![]() This is expected for Quiplash 3, since the first two Quiplash games were also highlights of their respective packages. Luckily, the other four work really well. Multitasking with people when you?re together in a room is one thing, but trying to do it online with people who have so-so connection speeds is quite another, and the game - which, best as I could tell, involved working with everyone else to check items off lists - isn?t clear enough to make it work. ![]() Where I would?ve judged a game to be the weakest in previous Party Packs on the basis of it not requiring the same kind of creativity as the best Jackbox fare, here that unfortunate honour falls to The Devils and the Details, since it?s a collaborative team game that doesn?t really translate to working together over Zoom. Of course, in that context, you have to judge Jackbox Party Pack 7 a little differently than its predecessors. ![]() (I?m sure plenty of people were playing the games that way before COVID, but I suspect the pandemic accelerated that trend greatly.) It?s not just a fun party game any more - in part because we?re not supposed to having parties - but rather a way to connect with friends across the distance. It?s in this context that Jackbox Party Pack 7 arrives. ![]() When this year started, I don?t think I would?ve predicted how many evenings would be spent having virtual Jackbox parties with friends, but…well, here we are in November, and they?ve become a regular part of life. I?ve always liked them, but until I started playing them online with friends in various Twitch and YouTube and Zoom and WhatApp configurations, I never realized how versatile they could be. Like many people, I suspect that the pandemic has given me a new appreciation for the Jackbox series. ![]()
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