“I think in any creative field, video games are great for a lot of things, like stimulating creative thought,” Bilder says. Bilder believes games can help produce creativity at the office. It’s not just about team building, though.
Studies on gaming being positive at work date back to 2017, with scientists finding that it’s a good idea long before the pandemic was a factor. A Brigham Young University study shows that newly formed work teams experienced a 20% increase in productivity on subsequent tasks after playing video games together for just 45 minutes. The positives of Jackbox games and other video games being welcome in a work environment don’t end there. Some use it for fun and levity, some for team building or ice breakers to introduce new hires into the workplace.” But we’ve seen it across other industries as well. As you can expect, in the game industry a bunch of our peers play each other’s games. “They’ll talk about some fun Friday at the office where instead of happy hour, they’d play Jackbox, whether it’s in person or virtually. “We’ve had a lot of positive messages on social media through Twitter or LinkedIn,” Bilder says. “It’s certainly leveled out a bit in the last year, but we’ve had the good fortune of acquiring a bunch of new users that are still with us and buying the product.”ĭuring the earliest stages of social separation two years ago, Bilder began to see a positive reception to the Jackbox games and how they were impacting offices. “2020 going into 2021 with shelter-in-place orders, we saw quite a bump in usage and new customers,” Bilder says. While this was the case even before the stay-home mandates, it’s become even more so due to COVID-19. I spoke with Bilder about how games like Jackbox have become the key to not just keeping employees connected, but also to keeping collaborative effort high. Quarantine and lockdown really showed that behavior where people discovered us for the first time and found our games added a little levity to a pretty stressful time by connecting through a Zoom call, sharing your screen, and playing a Jackbox game.” it just so happens they work remotely as well. So instead of playing Life or Monopoly, we want to create an environment where people are having fun playing party games in the same setting,” Bilder tells Digital Trends. We consider our products digital board games. “Our games are always designed with the intention of playing them in the same room. With offices now digitally scattered, what are some modern ways to keep co-workers connected? In a conversation with Jackbox Games’ CEO Mike Bilder, I found that video games continue to be a solution to that puzzle - specifically party titles like Jackbox and others like it.
That isn’t preserved just through conversations in the break room or during meetings, but with bonding exercises and retreats as well. Positive work culture can mean different things, but many see it as the attitudes, behaviors, and connectivity of those working under an organization’s umbrella.
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