Xbox

Punch A Fish Right In Its Smug Little Face With Rapala For Kinect

When your trailer depicts a young man delivering a furious rain of punches down upon a potential seafood platter and the words “Incredibly Fun Fish Battles” your marketing is pretty much complete.


March 17, 2011
Nintendo

Magic Cards Are ‘Holy Shit’ Moment Of Nintendo’s New Toy

There will be 16 games available on the Nintendo 3DS when it goes on sale on March 27, but its best games may be the ones built right into the machine. And video doesn’t show the half of it.


February 3, 2011
In Real Life

Reel In Augmented Reality Fish (And Humans) Using Takara Tomy’s Fishing Reel

Like a fish borne from the ashes of Dreamcast’s Bass Fishing comes another wacky Japanese toy: Takara Tomy’s Virtual Master Reel. It’s an augmented-reality fishing reel that uses its 0.3MP camera to insert your real surroundings into the fishing game.


September 1, 2009
News

Rapala: We Fish Makes Fishing “Wacky”

If you love fishing video games but felt that there just wasn’t enough wackiness involved, then Activision’s Rapala: We Fish might just catch your eye with its family-fun hook.


July 16, 2009
News

How To Stuff A Wii Nunchuk Into A Fishing Rod

You can stick a Wii remote in a guitar shell, a golf club, and, yes, even in the past, a fishing rod. But the way I saw it done today was extra clever.