Craig’s
tubes have
been tied this week, meaning that you stoic Audiosurfers are going to have to
put up with a shortish post by me instead of tracking his slow descent into
techno-induced madness. Don’t worry – he’ll be back next week.
Because we haven’t in awhile, let me
recap Audiosurf for all
of the non-gamers and
gamers-who-haven’t-ever-heard-of-
Audiosurf-for-some-reason in our
audience:
Audiosurf will take any song on your computer and turn it
into a shiny rollercoaster track– this track has physical peaks and valleys
based on the way your song sounds, its tempo, where the instruments are in the
mix, and so on.
Along this track are myriad colored blocks, each worth a different number of
points based on their rarity – blue and purple blocks are worth fewer points but
are more plentiful, while yellow and red blocks are more scarce but net larger
payoffs. You steer your vehicle over the blocks as the song plays, and the more
blocks of the same color you pick up and match, the more points you get. For the
casual player,
Audiosurf serves as a trippy interactive equalizer. For
the die-hard, it can be a breakneck ride that leaves your vision blurred and
your palms sweaty. It’s whatever you make of it, really.
Each week, the game’s purveyors hand-pick three or four tracks to serve up to
players via the game’s built-in “
Audiosurf Radio” – hence, this
feature, where we dissect each song to tell you where to find the best rides.
Still with me? Good! Onward!
This week’s three Radio tracks all come courtesy of trance artist Jonathan
Araldi, who has
a super-French Jamendo page you can check out if you’re into
it.
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