Wayward Thought: Of Audiosurf and 8 Bit Music

Today's going to be a double post. I have 2 things on my mind, video games and women.

IT'S GONNA BE BIG!

Video games first. Because, it shouldn't be the other way around in real life so it is going to be as such here.

The video game in question is Audiosurf. (I got it off steam).

Audiosurf is kinda like what would happen if Guitar Hero and a roller coaster had hot entertainment sex. You pick a ship (there are about 10 ships, each with different playing styles) pick a song, Audiosurf turns it into a track, then you race along that track picking up colored blocks to get points.

It sounds simple, and it is. But let me tell you something; picking up colored blocks at 2352598745 beats per minute whilst headbanging to Strapping Young Lad is very fun.

Seriously, the speed at which some songs go is insane. See, the game doesn't just create a random track. The track undulates and flows with the song. Each bass kick is a little bump in the track. Mellow parts of the song rise up, intense parts of the song fall down. Blue denotes mellow beats, and it goes up to red for intense beats.

So when I tell you that I have found a musician whose music is mostly downhill and mostly red, I assure you his songs are insane.

And free.

RushJet1.

Mostly 8 bit music with some covers. Some songs, which I will list in a recommended list later this post, are so much fun. And it's just moving left or right picking up colored blocks!

There is a small catch. Apparently I am one of a select few who thought that listening to RushJet1 while playing Audiosurf would be a good idea and so far I have become the defacto champ for most of the songs I have played. Only because I was the first. Here or there his songs may have scores, but more often then not, it's me.

So, until more people play his songs, we really can't tell who is good or who isn't.

But holy crap, his music is FREE.

FREE. I.E. you don't have to pay for it.

How is that NOT incentive to play them?

Well, Audiosurf isn't free. But I got it and 9 other games for 30 bucks so I won't be complaining. (thanks Steam!)

For sake of the post, I downloaded a video recorder and played a few RushJet1 songs in Audiosurf for ya.

Here is Aerial Assault, which is all red and orange. In the video, I beat my high score even though I didn't get the Clean or Stealth bonuses. Also, at the beginning of the video, if you pay attention, it says I am already playing the song. This is because when I tried to record it the first time, it automatically started the song after loading. I didn't have a chance to start the recorder so I stopped, reset, then played it again.

Watch more videos of Audiosurf

Here is Overdrive! (Easter Egg Mode) which is actually harder than Aerial Assault, and my favorite song to play so far. There are odd sound glitches. They are NOT part of the song, but artifacts in the recording.

Watch more videos of Audiosurf

So yea. Audiosurf is 20 bucks and worth it. Also, RushJet1's music is free and worth more than that.

You know what to do.


Recommended songs: (some of these I know are awesome but I haven't played yet)

• Aerial Assault (the song I said was only orange and red)
  
• Almost There
• Cuzzazzy
• Deep Space Dance
• Haunted Dance
• Insurrection
• Konami's Moon Base
• Konamized
• Luminosity and Viscosity
• Overdrive! (and Overdrive! Easter Egg Mode)
• Secrets and Lies
• Tetritechno (and Tetritekno)
• The Final Conflict
• Out Of Reach
• Boss 9
• Math Party