![]() It’s similar to getting into Animal Crossing - but significantly more affordable and less time-consuming. “That one translates really well to a computer - it feels very communal,” she said.īoard Game Arena is the perfect kind of low-stakes, low barrier for entry gaming. Two weekends ago, she hosted six other people on Zoom for a game of Sushi Go, a bright card game where you try to create the best combination of sushi dishes. The website, much like Jackbox games, fuses the shared experience of board games with a platform you can access online. Laura Wagner, a senior staff writer at Vice, has been spending time on the site Board Game Arena during the early weeks of quarantine. This is maybe a bit closer to video games - which are also recommended, if with a slight barrier for entry to some - than the dwindling analog options under quarantine. If the host shares their screen, everyone can use their phone as a de facto controller or buzzer depending on what the game calls for. ![]() There are a number of digital platforms, like the Jackbox Party Packs, that work quite well with people in different places. Games like Boggle and Jenga can be easily played with just two people at home, but anything requiring more players might call for some tinkering. They feel separated enough from the outside world to act as a remedy for reading too much harrowing news, and can be a close approximation to hanging out with friends when rigged up to Zoom. Along with puzzles, they're structured, if not quite productive activities that I didn't play on a daily basis before quarantine. (“How was your day?” only goes so far when everyone's stuck at home.) People need ways to engage with one another, even if through unconventional methods.īoard games have been my distraction of choice at home. After the first Zoom call or two, you start to run out of things to talk about. ![]() But there’s still a limited number of ways to connect with friends. Sourdough starters and Animal Crossing appear to be the internet’s current fixation, along with addictive, mind-addling series like Tiger King, the collective streaming obsession of the moment. There are an infinite number of ways to spend 16 hours awake at home every day.
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