Ben Vernel Podcasts

This week we've got our first images of the upcoming Fallout TV series, hopefully our last images of pause menu advertisement transition screens, and a review of a sequence of images that played one after another, roughly 60 per second, and in doing so added up to a playthrough of The Talos Principle. Plus we talk follow-up thoughts on Persona 5 Ta…

It's name-your-game-after-its-genre-week here at Filthy Casuals, as we talk the spit shined new version of Super Mario RPG and Persona 5 Tactica. Speaking of spit shines, The Last of Us Part 2 is getting one, Knights of the Old Republic is probably no longer getting one, and you'd best believe that we talk about those things too. Plus a whole bunch…

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? It's another-amazing-episode-of-Filthy-Casuals-hundred-hours already? Roger that, Podcast App Of Choice Actual. This week it's time for Adam's annual Call of Duty fuelled existential crisis, Ben and Tommy talk early Like A Dragon thoughts, and we chat about what a Grand Theft Auto 6 might look like, the newly announced Steam …

It's French Title Week here on Filthy Casuals, as we look at new games Jusant (French for a lowering tide), and WarioWare: Move It! (French for yum), as well as talking news like the Zelda movie announcement, Mass Effect teaser trailers, the Analogue Pocket and a whole bunch more. Patreon - weekly bonus episodes and secret Filthy discord and FB gro…

It was a dark and stormy night. Three podcasters made their way down a winding dirt road, tripping over long microphone cords swinging between them as they tried desperately to record one more piece of content before that thing caught up with them. Their shaky voices talked about video games, which meant mainly discussing patent news and corporate …

This week we get things SWINGING with reviews of Spider-Man 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder, SWINGING over to the news section for some chat about a strange blood-infused Diablo PC and a secret private YouTube video from Rockstar, and even end up SWINGING into a little chat about Suika Game, plus some more besides. Will you find the different hosts …

I know a certain blue blur who'll be listening at double speed this week, as we speed into Sonic Superstars, leap off the top of a building and into Assassin's Creed Mirage, and sit comfortably with a phone in our hand into Finity, plus chat about the closure of the Microsoft/Activison deal, and a whole bunch more besides. The blue blur I mentioned…

We convened at a convention this weekend, and we can tell you about what we've played there including Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Sonic Superstars, and a ton of indie games. We've played some of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Beta and Forza Motorsport, and Adam's played and loved the language translation adventure game Ch…

For the second week in a row we snuck into the Nintendo offices under cover of broad daylight and took a peek at an upcoming game - this time the Joy-Con Swan-Song WarioWare: Move It! Plus we review the new worlds-within-worlds puzzle adventure Cocoon from former Limbo/Inside developers, and jump back into Cyberpunk 2077 to see how much the new pat…

We wahoo'd our way over to the Nintendo offices this week to have an early it's-a-me of Super Mario Bros. Wonder and came away feeling pretty let's-a-go about it, plus we've played Lies of P, Sea of Stars, the Resident Evil 4 Remake DLC Separate Ways, and have a bunch more to talk about besides. Sounds like a podcast if you ask me! Patreon - weekly…

It's a big week here at Filth HQ, so we've been breaking our backs, smashing our skulls and vividly ripping our guts out to bring you all the latest, including Mortal Kombat 1, Nintendo and PlayStation's latest shows, the Unity pricing furore, the big Microsoft leaks, and a whole heap more. Tommy's gotten a Steam Deck for example! It's such a big w…

You may know him from his award-winning stand-up comedy, shows like The Tourist and Young Rock, or from yelling "Get down! Covering fire! Enemy flanking us from the west!" at you in Hell Let Loose. We talk about the joys of combat screaming, the woes of modern VR, and a whole bunch more on this skull-shattering episode of Filthy Casuals. You can ca…

Bethesda's Big Boy is here and we've got thoughts, so it's time to find out once and for all whether you are allowed to officially enjoy this game. Also a touch of chat about Super Mario Wonder's direct and a little smattering of some other bits and pieces, but this week is really all about getting intergalactic, getting planetary, getting planetar…

It's a big week for big machines. We've jumped into the cockpit of FromSoftware's latest big robot action game, the driver's seat of PlayStation Studios' latest movie, and also give our thoughts on what we think sitting in any size of chair and playing things on a PlayStation Portal might be like. Attach your robot ears of choice, strap on your sea…

Hey there, hip youth! It's me, funkster extraordinaire and spray paint graffiti tag lover, Filthy Casuals Episode Description! I'm down with video games, and so we're gonna be givin' you the straight lowdown on what's up with the latest gaming fresh dope. Who's chillin' over there in the German crib at Gamescom? Is it peeps like Little Nightmares 3…

A fragging good time this week as we talk about Quake 2 Remastered, Pokemon Sleep, the Papers Please LCD game, Hello Kitty Island Adventure, follow-up thoughts on Baldur's Gate 3, and a whole lot more. For the younger amongst you, a "Frag" was what we used to call a "kill" in a multiplayer game. "TikToks" were called "Vines", "cringe" was called "a…

You enter a dark cave. At the end of the shadowy tunnel sit three figures, hunched over and chattering. Their teeth gnash back and forth as they talk to each other in some garbled, hideous dialect. *Perception check successful* They are speaking with Australian accents, harsh and abrasive. You slowly approach, and realise that they are talking abou…

Three cute little guys are carrying a Pikmin 4 review your way, and as we hyup hya hyup hya our way over to you, you can also listen to us talk about the new Mickey Mouse Metroidvania game Disney Illusion Island, photography puzzler Viewfinder, even more concrete Switch 2 news, and a bit more besides, I'd wager. 🌏 Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ …

It's been a big first half of a big year so the big boys take this big opportunity to have a big look back in this big podcast. I need to buy a big thesaurus, big time. We look back at what we've played, what we'd like to play more of, what we liked, what we didn't like so much, and talk games like Resident Evil 4, Tears of the Kingdom, Dredge, Piz…

Comedian and co-host of The Cheap Seats, Melanie Bracewell, joins the League of Legends (Tommy, Ben and Adam) to talk about her favourite games, competitive Halo, ultra-competitive Neopets, and a whole heap more! Patreon - weekly bonus episodes and secret Filthy discord and FB group Bandcamp Premium Episodes YouTube - including live streams and Let…

Hark, weary traveller. Stay awhile and allow a simple bard such as myself to sing for you of a tale once spun to the kings of yore. It is of a travelling band of bards, much like yours truly, but they did not sing for their supper. Instead, they used ancient magics to record their voices onto a special type of stone known as a Pod, which they would…

Tommy, Ben and Adam are here to put the BODY back into Everybody 1-2 Switch, which their rockin' rigs got to play with a few other people this week, as well as Dave the Diver, demos from the Steam Next Fest of games like Viewfinder and Jusant, plus news about a bunch of cool 90s Sega documents leaking, and a whole heaps more. Strap on your joy-cons…

The world is veiled in darkness. The wind stops, the sea is wild, and the earth begins to rot. The people wait, their only hope, a prophecy.... When the world is in darkness Three Warriors will come.... After a long journey, three young warriors arrive, each holding a MICROPHONE. Final Fantasy XVI is out, and my friend, we've played it. Plus we fin…

Happy 400th, Filthy Casuals! As a very special gift for this momentous birthday, I've gotten you a list of a bunch of times you were wrong about stuff over the years! Go on, unwrap it, dumbass! Over the last 400 episodes we've made roughly 100,000 inaccurate predictions, so we thought we'd have a bit of fun and listen back to ourselves making some …

Video games got shown off, so Tommy, Ben and Adam go off, recapping the ton of titles that have been trying to jostle for position in your newsfeeds. This includes games like Starfield, Final Fantasy VII ReBirth, Star Wars: Outlaws, Persona 3 Reload, and just a whole heap more, I can't list them all here you'll simply have to listen to the podcast.…