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 to be read by all fans of Torchwood and science fiction novels! but if you would like to know my full th...
Jul 07, 2025•40 min•Season 4Ep. 179
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 this 90s cult classic movie (Starship Troopers) but I also talk about the similarities and differences of the...
Jul 05, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 178
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 reach there 7 year life cycle! So, get ready for a deep dive into the Halo Lore and my thoughts and feelings on AI as ...
Jun 29, 2025•41 min•Season 4Ep. 177
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 then what it got? well if you've got this far you are obviously interested so all I will have to say is. ...
Jun 27, 2025•43 min•Season 4Ep. 176
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 of this game on sale for £4.99 I honestly couldn't pass up this opportunity to see if this game is truly ...
Jun 20, 2025•37 min•Season 4Ep. 175
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 music video than a movie and why the evil aliens kind of left me confused as to why they hated the humans in the...
Jun 14, 2025•42 min•Season 4Ep. 174
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.
Jun 10, 2025•52 min•Season 4Ep. 173
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!
Jun 08, 2025•1 hr 17 min
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 clever, but I need to pull myself back because i keep writing i will give away my full thoughts! So, I hope you like and ...
Jun 06, 2025•32 min•Season 4Ep. 171
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 show. So, I will be reading the first 3 books released and then I will go back to watching Series two o...
May 31, 2025•38 min•Season 4Ep. 170
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 the Xbox 360 in my opinion a tech demo of what the next generation of Lara Croft could be! So settle i...
May 23, 2025•41 min•Season 4Ep. 169
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 considered "ART" as that is what this movie is! but if you want to hear my full thoughts you'll have to listen to the epi...
May 16, 2025•32 min•Season 4Ep. 168
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 never gave this movie a chance So! this review is my chance at giving this movie a watch it deserves! so ...
May 09, 2025•50 min•Season 4Ep. 167
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 you've read this book and agree with my feelings on the book!
May 02, 2025•44 min•Season 4Ep. 166
Howdy Beans!!! Welcome back to the podcast, In todays Episode! It is the continuation of "Games I Played" Series, Normally in this series there would be a collection of games that I played and I had planned to play a few games in March, But today's game took up all of my free gaming time of the month, I don't know why I did it to myself honestly but I spent the month Playing Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, So I hope you all enjoy it as I had a real struggle with this one....
Apr 29, 2025•26 min•Season 4Ep. 165
Howdy Beans!! And welcome back to the wild world of the Howdy Beans podcast! In todays episode I decided that I wanted to try something new and experiment with a new format of reviewing a movie that I have never done before on this show! So I hope you all like it and what movie better to use for this experiment then with the (1998) Cult Classic movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas! Where I not only talk about this wonderfully mad movie but I also take a deep dive into the book that this movie is...
Apr 26, 2025•59 min•Season 4Ep. 164
Howdy Beans!! Happy Easter! and welcome back to the podcast, in today's Episode I have a fun one for you, if you cast your mind back to last year. You will remember that I made a review defending a movie that I loved that I honestly thought got way to much hate then it deserved. Now that movie in question was (The Cat In The Hat) which has done really successful on Spotify and absolutely incredible on youtube reaching 1K+ views! So I decided that this year I would do it again and defend another ...
Apr 19, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 162
Howdy Beans!!! Welcome back to the podcast! In today's episode we will be looking into the animation masterpiece that is Loving Vincent from (2017) a stop motion animated movie done in 65 thousand hand painted frames in the art style of one of not just the greatest artist who ever lived, but my favourite of them all Vincent Van Gogh! I have been fascinated by this movie since I first discovered it so to be able to watch it this year and talk about it on the podcast for you guys and gals and bean...
Apr 12, 2025•46 min•Season 4Ep. 162
Howdy Beans!! Welcome back to the show, I'm so glad you could join me for my first episode of April. And todays an interesting one as I continue my journey through the world of Studio Ghibli with the (1993) Made for Japanese TV Movie (Ocean Waves) a teen romance with a love triangle. This was a very odd and strange movie for me as I did enjoy it because it's Ghibli and its impossible for them to make a bad or not beautiful movie BUT it didn't go in the direction i was hoping for and feel it woul...
Apr 05, 2025•27 min
Howdy beans!! Welcome back to the Podcast! it's the end of March so it's time to take a look back at the games that I played in February. Today's games are (Terminator Resistance & Alan Wake Remastered) I hope you enjoy these short game reviews, they allow me to talk more about video games on the show where I don't normally get the chance too! So sit back and enjoy and I'll see you all very soon in April.
Mar 31, 2025•26 min•Season 4Ep. 160
Howdy Beans! Welcome back to the show! in today's episode I bring you the next Ep in my £5 Bargain or bin series. Where I find games anywhere I can find them for £5 or less and review them to see if I have found myself a bargain or is it really worth throwing into the bin? - So today I will be looking into the (2021) Hack & Slash video game that is Werewolf: The Apocalypse. So join me in today's episode where I take a deep dive to see if I have found myself a hidden gem or is it time to burn...
Mar 29, 2025•50 min•Season 4Ep. 159
Howdy Beans!! Welcome back to the show, I appreciate you for joining me today as I dive into a series that I have been wanting to start for years since 2006 and finally at 27 in (2025) I have watched series 1 of Torchwood a spin-off the Doctor Who universe and it was absolutely brilliant, now I won't go into more detail as you'll have to listen to the episode for that, but I will say that I am now a fan and im excited to dive deeper into this world and read some of the books and see how it overa...
Mar 22, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 158
Howdy Beans! Listeners beware! your in for a scare! Welcome back to the podcast. Now I know its not halloween and its seems a bit early for ghosts and ghouls, but I have wanted to look into the Goosebumps series for a long time now and I thought it would be best to start this new series and journey early so that I can enjoy the scares now instead of waiting for halloween! So join me in a journey back to 1992, with the first Goosebumps book in the series - Welcome to Dead House!...
Mar 15, 2025•41 min•Season 4Ep. 157
Howdy Beans!! Welcome back to the podcast it's finally here, after spending most of last year & the beginning of this year watching 5 Seasons of X-Files I was finally ready to watch the movie. Now I won't spoil my thoughts on the film here, but I will mention this review will explain how "Extra" I am when it comes to the podcast, I could of just watched and reviewed the movie, but I wanted to experience the movie as if I was a fan in the 90s, that I had been watching since 1992 and finally a...
Mar 08, 2025•49 min•Season 4Ep. 156
Howdy Beans! Welcome back to the show, in today's episode I will be talking about all the games that I played for the month of January (2025) in this Ep I talk about (Dying Light 2, Senuas Saga 2 & Banishers Ghosts of new Eden) two sequels and a brand new original game. As always I hope you enjoy the show and let me know what you think of this Episode or the games I talk about in the comments down below!
Mar 01, 2025•47 min•Season 4Ep. 155
Howdy Beans! Welcome back to the podcast! It's 2025 and 20 years ago I played one of the best Xbox Original games of my whole life that pulled me into the world of loving the Zombie Genre both in video games and movies. So I thought it was the right time to start off the year of £5 Bargain or Bin with Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse Remaster from (2021) so without further ado let's get into it shall we!
Feb 27, 2025•41 min•Season 4Ep. 154
Howdy Beans!! Welcome back to the podcast! So far this year I have given you movies both live action & animated, a few short video game reviews. So today I want to give you something different and I thought it would be a great time to give you a book review, but not just any book review, but the start of a brand new series my "journey to halo infinite" where I work my way towards that game by catching up with the books that lead up to that game, so I might be able to know what the hell is go...
Feb 22, 2025•34 min•Season 4Ep. 153
Howdy Beans!! And a huge Happy Valentine's Day to all listening to this and celebrating and for those that don't celebrate it like me then I hope your having a pretty fantastic ordinary day. Now to celebrate this time of the year I wanted to look into a movie that is both nerdy but full of love and knowledge a movie that would make you think and potentially change your whole frame of mind of how you look at the world and your life going forward! and About Time was that movie. So stick around for...
Feb 14, 2025•39 min•Season 4Ep. 152
Howdy Beans! Welcome back to the podcast, in today's episode I am coming close to the end of my review of all the Blue Sky Studios movies. There is only one more left but before we get there, lets stomp the breaks and sniff the flowers! with today's Animated movie review of Ferdinand (2017) that is a movie that really went under the radar for me and many other people, but it's actually better than you think, but only when they focus on the main character more than the side characters. But to fin...
Feb 08, 2025•38 min•Season 4Ep. 151
Howdy Beans! Welcome back to the podcast, today I have something new for you. Last year while I was taking my break over the winter months I was planning out what topics I should look at for this year. And I realised I hardly have any video games to talk about, so what I decided was because I play so many video games each month that I would do a new series called "Games I played" and what that means is at the end of each month there will be a bonus episode where I talk about in short form the ga...
Jan 31, 2025•46 min•Season 4Ep. 150
