Zoom adds multiplayer games and werewolves to your awkward work meetings
No more awkward silences, just party games and soci🐈al d﷽eduction

Zoom is adding free multiplayer games that you can play with friends 👍and co-workers during video ꦆcalls.
Those awkward moments in Zoom meetings where you aren't sure if the other person is about to say something, so you wait until the silence is unbearable to start talking, but then inevitably they start talking at the same time, so you both say, "oop, sorry, go ahead" at the same time, and then another painful few seconds passes while you're both waiting for the othe⛄r person to continu🍸e talking, and then you both say "No, I was just gonna say" at the same time, and so on. Awful, right?
Zoom games could be the ideal remedy. The next time you're waiting for someone to join your virtual meeting, ditch the idle chit chat and play some poker! At least, that would be my elevator pitch for Zoom's foray into multiplayer games. With a handful of games available at launch, you could also make your next casual get-together with friends a virtual thing, with t💜he obvious benefit being no one has to get dress🥂ed or drive anywhere.
In addition to , the first batch of Zoom games includes Ellen Digital's party game ♌; a twist on the popular social deduction game Werewolf boldly titled Werewolf With Friends; a word-guessing game called Just Say The Word!; and finally, , which is designed to replace the exact social disaster I described above "with icebreakers where you try to guess the same answers as your coworkers to fun questions!" There are a few more in , but those are the ones that stood out.
Zoom games are part 🐭of a larger addition to the platform called , which as of now includes more than 50 add-ons designed to "streamline workflows, collaborate with colleagues, and also bring elements of fun and wellness into your interactions with colleagues, friends, and family members."
It should be interesting to see whether Zoom will innovate using its unique format in the games space 🙈or if this is just a last-ditch effort to retain some of the massive influx of new users from the pandemic. Either way, at least work meetings ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚcan be a little more fun now.
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