This Video Game Is Controlled By a Cello

In the list of unlikely video game controllers, a cello is up there, probably next to celery stalks and maracas. Yet Joost van Dongen's Cello Fortress takes up that challenge, blending the lines between game performance art, classical music and video games. The game challenges the cello player to attack four other controller-welding players using only musical notes. The above video explains the Cello Fortress control scheme: each type of note produces a different kind of attack. A sequence of fa...