Only a few weeks to go until the unleashing of DJ Hero on a world grown weary of music games. Activision will need to pull out all the stops to convince a jaded public that splashing out on another plastic peripheral for the purpose of repeating the same formulaic gameplay - perhaps this complete set list outlining the game's entire catalogue of tracks will help convince you?

WARNING: List is frighteningly long. And kind of dull.

• 2Pac - "All Eyez On Me" vs. The Aranbee Pop Orchestra - "Bittersweet Symphony (Instrumental)"


• 50 Cent - "Disco Inferno" vs. David Bowie - "Let's Dance", "Disco Inferno" vs. InDeep - "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life"


• Afrika Bambaataa - "Zulu Nation Throwdown" vs. Freedom Express - "Get Down"


• Beastie Boys - "Here's A Little Somethin' For Ya" vs. DJ Shadow - "The Number Song (2009 Version)", "Intergalactic" vs. Blondie - "Rapture", "Lee Majors Come Again" vs. Daft Punk - "Da Funk"


• Beck - "Where It's At" vs. DJ Shadow - "Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)"


• Bell Biv DeVoe - "Poison" Beat Juggle, "Poison" vs. Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic", "Poison" vs. Cameo - "Word Up!"


• Benny Benassi - "Satisfaction" vs. Tiësto - "Elements Of Life"


• Billy Squier - "The Big Beat" vs. N.E.R.D. - "Lapdance"


• Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow" vs. Benny Benassi - "Satisfaction"


• Bobby "Blue" Bland - "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City" vs. 2Pac - "How Do You Want It", "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City" vs. Connie Price & The Keystones - "Fuzz And Them"


• Boogie Down Productions - "Jack Of Spades" vs. David Bowie - "Let's Dance"


• Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - "Bustin' Loose" vs. The Zombies - "Time Of The Season", "Bustin' Loose" vs. Young MC - "Bust A Move"


• Common - "Universal Mind Control (U.M.C.)" vs. Masta Ace - "Jeep A** Gutter (Aaron LaCrate & Debonair Samir RMX)"


• Cypress Hill - "Insane In The Brain" vs. Classics IV - "Spooky", "Insane In The Brain" vs. David Axelrod - "The Edge"


• Daft Punk - "Around The World" vs. Young MC - "Bust A Move", "Da Funk" vs. N.A.S.A. - "Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB & Fatlip", "Megamix 1", "Megamix 2", "Robot Rock" vs. Hashim - "Al Naafyish (The Soul)", "Robot Rock" vs. Queen - "We Will Rock You", "Short Circuit" vs. Boogie Down Productions - "Jack Of Spades", "Technologic" vs. Gary Numan - "Cars", "Television Rules the Nation" vs. No Doubt - "Hella Good"


• David Axelrod - "The Edge" vs. Eric B. & Rakim - "Eric B. Is President"


• Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp" vs. DJ Shadow - "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)", "Fix Up, Look Sharp" vs. Justice - "Genesis"


• DJ Shadow - "Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)" vs. D-Code - "Annie's Horn"


• Eminem - "My Name Is" vs. Beck - "Loser"


• Fedde Le Grand - "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" vs. Sandy Rivera and David Penn - "I Can't Stop (David Penn Remix)"


• Foo Fighters - "Monkey Wrench" vs. Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"


• Foreigner - "Juke Box Hero" vs. DJ Z-Trip ft. Murs - "DJ Hero", "Juke Box Hero" vs. DJ Z-Trip ft. Murs - "DJ Hero"


• Gang Starr - "Just To Get A Rep" vs. Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones, Pt 2"


• Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc." vs. Blondie - "Atomic"


• Grandmaster Flash - "Boom" vs. "Tap"


• Grandmaster Flash, DJ Kool, DJ Demo - "Here Comes My DJ" vs. Gary Numan - "Cars"


• Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl" vs. Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc.", "Hollaback Girl" vs. InDeep "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life", "Hollaback Girl" vs. Rick James - "Give It To Me"


• Herbie Hancock - "Rockit" Beat Juggle, "Rockit" vs. N.E.R.D. - "Lapdance"


• InDeep - "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" vs. Cameo - "Word Up!"


• Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" vs. Gang Starr - "Just To Get A Rep", "I Want You Back" vs. Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life", "I Want You Back" vs. Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"


• JAY-Z feat. Pharrell - "Change Clothes" vs. 2Pac - "All Eyez on Me"


• JAY-Z - "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" vs. Eminem - "My Name Is", "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" vs. Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back", "Excuse Me Miss" vs. Rick James - "Give It To Me"


• Jean Knight - "Mr. Big Stuff" vs. Masta Ace - "Born To Roll"


• Jurassic 5 - "Jayou" vs. Billy Squier - "The Big Beat", "Jayou" vs. Herbie Hancock - "Rockit"


• Kid Cudi - "Day 'N' Nite" vs. Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow"


• Kool Moe Dee - "How Ya Like Me Now" vs. Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman - "I Like To Move It"


• Little Richard - "Tutti Frutti" vs. Shlomo - "Beats"


• M.I.A. - "Paper Planes" vs. Eric B. & Rakim - "Eric B. Is President", "Paper Planes" vs. Wale - "Lookin' At Me"


• Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" vs. David Bowie - "Let's Dance", "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" vs. Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."


• Motörhead - "Ace Of Spades" vs. Noisia - "Groundhog"


• N.A.S.A. - "Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB & Fatlip" vs. Isaac Hayes - "Theme From Shaft"


• Noisia - "Groundhog" Beat Juggle


• Paul van Dyk - "Nothing But You" vs. Sandy Rivera and David Penn - "I Can't Stop (David Penn Remix)"


• Public Enemy - "Shut 'Em Down" vs. Beck - "Where It's At"


• Public Enemy ft. Zakk Wylde - "Bring The Noise 20XX" vs. Justice - "Genesis", "Bring The Noise 20XX"


• Q-Tip - "Good Thang" vs. Billy Squier - "The Big Beat"


• Queen - "Another One Bites The Dust" vs. Beastie Boys - "Brass Monkey", "Another One Bites The Dust" vs. Daft Punk - "Da Funk"


• Rihanna - "Disturbia" vs. Kid Sister - "Control", "Disturbia" vs. The Killers - "Somebody Told Me","Disturbia" vs. The Trammps - "Disco Inferno"


• Shlomo - "Beats" vs. Billy Squier - "The Big Beat"


• Street Sweeper Social Club - "Fight! Smash! Win!" vs. Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic"


• Tears For Fears - "Shout" vs. DJ Shadow - "Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)", "Shout" vs. Eric B. & Rakim - "Eric B. Is President", "Shout" vs. Eric Prydz - "Pjanoo"


• The Aranbee Pop Orchestra - "Bittersweet Symphony (Instrumental)" vs. LL Cool J - "Rock The Bells"


• The Scratch Perverts - Beats and Pieces


• The Killers - "Somebody Told Me" vs. Eric Prydz - "Pjanoo"


• Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby" vs. MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This", "Ice Ice Baby" vs. Paula Abdul - "Straight Up"


• Wale - "Lookin' At Me" vs. Black Eyed Peas ft. Tippa Irie - "Hey Mama"


• Weezer - "Beverly Hills" vs. Evidence, The Alchemist, Aceyalone, Rakaa & 88 Keys - "Fresh Rhymes And Videotape"


• Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky Music" vs. Gang Starr - "Just To Get A Rep" - "Straight Up"

In other news, I break down in despair at having to format another mammoth set list. Apart from taking far too long to set out, my main quibble with this list is repetition. The unbroken wall of text makes it look like the game is packed with variation, but while laboriously entering formatting tags I noticed the same handful of tracks cropping up again and again... and again, remixed against each other in one great big round-robin of boredom.

Some of these mixes look awesome, of course, but I resent Activision's attempt to blind me with science, and I'd have preferred a smaller number of tracks with more unique elements.