It’s almost impossible not to laugh when you see this guy snipe someone with a flute in Warzone
It’s instantly obvious how this 20 second Call of Duty clip will end, but it doesn’t matter.
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Everyone loves it when people control games with weird things. I’ve got a soft spot for instrument-based control schemes, and streamerDeanoBeanohas delivered: Deano gets a sniper kill in Call of Duty: Warzone using a recorder, one of those plastic flutes people give kids as their first instrument. You’ve heard of a first person shooter, now here’s a first persondooter.
In theclip, Deano uses the recorder to jerkily zero in on an enemy as they spin, flip, bunny hop, and turn from cover to cover, playing tones to adjust his aim. Suddenly, his target breaks into a sprint. Deano moves the crosshair to lead them and then…
Doot! It’s a kill!
It doesn’t matter that I knew what was going to happen. This is a clipthatmade me laugh so hard I woke up my dog, who burst off the couch and started barking madly and would not stop for about five minutes. I’m sure he figured I was also barking at some enemy he could not see. Good dog.
How’s it done? It’s pretty simple. The notes he’s playing are picked up using a mic, and a program translates those sounds into a keyboard input. It’s the same kind of magic someone else used toplay Elden Ring with a harp.
DeanoBeano streams over onTwitchand maintains aYouTube channel. He’s no stranger to playing with weird controllers. He’s got clips of playing with the weird controller classics, like theDonkey Conga bongosand theGuitar Hero guitar, as well as more exciting devices: Allow me to direct your attention to this manplaying Jak and Daxter with a whole entire drumkit.
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Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he’s not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.
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