Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel

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Episode 519: Ghost of Yotei, Final Fantasy Tactics Oct 07, 2025

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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!

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Episode 518: Sony State Of Play, Sonic Racing Crossworlds, Hades 2 Sep 30, 2025

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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!

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Episode 517: Video Game Patents, Blast Processing, Cronos: The New Dawn Sep 23, 2025

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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.

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Episode 516: Nintendo Direct Wrap, Hollow Knight: Silksong Further Thoughts Sep 16, 2025

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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.

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Episode 515: Hollow Knight Silksong First Impressions, Hell Is Us Review Sep 09, 2025

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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!

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Episode 514: Metal Gear Solid Delta, Kirby And The Forgotten Land + Star-Crossed World Sep 02, 2025

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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.

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Episode 513: Hollow Knight: Silksong Trailer, Herdling, Sengoku Dynasty Aug 28, 2025

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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, Herdling, and a complete breakdown of a classic Aussie archetype: The Little Nuggety Bloke.

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Episode 512: Gamescom 2025, Kirby Air Riders Direct, Hell Is Us Demo, The Adventures of Elliot Demo Aug 21, 2025

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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!

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Episode 511: Wheel World, Nintendo News, Death Stranding 2 & DK Bananza Spoiler Chat Aug 14, 2025

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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 Bananza and Death Stranding 2: On The Beach so we discuss our thoughts on the endings and big reveals in a clearly marked Sealed Section!

Donkey Kong Bananza Spoilers (53:28 - 1:12:30)

Death Stranding 2 Spoilers (1:12:50 - )

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Episode 510: The Legend of Case Boy with Dilruk Jayasinha Aug 07, 2025

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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?

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