I guess you are all tired of hearing about my medical problems, so I wanted to write about something different today.
A friend told me about this wonderful computer game called Audiosurf. As the title suggests, you surf along to audio tracks. You can use any music which is already on your computer, or you can use any music cd either, and the game transforms the music into a track which you can race along. Now before you get any ideas, this is not just a typical racing game! I am not a big racing fan, but I love this game.
Okay, so what's so special about this game? Well as I said before, you race along a track in time to your music. The road bumps up and down in time to the beats in whatever song you are playing, and it's really amazing to see. On the easiest level, you have to hit the coloured blocks with your car, but avoid the grey blocks. You must have a cluster of at least 3 coloured blocks (any shape) in order to score points. The bigger the cluster, the more points you earn. There are 3 lanes, and you have to keep switching between them by using the mouse. As well as bumping up and down in time to the music, the road keeps twisting and turning, so you don't always know what block is looming towards you. On the next level up, there are 3 colours (red, blue, and yellow), and you need to make clusters of one colour without overfilling that lane. This can get very tricky at times, lol. There are harder levels as well, which I have not tried yet.
The song you choose determines the shape and the speed of your game. If you choose a fast song, then you race away at amazing speed. If you choose a gentler song, then it's not quite so intense. I find that songs with heavy drums or bass work best. When you've finished playing a track, it uploads your scores, so you can compare them to anyone else that has played that track. I'm well and truly addicted to this game now!
You can find the homepage for this game right here - http://www.audio-surf.com/ . There is a free demo, which you can try for 60 minutes to see if you like the game or not. You will need to install Steam on your computer, which is completely free. Don't worry if you have never heard of Steam before. The demo lets you download Steam at the same time. If you like the game, you can buy the full thing for $11 (about £5-£6), which unlocks all the characters, and gives you unlimited play.
In case you are still puzzled as to what this game is about, here's a small video clip to demonstrate:
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