Hey all,

Every Christmas Eve, my family hosts the dinner and events. For years my Mother has come up with some simple games to keep everyone entertained during the middle-later portion of the night.

She doesn’t like anything too complicated. I was wondering if anyone has any simple party games which are fun with extended family around the holidays.

Thanks.

  • Libra00@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    How old is old? Cause I’m 52 and have no trouble with it. :P But I also worked in IT and cybersecurity for ~20 years, so technology never bothered me.

    • cone_zombie@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      20 hours ago

      “Most people don’t know how to weld” “Really? I worked as a welder for 20 years and never had a problem with it”

      • Libra00@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        14 hours ago

        That’s not an accurate analogy. A more accurate one would be: ‘Most old people don’t know how to weld.’ ‘Really? I’m old and I know how to weld.’ I’m pointing out that broad generalizations are inaccurate at best.

        • Yermaw@lemm.ee
          2·
          13 hours ago

          In my defence I said “certain kind”. You must have met some. You tell them to press the green box that says [OK] and they just look at the screen confounded. You tell them to use their finger and they try and give it you back saying they don’t know how to work it.

          I tried showing one VR, and they just stood there motionless saying it’s not working. I tell him “you need to actually move your arms, like you’re there, press that button in front of you with your actual hands” “what hands” “your real hands holding the controllers you need to actually do it like it’s real”. Stands there motionless for another 10 seconds. “No. It’s not working. It’s not doing anything.” Forget it. Come off the thing.

          If there’s one of these people in the room Jackbox will quickly become a tedious chore.

          • Libra00@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2·
            12 hours ago

            That’s fair, i didn’t catch the ‘certain kind’ in the original. My bad.

            And yeah I was by no means saying all old people will be fine anyway. But I’ve played a fair bit of it and all you have to do is type or sometimes draw on your phone. People do the former all day, and the latter isn’t terribly different from just navigating since it’s a touchscreen. shrug No doubt some people will find a way to block even that from their mind, but.