Patent ID: 7208669

Claim:
A video game system, comprising: memory for storing music information comprising predefined song data and predefined attribute data, said predefined song data defining a plurality of musical songs, said predefined attribute data defining attributes correlated with said songs; and logic configured to display video game objects and to enable a user to select at least one of said songs, said logic configured to provide, to a speaker, audio signals defined by said selected song based on said song data, said logic further configured to control a behavior of at least one of said video game objects, based on a plurality of said attributes correlated with said selected song, while said audio signals defined by said selected song are being provided to said speaker, wherein said logic is configured to track songs selected by said user over time to define a historical record indicative of song attributes for the tracked songs, and wherein said logic is further configured to define a personality of said one video game object based on said historical record such that said behavior of said one video game object at an instant in time is based on a plurality of song selections by said user.