Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo, Ben Vernel and

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 podcast about all of those things... That should take us 365 days or so, right? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Saily app or go to https://saily.com/filthy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Saily data plans! Use code FILTHY at checkout. Download the Saily app or go to https://saily.com/filthy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! 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 acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 - unlike those other loser podcasts which don't have the guts. Also, this podcast is hosted by two guys who definitely know what blast processing is. 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 acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Adventures of Elliot! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 information.

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.

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 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 acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 impressions over the last couple of weeks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Saily app or go to https://saily.com/filthy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Saily data plans! Use code FILTHY at checkout. Download the Saily app or go to https://saily.com/filthy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 series to cover. Head to patreon.com/filthycasualspod for our weekly bonus show about TV, movies and other shit! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.