The Jackbox Party Pack 3 review: A modern-day ‘You Don’t Know Jack’<article>
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<p>In 1995,
You Don’t Know Jack set a new standard for what a multiplayer trivia game could be on a computer. At the dawn of multimedia, players sat around a Mac, listen to trivia question presented by a snarky-yet-appealing announcer, and then wildly stab at their respective keys on the keyboard to submit their answers, generally while laughing out loud and insulting each other at the same time.</p><p>This tradition lives on in Jackbox Games’
Jackbox Party Pack 3 ($25, available in the
App Store), wherein up to eight players can compete against each other in five assorted games (Quiplash 2, Guesspionage, Trivia Murder Party, Tee K.O., and Fakin’ It). To start, the player launches the game on their Mac while each player (host included) logs into the jackbox.tv website via their smartphone or tablet, chooses a user name, provides the four-character room code ID assigned by the game, and joins the round.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3191543/software-games/the-jackbox-party-pack-3-review-a-modern-day-you-don-t-know-jack.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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The Jackbox Party Pack 3 review: A modern-day ‘You Don’t Know Jack’