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Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel

Episode 551: Mixtape Controversy, Gambonanza, Indiana Jones & The Great Circle

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel

Ben Vernel

Gaming, Games, Xbox, Tv & Film, Leisure, Comedy, Ps5, Ps4, Gamers, Video Games, Nintendo

4.8852 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

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.


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0:00.0

This week on filthy casuals, we're a little bit late with this episode, which thankfully has not stirred up as much controversy as the recent release of mixtape.

0:10.6

We dive into the completely normal reactions people have been having to that game, as well as talking about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on Switch 2,

0:21.9

the very beginning stages of Forza Horizon 6,

0:25.8

a game which is so good, it has melted my computer,

0:29.6

and the new Bellatro meets chess game,

0:32.9

Gambonanza, all of that and more on today's filthy casuals.

0:36.9

Thank you. All of that and more on today's Filthy Casuals.

0:49.3

Good morning video games.

0:57.1

Welcome to Filthy Casuals, a podcast about video games hosted by two very kind and extremely knowledgeable boys. Thank you for joining us. My name is Tommy Daselo and joining me live

1:05.4

from the infirmary. It's Benvenil. That's right. I think I've come in contact with the cordyceps infection, perhaps, from Last of Us.

1:15.6

I am rapidly turning into a zombie.

1:19.6

And I'm doing things like unnecessarily criticizing the game mixtape, because I'm I'm that's right I've got a fucking

1:27.5

brain infection now can I just ask because I heard this and so that means that the listener

1:34.2

will have heard it as I was introing you we did hear the sound of a keyboard tapping away

1:38.8

was that you looking up the name cordyceps was that you Googling what is the infection called in the last

1:46.5

of us? No, it was me Googling diseases in video games. It was even broader than that.

1:55.1

Yeah, for anyone who, you know, listens to this hot off the presses. It's filtered into their weekly schedule.

2:03.0

This is a day late. We apologize for that. Ben woke up yesterday. Incredibly sick. Basically,

2:08.5

unable to speak. We thought we'd give it 24 hours and see if you got any better. And if you

2:14.2

weren't any better, I was going to have to scramble to find some guests to get an episode out today.

2:19.5

And given that that's already what I do for my other show, I am wrapped to see that you've made a bit of a recovery and that I did not have to do that.

2:27.4

Yeah.

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