Comments on: This One’s Going To Run And Run

By: PleasingFungus

PleasingFungus — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:23:57 +0000

Yeah, the same thing happened to me, with that and a few other things. It’s something to do with the metadata. Bizarrely, using iTunes to edit the properties (name and artist) of the music seemed to fix it for me, so you might want to try that. (Capitalization is irrelevant for scoring purposes.)

(You know that the game comes with the Orange Box soundtrack anyway, right? Or is this a demo issue?)

P.S. Want a real challenge? Try playing a song (in my case, for testing the technique above) while Firefox and half a dozen other things are running in the background. The game sort of pulses – it slows down, then speeds up dramatically to keep time, making it very very hard to play. Great fun, though.

By: wyrmsine

wyrmsine — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:22:37 +0000

today’s anti-pirate audiosurf moment (?que?) – playing the “Still Alive” track I ripped out of the Portal .gcf, I got a unique message to the effect that “The track could not be recognized, and no internet score/tracking will be assigned” (paraphrased). It hasn’t been added to “My Songs”, and doesn’t show up on my stats. Which is weird, considering the mass of “unrecognizable” music it’s been happy to add to it’s global database… it didn’t have a problem adding William S. Burroughs bootleg tapes or mislabelled TMBG Dial-a-Songs.

By: Theory

Theory — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:56:01 +0000

WORRRRRLD CHAM-PIONNNNN!

By: wyrmsine

wyrmsine — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:19:23 +0000

I’d highly recommend “Janie Jones”, by the Clash, for a bumpy ride.

By: KBKarma

KBKarma — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:48:11 +0000

edit: or Highway to Hell! I think I psychosomatically slipped a disc.

Ooo, and I have that track. Now I MUST try it.

After I buy it. Today.

By: James T

James T — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:48:22 +0000

Born in the USA – bumpiest track ever!

Try Jungle Boogie by Kool & The Gang; your virtual teeth’ll rattle.

edit: or Highway to Hell! I think I psychosomatically slipped a disc.

By: The_B

The_B — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:40:36 +0000

I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again:

“NEXT TIME, GILLEN!”

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:38:57 +0000

Hold Your Colour – Pendulum – really amazing ride, very tough.

Born in the USA – bumpiest track ever! :D

Hard to Explain – really fast and fun with added bullet time!

By: James T

James T — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:40:10 +0000

I think this game alone would justify the installation of an RPS forum.

Now! Work it harder make it better do it faster makes us stronger…

By: trioptimum

trioptimum — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:31:27 +0000

Well, I made up another couple of thousand, but it’s not nearly good enough. That fast chain at the end of the second verse is killing me.

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:19:47 +0000

I’m resigned to never having any top scores on songs people other than me have actually played. Except maybe on my local leaderboards, since I’ve yet to see a single Minnesotan other than myself listed on anything.

By: The_B

The_B — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:16:38 +0000

Sorry guys.

Fifty one points man! FIFTY ONE!