There was a thread about this before it was released, but I don’t feel like digging it up so I’m starting a new one.
I’m splitting this OP into two posts: one that’s directed at the people who aren’t familiar with Audiosurf, and one that’s directed at the people who are.
So there’s this fun game called Audiosurf. It’s a little hard to explain, but basically you feed it a song of your choice and it generates a track based on the music and you ride on it and collect blocks for a high score. The fun is that you choose your own music and it determines the experience. There are online scoreboards so you can compete with everyone else. I’m normally not a highly competitive person, but I’ve been having fun fighting for high scores with this game.
It’s available through Steam for $10, which is a pretty good deal. There’s also a free demo which lets you play on something like five songs. Here’s a tip for those who want to squeeze the most out of their demo: there’s a limit to the number of songs but not their length, so you can do five really long songs if you want.
The game is also a good way to just listen to music. If there are songs that you haven’t paid much attention to, now you can explore them. And a lot of the fun is trying out different songs to see what kind of tracks they make.