Best In Youth Media: TubeRockers
Posted by anastasia on 11-11-2008Today's Youth Advisory Board post is from Michael who seems to have stumbled upon a pretty cool online game called TubeRockers. Remember you can contact our board directly via email at youthadvisoryboard at ypulse.com. I'll let him fill you in…
Best In Youth Media: TubeRockers
About a day after I read my fellow Ypulse Advisory Board member Caro's article on "Tube Converting," I found this little gem called TubeRockers. The concept is simple in execution, but complex in construction, but I’ll get to that in a moment. TubeRockers is a game where you take your favorite YouTube video and make it into a rhythm game. One of the featured songs, "Electro Gypsy" by Savlonic, hooked me, and now I can’t get it out of my head.
I played a few songs, and found the concept pretty addictive. After I exhausted my list of songs, I had to make some of myself. This is a game that not only offers you the ability to make your own content, it demands that you do. It officially only has two songs, so you have to make your own. You could go with some of the user generated content below, but the choices are limited to different interpretations of a certain Dragonforce song, assorted metal, and a few ska songs.
First I started with a song that I thought would fit well: "Not A Crime" By Gogol Bordello. That didn’t work out well. The song fit, but my handiwork didn't. So then I tried some Andrew W.K., and that was just as bad. Then I tried a little techno by my favorite German techno band, Scooter. Perfect! It was a simple enough song to get a good rhythm going, and I could even sneak in some creative note arrangements.
Tube Rockers is part of a trend of DIY-ness that teens want with their music. I love that I can just put in any old video of anything into the level editor and create my own level. Instead of just converting a YouTube video to an mp3 and forgetting about it, with Tube Rockers, I can play a fun Guitar Hero/DDR-esque game with them.
About Michael Hayball
Michael lives a simple life in Allen Park, MI. When he is not attending Henry Ford Community College for his Associates, he can be seen chatting and socializing around campus and the local coffee shop. He enjoys a good iced caramel cappuccino, or a regular coca-cola. Michael loves what he calls “The Blog Music," and he was and still is raised on a steady diet of electronic music and old-school hip hop. Michael hopes to work for Spin magazine one day, and screams like a little girl every time a new issue comes to the local coffee shop.
November 11th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
seems like a little dorky but if you got nothing better to do it could be a fun little game.
At least it could help a good video get hits.