Sometimes the inefficiency of sitting back and solely listening to music can’t be fit into my busy schedule and sometimes I need more than a game to relax and get my fix of entertainment. So I often combine the two, with varying results. Here are the winners.
#5 – Tremulous – Free
Rocking out while playing a first person shooter can often be problematic because of the intensely competitive nature of the genre, but Tremulous is well suited for the job. It doesn’t support voice chat so you don’t have to worry about missing any of the conversation. Also when you’re playing as an alien you will always have a radar, lessening your need to hear the enemy. Because it’s open source and available on Linux it also has a relatively friendly and intelligent community, as far as fps games go.
#4 – Defcon – $10 on Steam
This strategy game revolves around thermonuclear warfare and was inspired by the movie “War Games”. It’s very interesting to play and even manages to get you to think about your ethics for a second when you see
#3 – Quake Live – Free
Put simply: Quake 3: Arena but better… and in your browser. Since it’s pretty much mindless killing setting your “Impressive!” killing spree to music can’t hurt.
#2 – Trackmania Nations Forever – Free
If Quake is mindless killing, then Trackmania is mindless restarting because you didn’t hit the apex of that last corner quite as well as you might of. This is the racing game for perfectionists. Playing online remains competitive because there are no collisions and racers compete for the best times recorded within a set limit. Because the game-play itself is extremely repetitive the non driving part of your mind is free to enjoy music. Personally I find this game so mind numbing I’m usually able listen to podcasts while playing.
#1 – Audiosurf – $10 on Steam
The developer of Audiosurf was way ahead of me and has created a fusion of music and game like no other. Courses to race through in your spaceship are generated based on any song in your library (supports flac). The really great thing about this game is that it doesn’t eat up your time, each track is a unique and interesting experience but only lasts as long as one song.
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