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Party games for
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» Great card games for groups

Sonam Kaloti
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Cz games are a great form of
entertainment among old friends, just
as much as they are valuable for breaking
the ice. Here are some lesser known-games
that may be worth your while (but may be
more worthwhile at a party).

What Do You Meme?

In my humble opinion, any meme game
isa bad meme game. Upon opening

the box, you get a little easel to prop up
the meme card, which is an image that
everyone in the group must caption with
one of the cards in their deck. The meme
pictures are either old 2006-esque images
or strange stock photos. I was raised in
the virtuous land of Tumblr memes,
where sometimes there were goats scaling
mountains captioned with “they crave
that mineral,” and it was comedy gold.
Perhaps I am simply nostalgic for better
memes, since What Do You Meme? seems
to be a disappointing representation of
the recycled and overproduced “Instagram

memes’ we get today. The caption cards
are humorous and reminiscent of Cards
Against Humanity, taking on witty, and
some slightly disturbing, tones (see: “When
she wants to meet your dad but so do you”).

Drunk Stoned or Stupid

This game can be played in two ways.

The judge picks out a card, which can
read anything from “Says they ‘literally
failed that test’... gets a 98 percent,” to “Is
a little bitch’—and then the rules split.
Asan icebreaking game, each person, in
order from the first person to the left of
the judge, tries to convince the judge as to
why they should be “tagged” with the card.
With classic rules, the player would try to
convince the judge of who in the group
should be tagged with the card. I think the
premise of this game is fun and will bring
up a lot of embarrassing history between
you and your friends. With that, I think

it also has room to solicit drama, which is
always fun (not really). As an icebreaking
game, | always say mutual vulnerability
fosters closeness, so telling a bunch

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interesting conversations.

Never Have I Ever

Sure, you can come up with these on your
own, but that’s a lot of brain power. Most
scenarios I’ve been in where a group is
playing the traditional Never Have I Ever
turns into a slight embarrassment for the
person whose turn it is; no one wants to
seem too lame or too wild. Well, now you
can be more embarrassed because this
card game manages to put each individual
more on the spot than ever before! Each
player must have 10 Play Cards at all times,

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which are “examples of poor life decisions,”
according to the rulebook. The round
starts with a Rule Card being put in the
middle, which decides what players must
do for that round, such as “I get to pick any
Play Card in my hand and make someone
answer it.” If you are guilty of a Play Card,
you get to display it in front of you on

your “wall of shame,” and the first person
to win 10 Play Cards wins. Surely a great
game for when you want to break the ice
by admitting you've “Flirted with my best
friend’s partner to see if I could get them
in bed”

Tune 1n and Dropout: CollegeHumor
delves deep into the world of podcasting

» Dropout TV's five fresh podcasts for every corner of the internet

Jacey Gibb
Distribution Manager

 

The jokesters over at CollegeHumor
launched their own comedy streaming
platform Dropout TV. I'm here to tell
you if their exclusive content is worth the
subscription fee.

onsidering how long CollegeHumor’s

been in the game, it’s impressive that
they've only recently jumped into the
overcrowded pool of podcasting.

Seriously, as a company that’s been
around since 1999, the only podcast I could
find before this most recent slate that
even comes close is If Were You, which
is hosted by CH alumni Jake Hurwitz and

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Amir Blumenfeld. However, CollegeHumor
is on board with the podcasting
renaissance and they have a diverse slate
that’s ready for eager earbuds. Here is a
rundown of the five podcasts being offered
on CollegeHumor’s new streaming service
Dropout.

The CollegeHumor Podcast

Head writer Mike Trapp and various cast
and crew members discuss rejected sketch
ideas, answer questions from fans, and
perhaps most importantly, roast their
coworkers about their weird workplace

habits.

Erotic Book Club
Cohosts Rekha Shankar and Jessica Ross

Image via College Humor

discuss whatever offerings the deepest,
most sexually repressed corners of the
internet have tucked under the mattress.

Adventuring Academy

Brennan Lee Mulligan (host of the
excellent Dropout show Dimension

20) continues his crusade as resident
roleplaying expert with a podcast on advice
for beginners and veterans alike.

Raph’s Hall of Fame

Join cast member Raphael Chestang as

he dives into the “funny, moving, and
downright weird side of sports,’ which I
promise is more interesting than it sounds.

Tales from the Closet

Ally Beardsley interviews members of the
LGBTQ+ community from before they were
out, all while hanging out on a dungeon-
esque set.

I opted not to assign a numerical
rating for these shows, simply because of
how much they vary from Dropout’s other
exclusives. For one, Trapp mentions in the
first episode of The CollegeHumor Podcast
that people could be listening either
online or through the Dropout TV app, so
I assume that audio-only versions of each
podcast will be making their way online in
the near future. Currently, the only place
to listen to them is via their video format

exclusive to Dropout. The shows are also
listed under the “Podcasts” banner on the
website, so I’m going to keep classifying
them as such.

Here’s the thing: Rarely have I ever
listened to a podcast and thought to myself,
“Man, I wish I could see the people talking
for an hour instead of just listening to it!”
It’s cool seeing the cast members for a few
moments, but much like any other podcast,
I quickly relegated it to background noise
while cooking dinner or any other menial
task. (Bonus marks to Erotic Book Club
and Tales from the Closet though for their
unique set backgrounds that aren't just the
CollegeHumor office.)

It’s no fault of the podcasts
themselves. The shows are very
entertaining, with The CollegeHumor
Podcast especially being a neat opportunity
to see the cast members out-of-character
and simply interacting with each other. I
just don’t want to watch them do it for an
hour when it can be playing during my
morning commute instead.

All in all, the video versions of CH’s
original podcasts are nice fodder for the
Dropout TV platform, but they don't offer
much in the way of viewing. I look forward
to when the episodes become available on
other podcasting platforms so they're easier
to listen to.