With the global pandemic and everyone in isolation I thought I would take a moment to write about some fun ways of staying in touch with your friends while social distancing. I spend a lot of time talking with my friends through Discord (I wrote a post a little while ago that goes into more detail about what Discord is). The various voice channels throughout the many servers I am a part of allow me to chat with my friends as a group (you can have up to 50 people in a voice channel). While we chat about how isolation is going we usually end up playing one of two games: Skribbl.io or Golf with Friends.
“Skribbl.io is a free multiplayer drawing and guessing game. One game consists of a few rounds in which every round someone has to draw their chosen word and others have to guess it to gain points!” It’s essentially Pictionary online, but with the ability to add custom words to draw. It’s a great game to play with 5 or so of your friends, it can be chaotic but a lot of fun. The other game, Golf with Friends, is "an entertaining, challenging, multiplayer mini golf game for up to 12 players. The game currently has 7 levels containing 18 holes each.” Golf with friends still has some bugs in the game, but that is what makes it fun. You can ricochet off anything in the game, making it unpredictable and exciting. There’s nothing like watching your friend randomly hit their ball halfway across the course just to have it ricochet and get a hole in one.
Both of these games are chaotic and create a lot of great memories between friends. They are both great games to play when you want to play a game with your friends online (Skribbl is free and Golf with Friends is $10). But if you were looking for something more chill to do during quarantine with your friends I would recommend Netflix Party. “Netflix Party is a new way to watch Netflix with your friends online. Netflix Party synchronizes video playback and adds group chat to your favorite Netflix shows.” It’s great if you want to have a movie night with your friends and avoids the problem of everyone trying to synchronize their shows. These were just a few recommendations on how to pass time in quarantine with your friends. Have fun and stay healthy!
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