Singing Games

Competitive singing probably doesn’t sound like a good time, but we battle for the mic stand in Casa Vega. The same way anyone can shake a controller at the right time to get a high score in a dance game, anyone can become a virtual American Idol while not sounding like anything other people want to hear again. We try not to sound bad—and we learned quickly which songs to use for a warm up and which songs don’t earn any points. Kal has tried rapping. We made sure to download “Listen to Your Heart” for Betty. Once upon a time, friends might have come over for Madden, but now, if you come to Casa Vega, be prepared to sing.

Singing on a weekend in 2006

Madeline Vega

Madeline and her brother sing at Madeline and Luis' wedding

Monika Leonard

Getting in on the action

Madeline Vega

Sing Star

Originally, you had to buy more versions to have more variety, but now songs are onlineGlee Easier than rewatching a season of the show

Glee

Easier than rewatching a season of the show

High School Musical

We knew all the movies so we liked it

Sing It: Pop Hits

Imagine Radio Disney as a karaoke game

Good for wanting to sing Disney songs

American Idol

Story mode trips up singing for fun

On his way to becoming an American Idol

Madeline Vega

The Voice

Good before we started to buy more songs for Sing Star

Just Sing

Not quite as good as Sing Star

Just Dance 2014

You can sing along and score points

We sing all the time

Luis Vega