Jackbox Games: Weird TV Fun
We stumbled across an unusual game platform on New Years Eve ... a set of Playstation question-and-answer games where players log in on their phones and actions are all pushed to the right phone at the right time. These were from the makers of the You Don't Know Jack party quiz game. The game developers made it easy. A four-letter code is shown on the big screen, and you go to jackbox.tv on the phone to enter the code then add your player name and make all the moves. It was almost seamless. A few times a player got disconnected. Otherwise, it was a fun, reasonably social event. # First we tried the host's favorite game of the batch: Trivia Murder Party. There was some minimal story about being trapped and having to answer questions to break free, and how only one player cold possibly survive the ordeal. The host had a perfect smooth creepy horror voice and puts the players through a series of grim challenges with morbid relish. The writing...