Connor, AMGavin, J2015-10-262015-10-262015-10-202015-10-20EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies, vol.2(5), Paper e4https://hdl.handle.net/10292/9143This paper suggests that recent developments in video game technology have occurred in parallel to play being moved from public into private spaces, which has had impact on the way people interact with games. The paper also argues and that there is potentially value in the creation of public play spaces to create opportunities to utilise both technology and body for the benefit of community culture and experiences through gaming. Co-located social gaming coupled with tangible interfaces offer alternative possibilities for the local video game scene. This paper includes a descriptive account of Rabble Room Arcade, an experimental social event combining custom-built tangible interface devices and multiplayer video games. The event was designed around games that promoted a return to simplicity through the use of unique tangible controllers to allow casual gamers to connect to the game and to each other, whilst also transforming the event into a spectacle.Copyright © 2015 A.M. Connor and J. Gavin, licensed to EAI. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unlimited use, distribution and reproduction in any medium so long as the original work is properly cited.Tangible interfaces; Gaming; Social play; Game controllersJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.4108/eai.20-10-2015.150098