But I have the deepest connection to YDKJ. I genuinely enjoy all of them even Zeeple Dome, which I continue to be fairly bad at. It really depends on the mood I’m in, and who I’m playing with. Which Jackbox Games title is your favorite and why?.For the record, never assume and then say out loud as the game is launching that it’s okay if you do poorly at trivia because Cookie doesn’t know your name. A big, colorful bouncy castle with a sign reading “the more the merrier” is very welcome, and makes you want to check out the rest of the carnival too.Īnd also someone at the company who knows who they are gave me an easter egg in the Party Pack 5 YDKJ, which was uncovered under such hilarious circumstances and felt so surreal that neither I nor my witness were completely sure it had actually happened. Especially since we’re so close to a time when “gaming” as a concept often tried to present itself as closed drawbridge on a castle with a moat and a lot of angry spikes. And everyone at the company has been so kind and supportive about my work, which is an amazing feeling because it’s highly mutual. Jackbox helps us create a virtual party, a liminal party space if you will. I don’t live close to my friends, but we’ve been able to use a party game to make the party wherever we are hosting Jackbox night over Discord or playing together in a convention hotel room. Having time to think creatively in a different way helps me with my art, too.
I really appreciate having the Jackbox folks and their chat as company, and I have gotten extremely good at working, chatting and still playing audience on my phone at the same time. The streams were a big deal for me I work from home, so I plan my hand sewing work so I can justify watching as motivational accompaniment. Cookie’s voice is indelibly burned into my brain. I kept my original CD-ROMs, long past the point where I had a computer that could use them. But really, Jackbox came back on my radar with gusto because of Hello From the Magic Tavern, though I never forgot about the games. Honestly? I came to the streams for Seaman nostalgia, and it was a slippery slope from there. How have Jackbox Games titles impacted your life?.I was deeply obsessed (little has changed, including my cries of “argh” when it was going to be a gibberish question). None of my classmates knew what I was talking about. I played it pretty compulsively, against him, my mother when we could rope her in, and just solo. I have conferred with my older brother and we’re pretty sure we bought it in an actual brick and mortar store, either Electronics Boutique or CompUSA. I started with You Don’t Know Jack (the first one) when it came out I have a vague memory of seeing a blurb about the game in a magazine, probably MacAddict which I used to read cover-to-cover. When did you first hear about and/or play Jackbox Games?.Read on to learn more about one of our favorite fans! You can check out more amazing House of Darkly creations at her website here. This is one of the many reasons why we love House of Darkly so much. Our whole office shared the tweet in Slack wondering, “Could it mean that House of Darkly is creating a plush about The Believer?!” We hoped and crossed our fingers and lo and behold: When we started releasing images of the dolls of Trivia Murder Party 2, we couldn’t help but notice a House of Darkly tweet around that time teasing a new plush being created featuring a button.