Ride Your Music

09.13.2008 // Fun, Gaming, Music // Lee McKusick // No Comments

So today I reinstalled Windows on my gaming desktop, as it was sorely in need of a little software TLC, much the same way droids get a memory wipe every now and then to keep them from developing abnormal personality quirks.

Sorry, geeked out there for a second. Back on track…

I reinstalled Steam, and also AudioSurf. I wrote a post a while back (it must have been on another blog though) about it, but it’s been a while, and it feels like being reacquainted with an old friend so it deserves another introduction.

AudioSurf is a basically a music visualizer turned into a game. It takes any music file and generates a track from it, and you play as a little ship going along this track and collecting blocks in time to the music. The track is divided into a number of rows, so you’re constantly weaving back and forth trying to collect the right blocks to make combos.

The cool thing about it is that you can use any of your music (AAC files aren’t supported though, so no ITMS stuff), which makes for near limitless replayability.

It’s incredibly addictive, tons of fun, and at only $10, it’s well worth it.

EDIT: OH! I completely forgot: in addition to the game itself, you get the entire Orange Box soundtrack, which includes Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, and yes, ladies and gentleman, Portal. Rock out to two versions of “Still Alive,” the original from the game, and one sung by JoCo himself. Totally worth the $10 even without the game.