Well, I enjoyed my first driving mix enough that I made Driving Mix II! A whole ‘nother 18 track album of greatness! I love both my mix CD’s now, but my brother has taken a liking to removing them from the CD player in our shared car. Like he can’t make room for 2 CD’s in a 6-CD changer… is it really that difficult? I hate his passive aggression… oh well.

Feel free to copy either of my mixes! It’s fantastic driving, and singing music. I’ve found my car to be a great place to belt out and sing all I want. Difficult to find a place to do that when you’re like me and don’t like other people listening to you. Hah. So there. Enjoy!

So my first week home from college and I drive over 350 miles around the state. I knew I was going to be in the car for a long time, and I knew I didn’t want to listen to my brother’s music the whole time which is made up of a lot of Weezer and Phish. (We share the car.) So, thinking in advance, I cooked up a mix CD to put in the car. The mix is as follows:

I have to say, it’s been a very good driving mix and I’ve gone through it about ten times by now. Not sick of it yet. I’m thinking of making a second one as well… my brother can spare some more space in that 6-CD changer for another CD of mine. Hehe.

I can’t take credit for finding this one. I can’t even play it! This is a game for all you PC users out there. And my brother showed me the ropes on his computer so I thought I’d just share.

Audiosurf! It’s so cool I wish I could play it, but it requires Steam and a PC computer with Windows 2000 or later. What is does though, is you connect it to any music folder on your computer, including iTunes and it plays almost any song you want and makes a custom track for it. A pattern we noted, usually mellow songs have an upward slanting track, while more energetic, forceful songs have a downward track. Anyways, the obect of this game is usually to hit the colored blocks on the track while your favorite song plays. Although the specific game play somewhat differs depending on what character and level you pick before the song begins.

Either way, I think it’s a brilliant use of integration between a personal music collection and the game. And it analyzes and loads quite fast! You can even compare your score to other players online. I am very impressed. So try out that free demo, PC gamers, and tell me what you think! If you really enjoy it, it’s just $9.99 for the full version.

EDIT: Mac users, you can play this if you have Crossover Games. Just be sure you also have Steam installed!