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Today, Activision announced that an Aerosmith-themed^* edition of Guitar Hero, the cleverly titled Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, would be available in stores come June. The press release heralding the game's launch contained a baffling quote from Steven Tyler, who said: "Any band that can go from 'Don't Want to Miss A Thing' (Aerosmith's #1 smash hit) to the ass-kicking 'Sweet Emotion' to the cheekiness of 'Love in an Elevator,' to the classic ballad 'Dream On' shows why Activision chose us to headline this game based on the diversity of the Aerosmith catalog. Not only is songwriting a bitch, but then it goes and has puppies." Odd dog-related metaphors aside, what is up, Mr. Tyler, with naming a freaking Diane Warren track before anything else from your catalog? Clearly you need some help picking the right songs for your game, so after the jump, I've selected five songs that are definitely ripe for inclusion. (And no, "Sweet Emotion" and "Walk This Way" aren't on there because we pretty much can figure that the songs you trot out for every TV appearance will be front-and-center, probably in multiple versions.) More »

Tucked at the bottom in this Billboard item on the new Aerosmith record—the details of which are completely up in the air, save for the fact that it's eventually going to be recorded—is this curious quote from Joe Perry on the next edition of Guitar Hero, which will apparently be a classic rock block devoted to the Toxic Twins: More »

If you've ever wondered what accounts for the sudden, occasional dips in quality on this site—why posts take three hours to show up, or why there's a sudden surge of "look at this funny photo!" entries—there can be only one explanation: Your Idolators are off playing Guitar Hero. Now officially the eleventh-greatest thing ever to happen in the history of mankind (following such heavy hitters as oxygen, waffle irons, the fall of Communism, and season three of The Wire), Guitar Hero is the first game to combine our collective need for communal self-expression with our collective need to eat pizza and play "Smoke On The Water" eleven times in a row. Badly. More »

Today's New York Times takes a look at MTV's attempts to spotlight the video game Guitar Hero—now an MTV-owned property—in its programming: More »