Undercurrents

Gone fishin': Thinking about heading out onto the lake this summer? Well, before you start bragging about the big one you're going to hook, take a look at the big crazy-lookin' fish they have in the Amazon River. There's the peacock bass, a vastly overgrown cousin of your aquarium-style cichlid; the 10-foot-long prehistoric pirarucú, which looks dinosauric; the pacu, a cheese-wheel-sized giant vegetarian cousin of the piranha and a 350-pound catfish that Homer Simpson would salivate over. Just watch out for the villainous candirú, a tiny catfish that likes to lodge itself inside the anus or urethra. Better hope it buys you dinner first at www.acuteangling.com/Reference/SAFishArt.html.

Bushido: From the creators of Emogame comes Bushgame, an 8-bit style adventure that unites heroes, including Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, Howard Dean and a very fat He-Man, to fight the combined menace of the Bush administration and, get this, Voltron. Play or get played at http://bushgame.com.

Comments? Michael Citrome