Oh! regarding the visuals, that's the game Audiosurf 2: http://store.steampowered.com/app/235800/ - it can make a game track for any audio file. For my video it's got a WipEout hover car in it because of a mod I saw in the Steam Workshop.

I'll probably pick it up this weekend. I didn't buy any of the potato games, but I already had audiosurf so I played that for the first time in months.

Needs a theme song!

Really didn't play as much this year. Top Five:

1. LittleBigPlanet
2. GTA 4
3. MGS 4
4. Audiosurf
5. Uncharted

2008 games I enjoyed immensely, consider unique, polished pieces of work and I'd recommend to everyone:
Dead Space
Witcher: Enhanced Edition

Honorable mentions:
Audiosurf
Mass Effect for PC (technically a 2007 game)

I can't for the love of me call any more 2008 games 'excellent' though.
For me, all other "AAA" titles were sub par (at times extremely so) in terms of quality that was advertised or I'd expected. Prominent examples include:

GTA4 (a letdown on pretty much all fronts except mini-games or mini-distractions),
Fallout 3 (lame story, complete lack of identification with the protagonist and shitty narrative & voice acting by decent actors bugged me the fock out),
Prince of Persia (cakewalk platforming, random-button-blocking-combat and those FUCKING QTE POWERPLATE SEQUENCES),
Crysis: Warhead & Far Cry 2 & Cod5-World at War all had god-awful storylines, terribly idiotic AIs, and conveyed the feeling that Crytek, Ubi and Treyarch had a competition scoreboard trying to see how many cliches they could squeeze into their games.

I guess I'm hard to please. I keep hoping it'll apply to me in bed some day

Audiosurf!

The only song I ever play on Audiosurf.

I love that whole album. This song in particular is extraordinarily fun in Audiosurf (a game which, if you're into games and music - electronica in particular - you owe it to yourself to try).

Love this song. I must now audiosurf it...

OK, this is A-Grade terrible parenting. This kid is going to grow up to be a little thug.

Why?

a) He's 5 and they're letting him play counterstrike... a game about shooting people dead, in a realistic setting with blood and all... great.
b) They all laugh and gloat when he shoots the guy (poor sportsmanship by the sounds of the guys there)
c) The kid says 'Shut up Dad'... so he already has no respect for his parents, brilliant... brilliant.
d) His dad's final laugh 'Heh Heh Heh Heh'... you can TELL he's a competitive jock dick who loves reveling in others misfortunes and will goad his kids to be competitive jocks too.

I have three kids, two of which can play computer games (3 1/2 and almost 5), it will be many years before they are allowed to play a game like this. They currently play games like Thomas and Friends or Lego Star Wars or Tonka to the Rescue (or whatever that game is called) or Audiosurf. Nothing with real violence at all... (and even with lego style violence like in Star Wars you can see the effects in their play).

And their play time is REALLY limited. They were allowed to play for 10 mins or so a day if they wanted, but now my eldest is on a 'break' for a week due to carrying on like nothing else because he wanted to play again in the same day.

They're too young to spend much time on a pc. play with lego, play in the garden, read a book etc. etc.

I love computer games, I have a Computer Science Degree, I make my living coding. I didn't touch a computer until I was 7 (well, there wasn't really any ability to until the mighty ZX Spectrum in 1983), and so while I'm happy for them to be familiar with PCs, enjoy the occasional game, I do not want them to be hanging for their next game at all.

I feel sorry for this kid, I really do.

>> ^netean:
I like this video, but never really got the hang of audiosurf. Blagged a torrent of it, installed it, tried about a dozen tracks but just didn't feel it was that great... yet everyone seems to rave about it... am I missing something?


With a legit version you'll compete with score against the whole world which definitely adds a fun twist.

DUDE - it's like 10 bucks. Just buy it and love it.

Or get a legit DEMO off Steam - I think that still allows you to compete so you can see if I'm right about competition = $10.

Also, this song is very trippy/cool. Upvote!

I like this video, but never really got the hang of audiosurf. Blagged a torrent of it, installed it, tried about a dozen tracks but just didn't feel it was that great... yet everyone seems to rave about it... am I missing something?

http://www.videosift.com/video/AudioSurf-Diablo-Swing-Orchestra-Balrog-Boogie
inspired by your AudioSurf post

Zonbie - How about audiosurf? it is a recent kick ass game that fits the bill of self code, art and design......
cheers!

I'm going to give you one guess, then I'll tell you. Should be an easy guess.

I've add ya though.

In reply to this comment by randomize:
You have Audiosurf too? Sweet. I gotta add you as a friend. What's your name? Mine's dimenur.