As you probably know by now, Activision has let slip the tracklist for Guitar Hero: Smash Hits through IGN. I was excited too. After all, the only Guitar Hero I actually own is the original PS2 game, and the remake is going to feature master recordings by the original artists and be compatible with the drums and mic. Yet, after looking at that list, I can’t help but be disappointed. I’m not sure if it’s favoritism, or if the collection of songs in each entry of Guitar Hero weren’t as good as I remember, but the final list disappoints me.

It all began when I started looking over the tracks selected from the original Guitar Hero. Many of my favorite songs, ones I’d routinely play in the game, weren’t there. Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man,” ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man,” David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust” and The Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated” are missing in action.

I can understand that everyone favorite song(s) can’t be in the game and such, but these are legendary tracks from bands that are known throughout the world. “Ziggy Stardust” or “I Wanna Be Sedated” would fit better in Guitar Hero: Smash Hits, a collection of the absolute best songs, than The Donnas’ “Take it Off” or The Exisentialist’s “Hey You.” Maybe replace Incubus’ “Stellar” with ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man” while you’re at it…

G4, the cable channel dedicated to videogames, has closed the voting for this year’s annual G-Phoria awards, airing the results last night (August 8, 2007) on its review show, X-Play. The show is hosted by the gutteral-voiced Adam Sandler and sexy Amazonian, Morgan Web.

There weren’t any huge surprises, except maybe that the best system was the Xbox 360, even though the Wii has been selling well and usually seems to get favorable reviews from the channel. Of course the awards were voted on by gamers, so there’s no accounting for actual taste.

Gears of War took the most awards including Game of the Year. The Wii had a decent showing with four games and not one PS3 exclusive won an award.

This year’s award winners are…

A few lucky game bloggers got their hands on the upcoming Guitar Hero killer, Rock Band, at a journalists-only, pre-E3 preview event held by EA Games in June 2007.

The game will be released by Harmonix (as well as MTV and EA), makers of Guitar Hero, for the PS3 and Xbox 360 during the 2007 holiday season. The game will work with guitar, drum and microphone peripherals.

From the initial impressions, everyone loves the game and likened it to …

Now in its second competitive season, The World Series of Video Games held an event in Louisville, KY, from June 21 through June 24, 2007. A total of $90,000 in prize money was handed out to the top finishers this past weekend.

Louisville’s event featured players competing in Counter-Strike, World of Warcraft, Warcraft 3, Guitar Hero II, Quake 4 and Fight Night Round 3.

The World Series events take place around the world…