Archive for April, 2008

Comic round up volume one

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

I haven’t had a lot of spare time lately, hence lack of updates, but in the minutes I have had, I’ve read a few “graphic novels”. Here’s what I’ve been reading.
Captain America by Ed Brubaker Omnibus, Vol. 1
The “Omnibus” is an epic collection of Ed Brubaker’s run on Captain America. It collects Captain America #1-25, [...]

Dearly Devoted Dexter

Friday, April 25th, 2008

I’ve just finished ploughing through the first season of Dexter, and I have to say, this is one show that is deserving of the hype. The first season features 12 episodes, each running a touch over 50 mins, but each one leaves you wanting more.
Dexter is a forensics expert working for the Miami Police Department. [...]

From Blue Harvest to Turkish Star Wars

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

If you haven’t seen the Family Guy’s take on Star Wars: Episode Four yet, then you are most definitely missing out. Blue Harvest is a solid gold pi$$ take of the classic George Lucas monster. Chris Griffin stars as Luke Skywalker, Peter Griffin as Han Solo, Brian as Chewbacca, Lois as Princess Leia and Stewie [...]

Someone searched for that?

Monday, April 21st, 2008

In terms of the keywords that people use to find swollenpickles.com, not a lot has changed in the past few months. Of the top 20 search terms this month, 14 of those are camel toe, or some camel toe derivative. Incredible.
Trawling through the statistics, there were a few search terms that raised an eye brow. [...]

Incredible Hulk and Dark Knight Movie News

Friday, April 18th, 2008

2008 is a big year for the comic book film adaptation. There’s Ironman, Batman, and the Incredible Hulk all hitting cinemas within the next few months.
The Dark Knight viral marketing campaign has kicked up another notch. Go check out the “Clown Travel Agency”. If you surf around a bit you’ll end up getting pointed toward [...]

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men review

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Following my completion of Halo 3, I quickly popped the next game on my ‘to do’ list into the Xbox 360, Kane and Lynch: Dead Men. Kane and Lynch is an action/shooter style game borrowing some elements from the Hitman games as well as a hint of Gears of War (particularly the crouching behind cover [...]

Halo 3 completed and reviewed

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Without too much fuss I finished Halo 3 on the weekend. That’s not to say I found it a bad game, I just didn’t find that it lived up to the hype and expectation I’d had following Halo 2.
Gameplay wise, Halo 3 is largely the same as Halo 2. Point, shoot, kill, run, point, [...]

I’ve now made money with Predictify

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

It’s official, I’ve now made some money with Predictify.
How did I make money?
Simple, I predicted that Kansas would win their championship game against Memphis in the 2008 men’s NCAA tournament. The best part is, I had no idea who would win, I just guessed. Kansas could have been on the bottom of the [...]

Exclusive Gordon Ramsey Omelette Recipe

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

If you want to be a celebrity chef these days, it takes a lot more than a few good recipes to build you a following. You need a gimmick. You need something to make you stand out, you need to come out with stuff like ‘pucka’, or you need to be one of ‘two fat [...]

Making money by predicting the future

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Now here’s a concept that I really like the sound of. Making money by ‘predicting’ the outcome of future events! That’s what ‘Predictify’ is all about.
Need the detailed, FAQ, description of what it’s all about?
Predictify is a prediction platform where users can predict the future and build a reputation based on their accuracy, and marketers [...]

Semi-pro – the official movie review of the movie

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

First, let me begin by saying that Will Ferrell is the balls. Now with that out of way, let me describe the movie just a little bit, before I give it a score out of five, and then post a couple of related Will Ferrell clips.
Semi-Pro is based on the semi-true story of ABA basketball [...]