On one of the last episodes of the sweet action series 24, you may or may not have noticed a little video game reference. About seven minutes in (real-time minutes) super agent Jack Bauer gives orders to two CTU agents by the name of, here it is, Kane and Lynch. You know, the dead men. I had to rewind a couple times to be sure I heard that right, but, yes, there it was, the writers behind one of the best action shows on TV must love video games. I’m waiting to see what little easter egg comes up next if any. Maybe we’ll get some terrorist by the name of Mario Mario, eh?

Here’s the clip.

Asian gadget and design superstore, Gizmine has one of the greatest alarm clocks ever invented. Made by Bandai, the Gun O’Clock is the perfect mixture of procrastination and fire arms. Snooze Kill Shot! Watch this video and love it!

This is the new and improved, if you can have both, CounterAgent.com. Welcome. I’m changing the focus from a narrow, single field, to a broad, shotgun, whatever I like, approach. Hope others like it as well. The new material of the site will include, but is not limited to, anything: cool, I like, scifi, interesting, comics, movies, music, games, tech, art, tv, internet, etc.

Harmonix confirmed today that Rock Band will be hitting the Wii on June 22nd. It will be going for $170. The kit includes the game, guitar, drums and mic. Also standalone instruments will also be available on June 22nd also so Wii owners will have that going for them. Unfortuanatly Harmonix has said that it will be closer to a PS2 port then one of the next gen platforms. But it will not use the Wii mote at all in the instruments so thats good.

Thanks Joystiq

Yikes!! The first pics of Snake Eyes from the upcoming G.I Joe movie are floating around. He looks pretty darn awesome I think. He also is pretty scary looking too. Snake Eyes is played by your favorite cut in half Sith, Ray Park. I’ve never seen Ray Park’s face without a mask or paint but I assume he has some kind of awful scar because the guy never gets to play a role with his face showing.

The movie is supposed to be coming in 2009 so we gotta a while to wait but I always loved G.I Joe so I’m excited about it, really excited after seeing these pics.

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The next installment in the popular Battlefield series, Bad Company, is coming out this June for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. However, some lucky gamer’s will have the opportunity to play it early. PC gamer’s that happen to be members of either IGN Founders’ Club or IGN Insider will be offered a beta key, while supplies last. Beta keys will also be given out from a number of IGN site’s like, IGN.com, FilePlanet, GameSpy, TeamXbox, Planet Battlefield and Voodoo Extreme.

For console gamer’s only the Xbox 360 will be included in the beta, sorry PS3. To get in to the 360 beta you’ve got to pre-order the game form GameStop.

In North America, GameStop will also offer keys on a first come, first serve basis for this Exclusive Beta Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network event. With only 5,000 beta keys available at GameStop, gamers should pre-order their copy now at GameStop.

This is a Multiplayer Only beta, similar to the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare multiplayer beta last year. The beta will only include 2 maps to play on. It will, however, have a number of play modes and weapon upgrades to explore.

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Fox and NBC Universal little video site Hulu.com is up and running. It’s been in beta for about 4 months and went live this week. If you haven’t signed up yet what are you waiting for? It’s pretty great. I’ve spent the last couple of nights catching up on shows I’ve missed.

The site has both TV shows and movies that are free to watch. I found the TV show database to be pretty good so far and according to Jason Kilar the sites CEO it is just going to grow. It’s got everything from some great new shows like The Office and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Some old classics like Doogie Howser M.D and my favorite The A Team. Even some great cartoons like Exosquad. It’s all paid for by ads so you will have to sit through 3 commercials for a 22 minute show, which is less then a real TV show unless of course you use Tivo. The quality is really good and except for a couple of buffering incidents it runs great.

Right now there are some shows that don’t have their entire catalog up yet hopefully they will soon. The movie side of it isn’t as extensive yet but still no bad at all. Although I haven’t done it yet you can cut parts out of any show or movie and share it anywhere. If this little Hulu thing works out it could put quite dent in the DVD sales of classic TV shows.

With nothing good on actual TV right now it’s the perfect time to try Hulu and catch up on episodes you may have missed.

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Well I guess we shouldn’t be surprised. Without HD DVD as competition Blu-Ray would increase in price. According to Pricegrabber.com Blu-Ray players are starting to creep back up in price. Granted they are about the same price as what they were a year ago, they average around $400, but they are still to much.

Imagine for a minute if there hadn’t been HD DVD at all. The price for Blu-Ray would be insane, well even more insane then they are now. As long as your gonna be buying a Blu-Ray player might as well just buy a PS3 it’s the same price.

Thanks Gizmodo 

Nintendo announced that Mario Kart Wii will be hitting stores on April 27th. Is that enough time for people to get their fill of Super Smash Bros before then?

It will ship with the Wii wheel controller holder thing, 16 new tracks, 16 old tracks, and a whole lot of banana peels. You can also race in either a kart or a motorbike as well as 11 player online races.

Once this gets released what old school Nintendo classic will be next?

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I call it a rumor, but the guys over at Trusted Reviews seem pretty sure of it. According to them they have a “rock-solid source” that tells them that a 60 GB 360 is on it’s way. It will be replacing the 20 GB 360 sometime before the end of the year.

Is this a new SKU with a Blu-Ray player? We’ve been hearing the rumblings that Microsoft is in talks with Sony about Blu-Ray. Maybe these go hand in hand?

Wouldn’t it be great to have this 60 GB 360 for the price of $299? That would hurt the PS3 a bit don’t you think?

Thanks Trustedreviews.com