Rob Howard
@bobiroka.bsky.social
Formerly of Inimenter, NME, SEGA, now doing other online things at the University of Cambridge. Host of the #NOTwatching & #NOTplaying podcasts https://open.spotify.com/show/16gkzEOT2TTQ5nuANnRQQy https://open.spotify.com/show/4fJm3pdTpuehEqHBV5kE55
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What do you think of the first look at The Beatles actors in character? www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/s...
Sam Mendes' Beatles movies reveals first look at Paul Mescal and more in character
The first photos of Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Harris Dickinson and Joseph Quinn as the Fab Four were planted around Liverpool's Institute for Performing Arts
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February 3, 2026 at 6:00 AM
What do you think of the first look at The Beatles actors in character? www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/s...
This week we're a bit late to the party declaring our favourite games of 2025, but we really did need to get this cleared up before we could start forecasting the year ahead, which we also get to. Enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/2RZ0...
Our favourite games of 2025 inc. Blue Prince, Avowed, Ball X Pit & more!
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February 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
This week we're a bit late to the party declaring our favourite games of 2025, but we really did need to get this cleared up before we could start forecasting the year ahead, which we also get to. Enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/2RZ0...
This week we're counting down our favourite movies of 2025 inc. Weapons, Predator: Badlands, Superman & more! Also a brand new theme tune enforced upon us by Spotify AI bots. Makes life easier though I guess... open.spotify.com/episode/4lNS...
Our movies of 2025 inc. Weapons, Predator: Badlands, Superman & more!
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January 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
This week we're counting down our favourite movies of 2025 inc. Weapons, Predator: Badlands, Superman & more! Also a brand new theme tune enforced upon us by Spotify AI bots. Makes life easier though I guess... open.spotify.com/episode/4lNS...
This week on the #NOTplaying Podcast we're talking about the Game Awards including massive winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 & also the controversy going on around the Warner Bros sale and where we seem to be with that right now... open.spotify.com/episode/4Xj1...
The Game Awards 2025, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Warner Bros for sale & more!
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December 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This week on the #NOTplaying Podcast we're talking about the Game Awards including massive winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 & also the controversy going on around the Warner Bros sale and where we seem to be with that right now... open.spotify.com/episode/4Xj1...
@pilottvpod.bsky.social do you realise this weeks show is not up on podcast feeds? Only YouTube?
December 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
@pilottvpod.bsky.social do you realise this weeks show is not up on podcast feeds? Only YouTube?
On this week's #NOTplaying Podcast we're talking Steam Machines, Borderland 4, Dispatch & more! open.spotify.com/episode/4R72...
Steam Machines, Borderlands 4, Dispatch & more!
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November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
On this week's #NOTplaying Podcast we're talking Steam Machines, Borderland 4, Dispatch & more! open.spotify.com/episode/4R72...
On this week's #NOTwatching Podcast we're talking Alien Earth & Peacemaker! :D open.spotify.com/episode/6tOD...
Alien Earth, Peacemaker & more!
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November 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
On this week's #NOTwatching Podcast we're talking Alien Earth & Peacemaker! :D open.spotify.com/episode/6tOD...
It's time for a new episode of the #NOTplaying Podcast in which we talk Wolverine, TGS, 007 First Light, The Drifter, Bionic Bay, Baldur's Gate 3, Mario Galaxy & more! open.spotify.com/episode/02E2...
Marvel's Wolverine, 007 First Light, The Drifter, CloverPit & more!
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October 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It's time for a new episode of the #NOTplaying Podcast in which we talk Wolverine, TGS, 007 First Light, The Drifter, Bionic Bay, Baldur's Gate 3, Mario Galaxy & more! open.spotify.com/episode/02E2...
New #NOTwatching Podcast episode up! It's the one where we see how badly we did on this year's www.thesummermoviewager.com inc. Superman, Weapons, Fantastic Four First Steps & lots more! Listen here now! open.spotify.com/episode/7CG2...
Our Summer Movie Review 2025 inc. Superman, Fantastic Four, Weapons & more!
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September 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New #NOTwatching Podcast episode up! It's the one where we see how badly we did on this year's www.thesummermoviewager.com inc. Superman, Weapons, Fantastic Four First Steps & lots more! Listen here now! open.spotify.com/episode/7CG2...
First weekend with the iPhone air and I feel completely vindicated in my decision. The iPhone 12 mini was my favourite phone ever and I would have kept it if it’s weren’t for its crippling 64gb storage. It’s a big phone, but it’s so light I had to check it was in my pocket earlier. Love it.
September 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
First weekend with the iPhone air and I feel completely vindicated in my decision. The iPhone 12 mini was my favourite phone ever and I would have kept it if it’s weren’t for its crippling 64gb storage. It’s a big phone, but it’s so light I had to check it was in my pocket earlier. Love it.
This week on #NOTplaying we're talking Gamescom 2025, Donkey Kong Bananza, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Sword of the Sea, The Rogue Prince of Persia & more! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Gamescom 2025, Donkey Kong Bananza, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Sword of the Sea, The Rogue Prince of Persia & more! by The #NOTplaying Podcast
Apologies for our time away from the airwaves, but we've had a pretty hectic summer to contend with, and that's not even including the carnage caused by Mr Donkey Kong in his debut Switch 2 offering: ...
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September 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This week on #NOTplaying we're talking Gamescom 2025, Donkey Kong Bananza, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Sword of the Sea, The Rogue Prince of Persia & more! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
3rd year at Bloodstock this year and I feel like a full blown piece of the furniture there now. So awesome to meet up with all the great people that like myself can't bring themselves to miss a year & the killer double act of Mastodon & Gojira on the final day was truly off the charts. I'll be back.
August 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
3rd year at Bloodstock this year and I feel like a full blown piece of the furniture there now. So awesome to meet up with all the great people that like myself can't bring themselves to miss a year & the killer double act of Mastodon & Gojira on the final day was truly off the charts. I'll be back.
This week on the #NOTwatching Podcast we're discussing some recent TV highlights including #pokerface #daredevilbornagain & the sad cancellation of #thewheeloftime :( creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Daredevil: Born Again, Poker Face, Wheel of Time & more! by The #NOTwatching Podcast
This week we're discussing some of our small-screen-based-highlights of the year so far, including the rebirth of Matt Murdoch on Disney+, the infuriating cancellation of Amazon's Wheel of Time & much...
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August 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This week on the #NOTwatching Podcast we're discussing some recent TV highlights including #pokerface #daredevilbornagain & the sad cancellation of #thewheeloftime :( creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Star Trek Strange New Worlds is like the end of result of consuming the entirety of 60 years worth of pop culture and then attempting to make a show with the impact of the original series. Each episode of that show airing is a guaranteed highlight of my week. Mission Accomplished all involved :)
August 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Star Trek Strange New Worlds is like the end of result of consuming the entirety of 60 years worth of pop culture and then attempting to make a show with the impact of the original series. Each episode of that show airing is a guaranteed highlight of my week. Mission Accomplished all involved :)
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About 80% of my grammar suggestions from Microsoft Word are “why not use a simpler word here for clarity?”
No. Fuck you.
I will use a complicated word for evocative precision whenever the muse’s clarion song demands ebullience, vivacity, torpor, or solemnity, you shit-ass suck machine.
No. Fuck you.
I will use a complicated word for evocative precision whenever the muse’s clarion song demands ebullience, vivacity, torpor, or solemnity, you shit-ass suck machine.
August 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
About 80% of my grammar suggestions from Microsoft Word are “why not use a simpler word here for clarity?”
No. Fuck you.
I will use a complicated word for evocative precision whenever the muse’s clarion song demands ebullience, vivacity, torpor, or solemnity, you shit-ass suck machine.
No. Fuck you.
I will use a complicated word for evocative precision whenever the muse’s clarion song demands ebullience, vivacity, torpor, or solemnity, you shit-ass suck machine.
This week's we're talking about this year's Summer Blockbuster season so far inc. Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Final Destination Bloodlines & more!
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Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning, A Minecraft Movie & more!
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June 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This week's we're talking about this year's Summer Blockbuster season so far inc. Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Final Destination Bloodlines & more!
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This week we're talking about this year's Summer of Games announcements and the Nintendo Switch 2 Also: 007 First Light, The Outer Worlds 2 and much much more! open.spotify.com/episode/1vuf...
Summer of Games 2025 inc. 007 First Light, Outer Worlds 2, Nintendo Switch 2 & more!
The #NOTplaying Podcast · Episode
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June 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This week we're talking about this year's Summer of Games announcements and the Nintendo Switch 2 Also: 007 First Light, The Outer Worlds 2 and much much more! open.spotify.com/episode/1vuf...
@davechen.bsky.social I really wouldn't mind if you picked up poker face week to week. I know we're halfway through now but I think a blow by blow of that each week would be quite hilarious honestly.
June 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
@davechen.bsky.social I really wouldn't mind if you picked up poker face week to week. I know we're halfway through now but I think a blow by blow of that each week would be quite hilarious honestly.
Had the best time rewatching all the mission impossible films and can confidently say final reckoning feels like the second part of a much bigger story that suffers slightly by the level of importance it has in being the final one. The plane stuff at the end was absolutely off the charts though.
May 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Had the best time rewatching all the mission impossible films and can confidently say final reckoning feels like the second part of a much bigger story that suffers slightly by the level of importance it has in being the final one. The plane stuff at the end was absolutely off the charts though.
This week's we're doing OUR #summermoviewager inc. #thunderbolts #fantasic4 #superman & more! creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the...
The Summer Movie Wager 2025 inc. Fantastic Four, Superman, Thunderbolts & more! by The #NOTwatching Podcast
It's that time of year again when we try to predict which movies will rule the summer. Can Disney work their live action magic once again with Lilo & Stitch or will it be the turn of Dreamworks to cap...
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May 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This week's we're doing OUR #summermoviewager inc. #thunderbolts #fantasic4 #superman & more! creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the...
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May 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
@davechen.bsky.social Next on Decoding TV: Poker Face season 2, Squid Game season 3, Sandman season 2, Peacemaker season 2?
April 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@davechen.bsky.social Next on Decoding TV: Poker Face season 2, Squid Game season 3, Sandman season 2, Peacemaker season 2?
@decodingtv.bsky.social To cover next: Poker Face Season 2, Squid Game Season 3, Sandman Season 2, Peacemaker Season 2???
April 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@decodingtv.bsky.social To cover next: Poker Face Season 2, Squid Game Season 3, Sandman Season 2, Peacemaker Season 2???