You've made it through the harsh forest and into a peaceful clearing where a little troll and a cranky warrior are working together at a... podcast studio? As you get closer, you can hear them talking about Sony refusing to let Jonah Hill's character even TOUCH a Playstation in Superbad, The horrendous AI-generated trailer for Ark: Aquatica, the hi…

JOHN SAFRAN has a new book and live tour called 'Squat', all about how he broke into Kanye West's mansion. We chat about the allure of abandoned properties, the timeline of John shaving his head, how he ended up with a free billboard PLUS Tommy's been working on a project that he needs John's advice for! John's book 'Squat' is available now and his…

This week GEN FRICKER is back to tell us about the short film 'Joey Earns Rewards Using the McDonald's Mobile App & Megh and Clev Discuss Their Future Together'. We're recapping everything about this weeks White Lotus including one of the all-time great guest spots and monologues (00:13:28 - 1:05:00) And our thoughts on this seasons penultimate epi…

Split Fiction is out which means that we've taken a break from sitting next to each other on a couch and talking about video games at the same time in order to sit next to each other on a couch and talk about video games at the same time. We've played through the first part of Hazelight's new couch co-op platformer and have all manner of thoughts a…

Australia's First Attractive Comedian ELOUISE EFTOS is here to help Tommy with one of the most pressing issues in his life: not having the blue tick on Instagram. She's making waves around the country with her incredibly confident brand of comedy but how much of that persona is Elouise able to carry into her personal life? We also dig into her IMDB…

This week on VIDEODRONE it's a Boys Only episode as they lose Gen to illness, and it's a TV Only episode too because there's just too much content for one week. The fellas spend the entire podcast discussing Tim hanging dong in The White Lotus, so strap in! Nah jk, it's a big episode of The White Lotus as the boat party ends up revealing more than …

We thought we were going to be doing this weeks episode in a world where a remake of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 & 4 hadn't been announced but we were DEAD WRONG! Tommy's stayed up until 1am to watch the Pokemon Presents which gave us our first look at Pokemon Legends A-Z. How do we feel about the shift into a more modern setting? Who cares, because w…

The Great Man PAUL F. TOMPKINS! A podcast guest so good, he can make even the topic of packing up leftovers funny and insightful. We bond over our mutual appreciation of men's fashion, our shared lack of geographical knowledge, and our recent forays into re-learning languages that we studied at school. We also reminisce about the good old days of s…

We've got that post Oscars clarity this week as GEN FRICKER joins us for a brief wrap up of the big night! We've also hit the Vega strip for the razzle dazzle of The Last Showgirl, and we're going deep on the symbolism and theories for The White Lotus S03E03 and losing our minds trying to work out what's going on in Severance S02E07! WHITE LOTUS SP…

Ahoy, landlubbers! Filthy bilge rats Tommy and Ben have been sailing the high seas of the Steam Next Fest, making some WB executives walk the plank after their recent studio closures and also some other pirate metaphor used to connote that they've been playing Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii. It may be a spin-off of the main series but have …

As a previous winner of Taskmaster, DANIELLE WALKER has proven that she knows how to do TONNES of different stuff. But how will her problem solving skills fare against her toughest challenge yet: Tommy getting lost in the bush on a 39 degree day. We also have some great ideas for how to make musical theatre more exciting, we explore Danielle's rece…

This week, GEN FRICKER joins us once again as we discuss: The Brutalist (Spoiler-Free), MAFS and Airline Hacks (00:01:25 - 00:25:00) The White Lotus Season 3, Episode 2 (00:25:00 - 01:01:00) Severance Season 2, Episode 6 (01:01:00 - ) Two horny episodes of television in two very different ways! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform…

Last week we visited a shady figure on the outskirts of town and re-specced ourselves as podcasters and so here we are: two fellas on the mics talking about the forty thousand dollar Switch 2 that's on sale on the dark web, the massive failure of whatever that Funko Pop game was, the Donkey Kong Nike Air Max, and reviews of Obsidian's new fantasy a…

It's another one of our famous Hotel Room episodes with the wonderful GEN FRICKER! We spent ages in the hotel lobby captivated by our view of a business man and an escort, so Gen reveals the secrets to people watching in public. We also compare experiences from our recent trips to Vietnam including Gen attending a dodgy pool hall and Tommy getting …

The White Lotus is back this week and so we've gone full recap mode for this episode. It's a new resort, a new locale and a whole new batch of freaky rich people to discuss. What's going on with the Ratliff family? What's The Gogg up to? Will we see Tommy in the background of any shots? Meanwhile, on Severance, we're dealing with the aftermath of t…

There's nothing quite like waking up, making a fresh pot of java and jumping straight onto Youtube in order to watch fifty minutes worth of trailers for WWE and Five Nights At Freddies, and that's exactly what we've done this week. We're breaking down all of the announcements from today's Sony State of Play, including our first look at the new game…

CALLUM PRESTON is a designer, painter, installation artist and of course: Man About Town. If you live in Melbourne, you would've seen his artwork around the city and you may not have even realised it. We chat about his approach to cold calling the people and places that he wants to work with, the role of artwork and creativity in friendships and lo…

This week we're loaded up on wings and cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon with GEN FRICKER, ready to bring you our extensive Super Bowl coverage! Or at the very least, a bit of chat about Kendrick Lamar's half-time show. We're also reviewing the filme Nickel Boys, the continuing saga of Emilia Perez and the surreal goings-on of Severance season 2, episode 4…

Woolworths? Coles? IGA? Aldi? NO THANKS. At Filthy Casuals, we choose to do all of our grocery shopping at the Costa Rican Super Mario supermarket chain, which this week has had a landmark victory against the famously litigious Big N. We also chat about Dragon Age: The Veilguard not living up to certain expectations, the pressures on smaller studio…

This week Tommy's up in Sydney, looking out over a crowded office with guest BECKY LUCAS! As a new mother, Becky loves hearing Tommy comparing Christmas Party season to the physical exhaustion of having a child. We discover a mutual fascination for buildings that seem cursed to never have a successful business inside them and we break down every pe…

We've managed to tear ourselves away from Cine2Nerdle just long enough this week to wrap up Luca Guadagnino's surreal William S. Burroughs adaptation 'Queer', starring Daniel Craig. GEN FRICKER takes us through the new science fiction horror 'Companion' and we visit the Goat Room in episode three of season two of Severance! filthycasuals.com.au Hos…

Name me a single other podcast that would be brave enough to feature the following topics on the one episode: Bizarre Perth architecture. The Xbox Developer Direct, including a new look at the gameplay for South of Midnight, Doom The Dark Ages and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and an announcement of Ninja Gaiden 4. Reviews of new indie games Keep Dr…

GARETH REYNOLDS has turned his lack of knowledge into a full blown career and so there's no-one better to help Tommy feel comfortable navigating the world as a stupid man. We brainstorm ideas for the speeches at Tommy's wedding, we figure out the secret for charming a partner's parents and we hear about how his job as a valet driver lead to Gareth …

Our good mate GEN FRICKER is back to join us in casting a discerning eye over the 2025 Oscar Nominations, before we all review the spectacular Sean Baker joint Anora, and finally dive deep into the second episode of season 2 of Severance. We're finally reunited with the best character on the show, and once we're done talking all things Ricken we se…

Years and years of speculation, leaks, rumours, blurry photos, forum posts and industry whispers have led to this moment: a two minute video with barely any information in it. Nevertheless, the Switch 2 has finally been revealed and so we've got ANDREW LEVINS on the line to chat about everything we've seen on this new console and the tantalising gl…

JORDAN BARR has racked up a lot of impressive credits in her career but the most illustrious of them all is obviously attending the same high school as Tommy, a fact that we would never have worked out if not for a crazy piece of tabloid news. Jordan was an expert at lying in high school and so we break down how to tell the perfect lie and go deep …

Welcome to VIDEODRONE, our new offshoot podcast where each week we're going to be chatting about the new releases in film and TV, as well as recapping the biggest TV shows of the moment, with the same level of jackassery that we bring to video games discourse every week on Filthy Casuals. We're going to be joined by GEN FRICKER for the next little …

The leaks, rumours and speculation were all true: there is a new episode of Filthy Casuals online right now, in which we are talking about the absolute deluge of Nintendo Switch 2 leaks and rumours: from dummy consoles, to software line-ups, to entire motherboards showing up online, it really does feel like we are days away from an official announc…

Is it really a podcast yet if you haven't had WIL ANDERSON on as a guest? Wil joins Tommy for a metaphorical stroll around the podcasting casino as we stumble across a way to make the Comedy Festival more interesting and fair for the local acts. Tommy needs to pick Wil's brain about a devastating development for this new podcast: ANOTHER show has a…

It's still early enough in the year that it's very quiet on the new games front so we've dragged our little fannies down to the multiplex to check out SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 with special guest BEN RUSSELL! We do a deep dive on every aspect of the film: did an AI write the script? How many hours did Keanu Reeves spend in the voiceover booth? Why is th…