Swag

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Swag (novel)

Swag is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard, first published in 1976 and since also released as an audio recording. The first paperback edition was published under the alternative title of Ryan's Rules.

Ernest Stickley, Jr. reappears in Stick.

Plot summary

Frank Ryan is an almost honest used car salesman, who after deliberately not testifying against car thief Ernest "Stick" Stickley, Jr., thinks of a foolproof plan for them to perform armed robberies. The plan is about simple everyday armed robbery. Supermarkets, bars, liquor stores, gas stations, etc. Because the statistics prove that this armed robbery pays the most for the least amount of risk, they start their business and earn three to five thousand dollars a week. To prevent getting caught Frank introduces 10 golden rules for successful armed robbery:

Swag (TV series)

Swag is a United Kingdom prank show broadcast on Five from 2002 to 2004. The general theme of the show was to trick members of the public into committing a minor crime (usually stealing) but then get their comeuppance in one way or another. There were some pranks that were repeated on multiple occasions, while others were one offs in a certain episode.

A very popular prank from the series was one where a car was parked on the side of a road with its keys in the door and left unlocked in order to tempt people to steal it. However, the car was fitted to lock when started and then do a variety of things, such as talk to the burglar or start snowing inside the car. They were eventually let out.

The show was conceived by Guy Ritchie and produced by his company SKA Films and the independent television company Monkey.

In one incident, a person enticed to steal an expensive car which was then filled with foam spotted the cameraman filming and stabbed him in the leg with a screwdriver.

Reboot

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Reboot (magazine)

Reboot is a Croatian magazine covering all things related to video gaming culture. Most of the team behind the magazine were also working on other (now former) Croatian video game magazines such as PSX, Hacker, GamePlay and Next Level. The design of the magazine is similar to its predecessors Next Level and Gameplay. The first issue came out on 4 August 2012. It is published on monthly basis, priced at 25 kunas. The magazine features wide range of gaming-related news, interviews, specials, previews, reviews and rubrics.

The magazine is broken into six sections: Reporter, Hype, Feature, Reviews, Tech and Rewind. In Reporter one can find reports about the latest gaming conventions such as E3, Gamescom, PAX, ... Aside from these, the section also has many small reports on upcoming titles. In Hype and Feature, the upcoming games get a bit more of coverage, with features stretching over several pages. The features don't need to be solely about a specific game, but can be about various gaming related subjects. Upcoming and freshly-released Video games, both AAA and indie games, are reviewed in the Reviews. Scores can range from 1 to 10, with no decimals in between. Tech is a short section (most of the times covered on 2 pages) bringing the latest news about various tech products and gadgets, as well as computer configurations recommended for gaming. In Rewind section, the Reboot team covers various years and what happened of importance in those years, providing a nice read for all retro gamers.

ReBoot

ReBoot is a Canadian-American CGI-animated action-adventure television series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001. It was produced by Vancouver-based production company Mainframe Entertainment, Alliance Communications, BLT Productions. The animated series was created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell, and John Grace, with the visuals designed by Brendan McCarthy after an initial attempt by Ian Gibson.

It was the first half-hour, completely computer-animated TV series.

The series follows the adventures of a Guardian named Bob and his companions Enzo and Dot Matrix as they work to keep the computer system of Mainframe safe from the viruses known as Megabyte and Hexadecimal.

A sequel series, ReBoot: The Guardian Code, is in production as of 2015.

Background

ReBoot initially was conceived in 1980 by the British creative collective The Hub, made up of John Grace, Ian Pearson, Gavin Blair, and Phil Mitchell. The latter two moved to Vancouver to develop the series there. Pearson and Blair by this time had created some of the first widely seen CGI characters, in the Dire Straits music video "Money for Nothing". However, technology was not yet advanced enough to make the show in the desired way. 3D animation tests began in earnest in 1990 and ReBoot had achieved its detailed look by 1991. Production continued on future episodes and the show aired in 1994 after enough episodes had been produced. This was a painstaking process, as no other company had at this time worked on a 3D animation project of this scale and the software used was new to all in the company.