’ve got a rare Tommy, a shiny Ben and a hollow Adam inside for this week’s expansion pack to the Filthy Casuals Trading Card Game. Perhaps you could trade them for a Monster Hunter Wilds Beta Chat card, a Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Review card, or a few different news cards like Playdate Season 2 and Halo 2 E3 Demo Release...

Increasingly more reliable than the changing of the seasons, migratory birds and hibernating mammals now use the release of a new Call of Duty game to track the Earth's orbit around the sun, and we're done with another loop this week with the release of Black Ops 6. We have a talk about that, detective story No Time to Die, city builder Citadelum, a brief chat about Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero as...

Spooky season is here and for this Halloween Tommy, Ben and Adam are dressing up as three video game designers and creating the world's scariest game. Will it be creepy and kooky? You bet. Mysterious and spooky? Absolutely. Altogether ooky? Sure. 🌎 Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code FILTHY at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/filthy ⛵️ Patreon - eve...

Fantasy Is Dead but Podcasting is very much alive this week as the boys hack into the news servers and chat about the Pokemon leaks, Nintendo’s brand spanking new device, Red Dead Redemption on PC and more. PLUS Metaphor ReFantazio is out so we’re unlocking the Reviewer Archetype and giving our first impressions of the first few hours of this massive (J?) RPG. 🌎 Get an exclusive 15% discount on S...

The test drive. The supermarket little free bite sized cube on a toothpick. The absorbing of blue liquid alongside a competing brand. Is there anything more tempting to the average shopper than the humble demonstration? This week, we put to the test whether Metphor: ReFantazio's pre-release demo has what it takes to wow the consumption-loving public, and while we're down at the shopping mall anywa...

Whip out your magic rods and reate yourself a pair of headphones and a phone, as it's time to listen to the latest episode of Filthy Casuals. This week we've played The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, and wouldn't you know it Ben has dived into Helldivers 2. Plus there's news like a potential new Tony Hawk game, and a whole bunch more! Now if you'll please just use that...

It's 50 podcasts in one this week! So long as you consider any minor conversation topic change to be the beginning of an entirely new podcast. And we hope you do, because in that case we have the world's greatest compilation of podcasts right here! Including a podcast about new indie retro omnibus UFO 50, a podcast about boss based action game Black Myth: Wukong, a podcast about the recent PlaySta...

Whip out your tiny paint pots, dip your fine brushes in some water and get ready to very quickly give up on painting these tiny things because oh my god it’s so fiddly why does mine look so much worse than every one of these pictures, wait buying more of these would cost how much? In a bold new move for the world of video games, a Warhammer 40,000 game has been released and Adam and Ben have playe...

This week we review the cheerful ghost of PlayStation past Astro Bot, and react to the expensive ghost of PlayStation future, the PS5 Pro. Are Sony being scrooges with that price? Is Astro Bot so fun that it'll have you flinging open a window and yelling "you there, boy, what day is it?" I'll be honest I only remember so much about A Christmas Carol so that's not necessarily a logical reaction to...

Whether it be Zelda or Leia, princess fans are sure to be satisfied this week as we talk about Tommy's hands on preview time with The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and Ben reviews his time with Star Wars Outlaws. If you're a fan of both princesses and surprising video game shutdown news then firstly: I guess it's good to know yourself that well but you have some incredibly niche interests, an...

Arrange a time to listen to this episode of Filthy Casuals because quite frankly it's slay. Now that I've repelled people with my cringe use of slang (and a second time by using the word cringe), let me reel you back in by telling you that this episode we've played games like Arranger and Slay the Princess, talk news like Nintendo's latest partner/indie Direct, even more PS5 price increases, plus...

Games? In Europe? Crazier things have happened! In fact, many crazier things, including us recording a podcast about the games being shown at Gamescom specifically. Video games were around for a long time in Europe prior to the advent of the internet, so my reasoning is that the existence of podcasts, one of the leading formats in this new era of digital media, is in fact crazier than the existenc...

The phone lines are open and we're taking your calls for the first time since 2017. Play Super Dassalo Land and then watch Tommy's stand-up special over at https://www.tommydassalo.com/ 🌏 Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/filthy It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌ Patreon - every new episode ad-free and a world of bonus podcasts Bandcamp Premium Episodes...

Thank goodness we're here this week, equipment functioning despite bodies still not so much. But we must talk about Thank Goodness You're Here, Minishoot Adventures, losses at Bungie, Game Informer and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, and a whole bunch more. Play Super Dassalo Land and then watch Tommy's stand-up special over at https://www.tommydassalo.com/ 🌏 Get Exclusive NordVPN deal he...

In this special Premium Episode, The Filthy Boys take on one of the most important, terrifying and complicated facets of the human experience: the construction of a top 10 list. How Letterman did it night in and night out we will never know. We respond to a listener question and lay out our 10 MUST-PLAY games in this MIGHT-LISTEN episode. The reason we're releasing it on the regular feed in place...

We're over halfway through 2024, so it's time to take stock of where we've been, where it looks like we're going, and where we are right now. Where we are right now? Recording a podcast. That's one third of the topics covered. The others will include looking back at great games like Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, Dragon's Dogma 2, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Balatro and more besides, as well a...

Something a bit special this week, as we've got a genuine world exclusive video game announcement and preview. We had to pull a lot of strings, but we've managed to land a no-holds-barred interview with video game designer Tommy Dassalo about his new game Super Dassalo Land for the Game Boy Colour. By the way, I'm writing this in sort of a silly way but this is 100% real. Tommy's been working on a...

An a-PEEL-ing episode this week that will SPLIT your sides, the FRUIT of our labour on display in a BUNCH of different ways. That's right, Adam has played Riven: The Remake of the Sequel to Myst. Many classic comedy misdirects such as that one, and thankfully also some better stuff, in this episode, including Tommy's time with Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble, Ben and Adam checking back in on their...