Robert Bowling is the former Creative Strategist and Community Manager for Infinity Ward, and is featured in several of the Creatures' running gags. He is commonly referenced in Creature videos as well as Creature Talk. They have met him on three occasions - the first being at E3 2012, the second at the DICE Awards 2013, and the third at PAX East 2013.
Encounters with Robert Bowling
Running Gags
The Bowling Tube
The Bowling Tube is a meme created by the Creatures during the livestream for the Creature Carl Campaign. It is a name for the semi-automatic grenade launcher from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The Bowling Tube returned in Mass Effect 3, where Kootra uses the M-37 Falcon assault rifle in multiplayer. Grenade launchers are also known as "n00b tubes".
Creation
Then, they concluded that Robert Bowling responded to the fans and created the best gun of all time. It apparently shoots square baby heads, so be careful. Bowling also said "Bowling faster, Bowling harder".
Brink/Brink 2
Brink is an FPS released in 2011. The game has been panned by the Creatures, specifically Nova, for its "shitty" AI and odd parkour moves among other complaints. Kootra usually puts Brink as the game the Creatures play during Creature Talk on Twitch.
All of the Creatures usually joke about the release of Brink 2 and that Robert Bowling will be involved in the creative process bringing his signature pallet jacks into the game. Also during the Avengers movie trip, Dan, Jordan, and Seamus joked about "Brink 2: The Movie"
Glows
In Nova and Seamus' CoD MW3 Spec Ops Survival, Nova accidentally killed a Suicide Bomber, and when it fell it started to glow. Nova thought it was a Citizen and thought if he picked it up he would get extra points, but it blew up in his face. Nova then said that if he makes Citizens to glow red, then he shouldn't make the Suicide Bombers glow. Then saying "This will be just like Notch and the Ladders" to which Seamus Replied, "Yeah, fix your Glows!"