# Audiosurf **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 30, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audiosurf/443255 "2008-03-30T05:03:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audiosurf/443255/1 "2008-03-30T05:03:28Z")
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](http://www.audio-surf.com/). 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. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audiosurf/443255/2 "2008-03-30T05:25:23Z")
So now this is my post for those who are playing/ have played the game. Let’s share which songs work well for the game. Actually I’ve forgotten a lot of my favorites, but here are a few: **The Church** - Under the Milky Way Those who are familiar with this song might know why it works well: bagpipe synth solo! It makes for an interesting track shape and a lot of fun. **Patti Smith** - Gloria **Johnny Cash** - Folsom Prison Blues The version from At Folsom Prison is lots of fun. The studio version, on the other hand, is kind of boring. **The Cowboy Junkies** - Misguided Angel An example of a slower song that works well. **The Beatles** - anything you’d expect to be interesting A lot of Beatles songs work well. **Stiff Little Fingers** - Suspect Device Some that don’t work too well: **Leonard Cohen** - Bird on the Wire The program isn’t good at analyzing this kind of song I guess. It just doesn’t feel right. **Johnny Cash** - Folsom Prison Blues The studio version is kind of boring. The At Folsom Prison version, on the other hand, is lots of fun. **Beach Boys** - Good Vibrations This song deserves a much more dynamic track Some punk songs have tracks that feel lifeless compared to the song, such as Looking Out for Number 1 by **The Boomtown Rats**. Here are the songs I have the highest score on, if anyone wants to challenge me: **Stiff Little Fingers** - Suspect Device- casual- I was going back and forth with someone else for a while. He’s had the top spot for about a week but I finally reclaimed it tonight. **The Dead Boys** - Sonic Reducer- casual **The Pogues** - Turkish Song of the Damned- pro - Fiesta- pro - Bottle of Smoke- pro There are more but I don’t know which ones at the moment. If I find them I’ll post them.