Ain’t nobody badasser than Chow Yun Fat in John Woo’s Hong Kong shoot-‘em-ups Hard Boiled (1992) and The Killer (1989). (For proof, check out the amazing poster to the right, in which Chow Yun Fat balances a BABY and a SHOTGUN.) So I’m pretty stoked for John Woo’s Stranglehold, a “videogame sequel” to Hard Boiled that features Chow Yun Fat reprising his role as Inspector Tequila (even his name is badass!) and supposedly a whole lot of creative input from Woo himself. I feel absolutely no need to get a PlayStation 3 right now—I’ll get Stranglehold for the 360—but if I did, this is a pretty cool idea: The Last Boss is reporting that for their PS3, Sony’s putting together a package that’ll include both John Woo’s Stranglehold and a Blu-Ray version of Hard Boiled. And just like that, two of my hobbies merge into one.

And that’s not the only cross-promotional stuff going on: Kotaku’s got the goods on a Halo 3-branded Zune, which should do a really good job weighing down papers on your desk while you’re out listening to your iPod.

Oh, shit. Now I’m all in the mood to see Chow Yun Fat shootin’ some shit. Check out this insane scene from Hard Boiled, which is one of my favorite action sequences of pretty much ever.