Episode 326: Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard with Ben Russell

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01/20/22 • 72 min

Filthy Casuals with Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel

Special guest Ben Russell joins us this week, as we thought it might be a bit of a slow week in the world of video games so why not have a fun little chat? Then one of the biggest media company acquisitions in history happened and so now the episode is mostly about that. But also plenty more! We talk some Farming Simulator, some Halo, and a whole lot more. The fun little chat? Very much still fun. I guess the real giant entertainment industry purchase news was the friends we had as guests on the podcast along the way.

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The boys are performing comedy around the country, and you can get tickets! Check out Tommy's new show Turtle Island in Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne - and Ben and Adam's show in the Melbourne Comedy Festival: Chimp Cop presents Impostor Syndrome.

You can now purchase the full 3 hour video of our October Live Show we did at gumroad.com/filthycasuals, which included a Filthy Drinking Game and an hour of Quiplash with the audience, for just $5!

You can head over to our YouTube channel to watch videos of us playing games, like Part 1 of us playing Sea of Thieves.

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Thanks to our new sponsors NordVPN for sponsoring this episode! Head to http://nordvpn.com/filthy and use code FILTHY for a 2-year deal + 1 month for $89. That’s 70% off!

You can now purchase the full 3 hour video of our October Live Show we did at gumroad.com/filthycasuals, which included a Filthy Drinking Game and an hour of Quiplash with the audience, for just $5!

You can head over to our YouTube channel to watch videos of us playing games, like Part 1 of us playing Sea of Thieves.

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Episode 325: Holiday Games Catch-up

The Southern Hemisphere's Summer Holidays have been and gone, and we shut our blinds and played some games. Games like Monster Hunter: Rise, The Life And Suffering Of Sir Brante, Mundaun, The Pedestrian, Time Loader, Superliminal, Shovel Knight, and a whole heap more! A podcast where Tommy, Ben and Adam talk about video games they've played? Ok, sure, if that's the sort of thing you're into. At the end of the episode we also do a full Sealed Section spoiler chat about The Forgotten City!

You can now purchase the full 3 hour video of our October Live Show we did at gumroad.com/filthycasuals, which included a Filthy Drinking Game and an hour of Quiplash with the audience, for just $5!

You can head over to our YouTube channel to watch videos of us playing games, like this video here where we're playing that Matrix tech demo.

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Next Episode

Episode 327: Escape Simulator, MiSTer FPGA

The Infinity Machine grows another disgusting tentacle this week as Adam explores the world of computer chips that can pretend to be other computer chips, Ben joins him in exploring Escape Simulator, and Tommy joins them both in talking about a bunch of other stuff like Mechanical keyboards, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson news, Star Wars, Crysis and Blizzard games getting announced (whether those companies are mid-union-bust or not), and a ton of other stuff. So reprogram your fancy phone into pretending it's an iPod, sync this podcast to your pink Nano via an absolutely baffling Windows version of iTunes that confuses you every time you use it, and listen to this future-retro episode of Filthy Casuals!

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You can now purchase the full 3 hour video of our October Live Show we did at gumroad.com/filthycasuals, which included a Filthy Drinking Game and an hour of Quiplash with the audience, for just $5!

You can head over to our YouTube channel to watch videos of us playing games, like Part 1 of us playing Sea of Thieves.

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