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Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the show, in today's episode I bring you another book review from the Halo Universe where I continue my journey towards Halo Infinite with the hope that when I reach there I have a better idea of what is going on in the story! And today we carry that journey on with Halo Last Light where we are reintroduced to a Spartan team we haven't seen since the fall of...

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the show, in today's episode I have reached the end of my Game reviews into the Xbox 360 Era of Tomb Raider ending with Underworld from (2008) now the question remains did the trilogy of games end on a high note? Did it take everything that was learnt from the last 2 games, to embrace the good and forget the bad. To fix the checkpoints and when you make Lara jum...

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the show! in today's episode I continue my journey through the wonderful world of anime with greatest to ever do it Studio Ghibli & todays no different as I look into there (1995) Romance fantasy with Whisper of the heart. In this episode you will find me questioning myself and if I have really lost touch with Love and Romance or maybe it's just not for...

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the show! in today's episode I set sail for one final time in the warm waters of the Caribbean as I learn is it really true what they say "You shouldn't grow up to see your hero's fall" or "Is it true that to much Jack Sparrow is bad for your health?" now these are important questions I will try and answer in todays episode as I take...

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the show! in today's episode I feed a craving that has been eating away at me since I watched Gladiator last year for the podcast. That I needed and wanted to watch more epic historical movies that I missed out on growing up. And today is no different with Troy from 2004! An absolutely brilliant and epic movie full of gore and battles with amazing dialogue. I won't...

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the show, in today's episode I am going back to the age of Xbox 360 Tomb Raider with Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007) A game to celebrate what came before but also tries to tie it into the overarching story they are trying to tell here with this trilogy of games! The question is through, did I enjoy it? did I have fun? and most importantly did I finish it? or was...

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the podcast! in today's episode Halloween once again has come early and I've decided to bring the Goosebumps to you fellow listener with Book 2 in the legendary spooky book series from the 90s by the legendary writer R.LStine! I bring you my Book Review of Stay Out Of The Basement a mystery story where you try to figure out what dad is doing in the basement and what...

Howdy Beans!!! - And welcome back to the show, in today's show like the Mummy I return from the sand to give you a movie review of a beloved cult classic, an absolute favourite of mine, one of the best casts and best looking casts ever put together on screen. A movie that is currently the most successful episodes ever on youtube with currently 28K views I just had to look into the sequel as I...

Howdy Beans!! - Ahoy there mateys! welcome back to the show in todays episode I decided to set sail again on the warm seas of the Caribbean, something I haven't done since last year where I talked and reviewed the original trilogy of movies and had an absolute fantastic time. So, now it was time to set sail for new shores and I found myself on Stranger Tides and well I had a surprising time BU...

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the show! In today's episode I bring you another Game Review in the form of my £5 Bargain or Bin Series where I take games that I have found for £5 or less and to see if I have gotten a Bargain or if it really belongs in the trash! And today's no different I will be looking into the 2023 Licenced game RoboCop: Rogue City! set between RoboCop 2 and 3 so tune...

Howdy Beans!!! - Welcome back to the show, in today's episode I dive back into the world of Studio Ghibli with the most controversial movies they ever made, there (1994) movie Pom Poko "A film centers around  a colony of Japanese raccoons living in the outskirts of Tokyo  as they work to combat the growing deforestation of their home" if that peaks your interests and you would like t...

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the show! in today's episode I have another book review for you this time I am continuing my journey through the Torchwood books this time with book #2 Border Princes written by Dan Abnett who is famous for writing Warhammer 40k novels. So, that fact had me really excited and then I started reading and well without going into spoilers but I recommend this novel...

Howdy Beans!!! - Welcome back to the show, in today's episode I finally did it after years using this movie as an example of a movie that everyone does and why i like to cover movies that aren't as popular. I finally found a way to talk about this movie in a way that is unique to my show but also to what I do here with this show. So, sit back and enjoy as I not only take a deep dive into t...

Howdy Beans!!! - Welcome back to the Show! in today's episode I continue my book review series of the Halo novels that lead up to and into Halo infinite or as I like to call it my "Road to halo infinite" and today is a book review of a short novel that dives deep into the lore of the AI constructs of the Halo Universe, the idea of rampancy and the rights that AIs have after they reac...

Howdy Beans! - Welcome back to the podcast! in today's Episode, is the end of a era for the podcast, the end of a very long running series. But, it is time that my review of all the Blue Sky Studios movies finally comes to an end and what a movie to end it on. (2019s) Spies in Disguise. Will this be a sad end to a once brilliant studio or will this movie be a surprise that deserved more love t...

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the podcast! in today's Episode, now that the dust has settled and all the hate has gone onto other games like mindseye, I thought it was finally time to throw my thoughts into the ring on this game from last year. And I thought where better to talk about it then in my £5 Bargain or Bin Game Review series. When I found that I could buy the £100 digital edition o...

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the podcast! in today's episode I will be looking into an animated movie that has been on my list for years now and is part of my want to look into and cover more animated movies that don't tend to be looked into or talked about often! So join me as I talk about the (2000) Animated movie Titan A.E. and find out why I believe its more of a glorified rock musi...

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the podcast, in today's Episode I have for you a bonus movie review of Predator Killer of Killers an anthology movie that tells the story of 3 legendary warriors throughout human history and how they bestest the universes more apex predator! and lived to tell the tale.

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the podcast! In today's episode, I will be deep diving into the new Xbox showcase talking about all the new games that were announced as well as talking about what was shown in the Outer Worlds 2 Direct part of the showcase! So, sit back and enjoy as I talk about all things gaming coming from Xbox this year and next!

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the show! In today's episode I look into and review one of the best movies I've seen in years and so far it's my movie of the year! (2025) So get ready and be prepared for a live action black and white looney tunes movie, that had me laughing out loud which i haven't done to a movie since i was a little bean! Hundreds of Beavers is so smart and cleve...

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the show! In today's episode i do a book review of Torchwood: Another Life by Peter Anghelides, following on from my breakdown of series one of Torchwood I decided that as I did with the Doctor Who novels that I would look into the expanded media of the show and start reading the books. But as I did with DW I am reading the books in publication order of with the...

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the show! In todays episode I start a brand new adventure Game Review Series where I dive deep into the world of the Lara Croft Games from 2006 - 2018! We will go through 2 Generations of consoles and 6 games in total of one of my favourite video game characters of all time in Lara Croft! So the journey begins all the way back in 2006 with Tomb Raider: Legend for th...

Howdy Beans!! - Welcome back to the podcast! In todays episode I continue my journey of sourness and revelation and why you shouldn't be sour on something because the thing you loved wasn't as successful and widely loved. And with today's episode looking into Flow I was completely taken aback with how beautiful this movie is and really goes to prove that movies are and can be considere...

Howdy Beans!!! Welcome back to the podcast, in today's Episode! I will be taking a look into the animated movie that took the world by storm last year, The Wild Robot by DreamWorks! This was a movie that I was a bit sour on because everyone was talking about this movie and not about Transformers One a movie I loved and was my Movie of the year for (2024) but because of that sourness I had, I n...

Howdy Beans!!!! And Welcome back to the show, In today's! Episode. Is the continuation of my "Journey to halo infinite series" Where I read the expanded media (The Books) that lead up to halo infinite. And today that journey continues with Halo: Hunters in the dark by Peter David. I hope you all enjoy, make sure to leave a comment down below letting me know what you thought and if yo...