Come play games on weird bespoke controllers with us at EGX Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Come play games on weird bespoke controllers with us at EGX We're bringing bendy pool and so many buttons next week News by Alice O'Connor Associate Editor Published on Sept. 16, 2022 EGX, the games show organised by our corporate siblings, returns to London next week and we're returning with it. Once again, we're bringing a load of games with strange and interesting custom controllers or unique physical experiences. Pool on a bendy table! A game about growing a plant by directing light! Morse code! The many buttons of Tenya Wanya Teens! Something involving neckties? You'll find these and more at RPS Future Of Play during EGX London, running September 22-25th. To me, the best part of games events is getting to play unusual games and experiences that might not exist outside events-or at least are more fun to play with weird controllers or while jostling your pals. You'll find nine such things at RPS Future Of Play next week. In truth, I don't yet know all of them, and that's exciting to me. The lineup is: ByteDance - a "game/art-generator" full of swirly patterns. Game Of Me - oh wow what is this? Projection mapping and a game and physical artefacts and... okay, cool. Home Turf - a very inconvenient pool table which curves upwards in one corner. I personally am hoping it'll be visited by hustlers pulling off outrageous trick shots. Morse - Like Typing Of The Dead but typing morse code to direct forces in WW2? Pocket Plant Carefully growing a digital plant by controlling light: Love how cute @with_bug_legs's Pocket Plant looks on its moss rock cushion made by @arlo_howard #EscapadeArcade pic.twitter.com/1KpKcI089a- Escapade Escape Arcade (@EscapeArcade) August 4, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Tenya Wanya Teens - a two-player competitive game made with Katamari Damacy director Keita Takahashi, about brushing your teeth, weeing, playing guitar, and more as the controller many colour-coded buttons shift around. Tie Simulator 2020 - a game played by using a keyboard as a tie, I assume as a serious sartorial study. Trapped In The Debris - a game controlled by rotating an ornate brick to free an ancient spirit. Unknown Number - a "first-person talker". I look forward to learning what they all are. And you can too! EGX London 2022 will run from Thursday the 22nd to Sunday the 25th at ExCeL in the Docklands. Tickets are available now, ranging in fanciness from individual afternoon tickets to four-day passes. Disclosure: ByteDance is made by my former flatmate (and fellow The Wild Rumpus member), V Buckenham. Speaking of, The Wild Rumpus are partially responsible for Tenya Wanya Teens, and I think the specific controller present at EGX is one I helped make? More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here