Christchurch super street arcade example

Week 8 - Research

helpful info relating to our promotion idea

Gaming was highly social in the ‘80s with the popularity of arcades; now it has become more private,
usually undertaken in homes alone, in small groups, or in virtual space with others
around the world. Super Street Arcade is in public, a great spectator game, and requires
two or more people to collaborate to play, making it social and fun. It also requires the
players to get active; you will break a sweat in this game! And it is our hope that
strangers will lend a hand to other strangers in order to play the game. In this way, the
game is collaborative and participatory. Super Street Arcade is a double-spectacle: the
video game is fun to watch and the people playing become a spectacle themselves. pg.4

https://gapfiller.org.nz/project/superstreetarcade/



Super Street Arcade is Gap Filler’s latest project and will see the over-sized gaming console installed on a footpath in the Innovation Precinct and a large screen mounted on the neighbouring new Vodafone building. Super Street Arcade turns normally sedate, lounge-room gaming into a highly active, outdoor social experience. “It’s so much fun to play; it really gets you moving. Players become as much of a show as the game itself!” says Gap Filler Project Developer, Damian Doyle.

http://www.rebuildchristchurch.co.nz/blog/2016/12/giant-arcade-game-for-the-streets-of-christchurch

This is a helpful example when thinking of developing the interactive poster ideas. We could do something similar as this relates to our idea of childhood games and encourages people to compete against each other. This example involves people taking part in these games while waiting to cross the road. they can verse strangers or their friends which builds connections in a very fun way.