At Netflix's offices in Hollywood, California, I sat on a couch in front of a TV and tried frantically to guess words, build Legos and finish Tetris lines faster than my new rivals seated around me. The streaming service has a new slew of games playable on your TV that just need your smartphone to control, Jackbox-style.

That gives Netflix's party games a leg up on the competition. While games from the Jackbox Party Pack series along with Mario Party, Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. have dominated the party game genre, they all require consoles or nearby PCs to play on big family room TVs. That's all fine when you're at home, but what about at a friend's apartment or while traveling? It's a lot easier to access Netflix's games by logging into its app on whichever TV you're in

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