Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel

One of us has been struck down by illness but that won't stop us from weighing in on the bonkers controversy surrounding the indie darling Mixtape! There's also news of a new Nintendo mobile game, Ben's been playing Gambonanza: the new Balatro-style twist on chess, while Tommy's been taking on the fascists in Indiana Jones & The Great Circle on Switch 2.

Remember Star Fox? He's back! In grotesque puppet form! There's a "new" Star Fox game on the horizon and we're discussing everything we know from the divisive art style to the effectiveness of using a movie to promote an upcoming game. We've also had a huge look at Ryu Ga Gotoku's new decades spanning game Stranger Than Heaven, Ben's played more Saros and Tommy's checked out Mixtape.Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code FILTHY at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/filthy

Recently we got the biggest jump scare of our lives when we realised that we never followed up on our planned Resident Evil Requiem spoiler chat. Thankfully, a teaser trailer dropped this week for Zach Cregger's new Resident Evil film, which has given us a reason to revisit it! And while we're at it, we're spending more time chatting about the highly addictive Vampire Crawlers and Ben's got some early impressions of Housemarque's new bullet hell nightmare Saros!Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code FILTHY at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/filthy

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has made hundreds of millions at the box office ($30 of which is thanks to Tommy) and so it's no surprise that a bunch of other video game adaptations are on the horizon. This week, we're digging into the casting news for Elden Ring and the announcement that adaptations of Call of Duty and Battlefield are being worked on. We're also reviewing Vampire Crawlers, the awesome new card-based spin-off of Vampire Survivors, and Tommy's house has been thrown into turmoil thanks to Tomodatchi Life!Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code FILTHY at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/filthy

It's a huge week for new releases and we're covering all of them BABY! We've caught up on the incredibly addictive rougelike Sol Cesto, which fuses gambling with freaky little European cartoons, we've both checked out a bit of Mouse: P.I. For Hire, a detective noir / 1930's animation first-person shooter, we've been populating our islands with pets and demons in Tomodatchi Life, Ben's been running around in the stylish cyberpunk setting of Replaced, and Tommy's been hacking and shooting in Pragmata, the brand new IP from Capcom. Is that enough games for ya, PAL!?

As long as there are showcases of new video games then by God, we'll be covering them on this podcast! This week, the Triple-I Initiative Showcase introduced us to a bunch of sequels, DLC and exciting new indie games that we're keen to check out! Tommy's also played the entirety of the very cool puzzle platformer Motion Rec and Ben has tried his best to have a good time with Samson.

It's a huge week for video game movies as the Mario Galaxy has opened to a mixed response and some photos have leaked from the set of the Elden Ring movie to a positive response! We also spend a little bit of time with some new lore from Nintendo's court documents from 1983, as well as Kena: Bridge of Spirits, All Will Fall and The Ratline.🌎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 Saily data plans! Use code FILTHY at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/filthy

This week we're taking a look back at the announcements from the recent Xbox Partner Showcase including the latest trailer for Stranger Than Heaven. There's also been an update on a character who features in the Mario Galaxy movie as well as some leaks for a possible Switch 2 lineup for the rest of the year. PLUS Ben's finished Esoteric Ebb and Tommy's checked out the demo for Tomodachi Life as well as the latest update for Super Mario Bros. Wonder on Switch 2!

Who knew that a change in light source was all it took to look 10% sexier? This week, the yassified versions of Ben and Tommy are diving into the DLSS 5 controversy, a new graphical upgrade that is going to make games look... better? Plus, we're firmly in the prologue chapter of the apocalypse film as Niantic announces that it's been using Pokemon Go to train a fleet of AI delivery robots and Ben has been playing Esoteric Ebb and Zero Parades For Dead Spies!🌎Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ↣ https://nordvpn.com/filthy It’s risk- free with Nord’s 30-day money back guarantee! 👍