A comedy podcast about video games, hosted by kind and knowledgeable boys (and Australian comedians) Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Clicker? I Barely Know Her - A The Last of Us Podcast
Ben Vernel, Adam Knox and Tommy Dassalo
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Join Aussie comedians Ben Vernel, Adam Knox and Tommy Dassalo as they recap and review every episode of HBO's hit new zombie thriller The Last of Us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The podcast where the fake movies in real movies become real movies from fake moviemakers. Hosted by Australian screen legends and comedians Ben Vernel, Adam Knox & Tommy Dassalo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Australian comedians Adam Knox and Ben Vernel review every single episode of Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. As featured on ABC Radio, Vulture.com and Buzzfeed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Massive Simpsons dork Murphy McLachlan chats about an episode from the first eight seasons with a couple of fellow fans.
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Episode 502: Summer Games Fest 2025
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Wow is it really Not E3 again already!? Summer Games Fest has rolled around and we're wrapping up all of the big announcements from the week: some wild characters are showing up in the new Sonic racing game, there's freaky boxing puppets, surprise DLC for Lies of P, Game Freak making something that looks like it runs properly, a new detective story…
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113 - You Made Me Bleed My Own Blood! (with Timothy Clark & Ben Vernel)
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Murph is joined by Timothy Clark & Ben Vernel to discuss Season 1’s Bart the GeneralBy Murphy McLachlan
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Episode 501: Switch 2 & Mario Kart World Day One Impressions, Sony State Of Play
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We've been burning the midnight and 7am oils and as a result we're now the proud owners of a Switch 2! We each have a Switch 2, I mean. We're not sharing custody of one Switch 2. We've been hammering Mario Kart World all day so we've got some early first day impressions PLUS a big round-up of everything announced in Sony's State of Play and Ben rev…
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Episode 500: The Top 10 Video Game Characters To Host 500 Episodes Of A Podcast With
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Episode 500! Can you believe it? We've gone this long without kicking ourselves off the air. To celebrate, we're reminiscing a little bit on the history of the show and then doing something that neither we, or any other show, has dared to do before (possibly for good reason): delivering our definitive list of the Top 10 Video Game Characters To Hos…
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VIDEODRONE #19: The Last of Us S02E07 'Convergance'
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We've made it to the season finale of The Last of Us and the season finale of Videodrone with special guest GREG LARSEN. Ellie's still on the hunt for Abby, there's a cliffhanger, there's a weird creepy island, and (thankfully) there's no Skellingtons. How did we feel about this episode, the season as a whole, what are our predictions for the next …
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112 - Hi, Frozen Body! (with Tamara Absalom & Michael Osborne)
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Murph is joined by Tamara Absalom & Michael Osborne to discuss Season 9’s Lisa the SimpsonBy Murphy McLachlan
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Episode 499: Donkey Kong Country Osaka, Doom: The Dark Ages
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It's the final week of Ben's Japan trip and he's fresh from a visit to the new Donkey Kong Country addition to Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Osaka! We hear all about the new area: the food, the costumes, the music and of course the new immersive mine cart ride! On the other end of the spectrum, Tommy's been decapitating demons in the aw…
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VIDEODRONE #18: The Last of Us S02E06 'The Price'
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One day we'll be fondly flashing back to this weeks episode of Videodrone with guest GREG LARSEN but for now, we're in the present, recording this episode of Videodrone where we recap the penultimate episode of season 2 of The Last of Us. Pedro is back, the great Joey Pants makes an appearance, and we're wondering how much they're going to cram int…
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Episode 498: Nintendo Switch 2 Hands-On Preview with Andrew Levins
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While the Ben's away, the mice will play... with a Nintendo Switch 2, with mouse controls. This week, Tommy is joined by ANDREW LEVINS to recap their big day at the Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on experience! We got to try out all of the big announced games so far: Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, Metroid Prime 4, Welcome Tour, and Drag X Drive, a…
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VIDEODRONE #17: The Last of Us S02E05 'Feel Her Love'
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We're coming to you live from the Tullamarine airport car park with special guest GREG LARSEN to discuss episode five of season 2 of The Last of Us, including the coolest graffiti we've ever seen, which bits of this episode we were scared of, and which Festival we think the executives in at HBO are attending. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy …
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111 - Don't Have A Stegosaurus, Man! (with Lisa Dib & Nick Mason)
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Murph is joined by Lisa Dib and Nick Mason to discuss Season 3’s Black WidowerBy Murphy McLachlan
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Ben's in Japan and despite the Government's best efforts to keep us from podcasting with dodgy internet, we are logging on for a huge dose of news: rumours of an Xbox handheld, a playable demo of Hollow Knight Silksong and of course, the new cinematic trailer for a little game called Grand Theft Auto 6! Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nor…
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VIDEODRONE #16: The Last of Us S02E04 'Day One'
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GREG LARSEN joins us for another recap of The Last of Us. As Ellie and Dina arrive in Seattle, they have two huge life developments to confront, we learn more about the mysterious "Scars" and the WLF, and of course we're visited by our old friends The Skellingtons. It's another perfect episode of Videodrone, especially if you work for Sky News. Hos…
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Episode 496: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Review
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What's this? ANOTHER surprise contender for Game of the Year so soon? And it's FRENCH!? Oui oui, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is here and we've been playing the hell out of it! Weird little guys, intricate combat and a melodramatic story - this game has it all. We also chat about the Oblivion remaster, 8BitDo no longer shipping to the US, and new "r…
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VIDEODRONE #15: The Last of Us S02E03 "The Path"
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After last weeks brutal episode we're back this week with Australian media bad boy GREG LARSEN. Ellie wants to hunt down the people who killed Joel but will the council of Jackson allow it? What's with these whistling people in the woods? And why have they cut out our favourite character from the video games? As always, we're doing a full episode a…
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110 - The Simpsons Opening Sequence! (with The Simpson Index’s Elliot Jay O’Neill & BT Calloway)
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Murph is joined by Elliot Jay O’Neill & BT Calloway from The Simpsons Index to chat about the opening sequence!By Murphy McLachlan
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Episode 495: Promise Mascot Agency, Mario Kart World Direct
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We've shadow dropped this episode into your podcast feed in order to let you know about the following news items: there's a remaster of Oblivion out now, a new season of Playdate games is releasing soon and you'll be able to play as Mario in Mario Kart World which we learned from a recent Direct. We've also got our first impressions of the awesome …
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VIDEODRONE #14: The Last of Us S02E02: "Through The Valley"
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Special guest GREG LARSEN joins us once again to chat about a massive episode of The Last of Us, featuring an event that anyone who's played the game has been anticipating and dreading. There's a snowstorm, a horde of infected, some golf clubs and one of the most brutal episodes of television in a long time. We're breaking it all down and then doin…
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It's been a long time since we've spent an entire episode talking about one game but it's been a long time since one game has grabbed our attention to such an extent. The new indie puzzle game BLUE PRINCE seemingly came out of nowhere (to us, at least) but man oh man is it good. We're fairly vague in our chat but we do talk about a couple of little…
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VIDEODRONE #13: Clicker? I Barely Know Her: The Last of Us S02E01 'Future Days'
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THE LAST OF US is back on our screens and so of course that means that we are back recapping every episode here on Videodrone with special guest GREG LARSEN! If you listened to our sister podcast 'Clicker? I Barely Know Her' during season one, then you know what to expect: a full breakdown of the episode, focusing only on what we've seen in the epi…
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Future Days ('Videodrone' preview episode)
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Hey folks! We're back doing recaps for The Last Of Us with our friend Greg Larsen but now the show is going to live over on VIDEODRONE - a sister recap podcast that we've started on the Filthy Casuals feed. They'll be up every Tuesday evening (Australian time) on there. Here's episode one, if you enjoy it and want to continue listening each week, h…
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109 - Canyonero! (with Donna Collins & Jez Watts)
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Murph is joined by Donna Collins and Jez Watts to discuss Season 9’s The Last Temptation of KrustBy Murphy McLachlan
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Episode 493: South of Midnight, Haste: Broken Worlds Reviews
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This week we're chatting about our favourite new 3D action adventure game set in a bayou, and our favourite new interpretation of 'What If A 3D Sonic Game Was Actually Good?' We've also had a week to process the Switch 2 Direct and dig into a lot of the hands-on coverage as well as discussing a lot of the online reactions we've seen! Get Exclusive …
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VIDEODRONE #12: The White Lotus Season 3 Finale
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We've had a great few weeks whacking each other off, blackmailing strangers, and tracking down shady figures from our past but It's finally time to check out of The White Lotus for another year! We're recapping the movie length season 3 finale episode. Who dies, what are our thoughts on the season as a whole, and what would we like to see from the …
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Episode 492: Nintendo Switch 2 Direct with Andrew Levins
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Good lord, it's finally happened. After years of rumours, leaks and speculation, we've FINALLY got ANDREW LEVINS to use his microphone properly! The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct has now happened and we've seen our launch title Mario Kart World, a new Donkey Kong 3D platformer, updates to Switch 1 games, a massive third party library, a new From Softwar…
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VIDEODRONE #11: Black Bag, The White Lotus S03E07
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This week, Ben has checked out the new Steven Soderbergh crime thriller 'Black Bag' PLUS we are nearing the end of season three of The White Lotus! The girls have imploded, The Ratliffs are in freefall, and Rick finally has his long-awaited confrontation. We wrap it all up and give our predictions for the finale next week! Hosted on Acast. See acas…
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108 - Yoink! (with Chris Demos & Maren May)
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Murph is joined by Chris Demos and Maren May to discuss Season 4’s So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip ShowBy Murphy McLachlan
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Episode 491: Ass Creed Shad and Definitely Final Switch 2 Predictions We Promise
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The boys sit down for definitely the last ever Nintendo Switch 2 speculation they'll ever do they definitely promise we're so sorry. They also chat about somes of the games shown at GDC 2025 including to a T, Take Us North, Phantom Blade Zero, Wheel World and more, and Ben talks about the first few hours of Assassin's Creed: Shadows. It's one of th…
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VIDEODRONE #10: The White Lotus S03E06, Severance S02E10
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We're IRL for the first time on Videodrone for an all TV recaps episode! We dive straight in to The White Lotus and the fallout from those grubby Ratliff boys at the Full Moon party, before getting in to the season 2 finale of Severance! (from 56:17). Did they stick the landing? What did we think of this season as a whole, and what do we think is i…
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