Funhouse Picks for August 30, 2007
August 30, 2007
Today’s picks all involve music. The Game of the Day is Streamline, which challenges you to avoid the beat. Sheep Beats, the Fun Site of the Day, allows you to control a band of sheep as they create funky riffs. And the Video of the Day, Animusic, shows an amazing automated musical composition.
Streamline - Avoid the Music
This games adds a new twist to listening to music…the music attacks you! Your cursor resembles an eighth note. You float in a blue chamber. Very loud music plays in the background (Hint: Turn your speakers down before starting, because the volume blasts piercing music). As the bouncy techno tune plays, Cannons and Smashers move down the corridor towards your music note. Synchronized with the rapid beat of the music, they cannons shoot cannonballs and the smashers attempt to smash you. The obstacles come at you at breakneck speed and you don’t have much time to react. Your task is to stay out of the way of any item which will kill you and make it to the end of the song.
You get five lives to get through the song. The game allows you to set the graphic quality before playing, but it really doesn’t make that much of a difference. This has the feel of a very basic Guitar Hero or Dance Dance Revolution, except the task requires you to avoid the beat rather than hit the beat. It’s quite fun to play, but I wish the game included more songs and more obstacles to give it a better replay value. But you will still have fun trying to get through the song.
Sheep Beats - Flock Band
Music beat sequencers can be found all over the internet. This one adds a cute factor by having cartoon sheep play the instruments. Below the wooly garage band scenario, lies a scrolling audio track with on-off buttons for each beat. You can select Drums, Keyboard and Bass to add various sounds to the track to create interesting beats. Then you just sit and watch the sheep play.
The site also includes five preset examples to choose from. But with a few random clicks on the track bar, you can create some interesting sounds. Unfortunately, since you can’t save or export the sounds, this site has very limited value beyond a little experimentation and a smile or two. Fun lasts for about 5 minutes tops.
Animusic - Pipe Dream 2
Tags: Video, Avoid, Game, Fun, Game Review, Music
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