- Here’s a puzzling one: Brett Ratner, director of Rush Hour and X-Men: The Last Stand says he’d like to make a Guitar Hero movie.

It could be about a kid from a small town who dreams of being a rock star and he wins the Guitar Hero competition. One of these dreams-[come-true] kind of concepts.

So you want to remake Crossroads with Ralph Macchio and Steve Vai, then?

Joystiq also points out this little gem:

Brett Ratner was paid real money to “come up with a name” for the latest Guitar Hero. Ratner says, “I did, and it became Guitar Hero: World Tour.”

Really, Activision? Really?

- Square Enix plans to buy Tecmo. What does that mean for you, the consumer? Distinctly possible: Final Fantasy characters come to Dead or Alive fighting games. Somewhat less likely: Tecmo Bowl gets Square Enix’s patented adjective-noun subtitling system for spinoffs and Tecmo Bowl ’09: Renegade Asterisk comes out in November.

- Kotaku is liveblogging Bioshock lead designer Ken Levine’s keynotes speech at PAX. “This is the same venue that the concert will be held later tonight. Among the performers Freezer Pop,” they say. Well, you trade off immediacy for accuracy with the live format.

- Sony’s new PSP model appears to have a shorter battery life than its predecessor. Whoops.

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