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Earwigs - Game Changer S8E07
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Dropout Bot Bot dropout_bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-09-01
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Zach, Ross, Oscar, Jess, Becca, Erika, Persephone, and Izzy wig out.

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HobbitFoot thelemmy.club HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2023-06-16
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It was alright, I guess. The cast was entertaining and trying to win, but it felt like an oddly skinned version of the Jackbox game "Fakin' It".

I also feel like if you're going to the wigs, you might want to lean into the theming more with the game.

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arctanthrope lemmy.world arctanthrope@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-11-25
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I feel like this one didn't quite hit what it was going for

this feels like a sequel to Secret Sober, but the reason that one worked was that the twist was simple and consistent; you could watch it a second time and have new context, and new appreciation of the performances, and understanding of why things are happening

this one was so complicated that a second viewing would be only slightly more coherent than the first, unless you've got an incredible memory, or are sitting down to watch with a spreadsheet that explains all the different mechanics of every round

and the fact that everything changes round-to-round means the players can't gain any understanding of the types of behaviors they should be looking out for; i.e. they can't socially deduce in the social deduction game, aside from the very basic strategy of "I guess that was kinda vaguely weird, I'll vote for them"

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SuperNovaStar lemmy.blahaj.zone SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-11-12
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It was definitely fun to watch, but count the rice it was not

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als Moderator als@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-10-25
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Alex Horne makes a wonderful commentator for this Westminster Dog Show where all the dogs have morphed into Marie Antoinette

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