Game Tech: Find out friends’ deepest secrets

WHICH of your friends would survive longest in the wild? Which of them was most recently sick in the street? Who among you is the worst chef?

No, this isn’t a hipster job interview. These are questions from That’s You, a party game from Sony that uses smartphones as the foundation for gameplay. Using your phones, you take selfies, draw pictures, and answer questions about each other, with points for those who agree on the best answers. It’s the first game in Sony’s PlayLink system, which is designed to use phones and PlayStations to create new social gaming experiences.

“Who is most likely to blow out someone else’s candles,” the game asks, barely skirting around dodgy euphemisms. You get a point if your answer matches another player’s selection, with the most-picked answers getting the most points overall. “Draw them after a month in the wild,” the game says, giving you a chance to doodle over a friend’s picture on your phone, to presumably hilarious effect. “Snap someone so they can be drawn at the wheel of their car.” That’s You draws from the spirit of board games and Cards Against Humanity-style party experiences, where the fun you have is entirely dependent on the company you keep. This probably isn’t a game you’ll want to play with avowed Amish bookkeepers. Instead, it’s the kind of experience that works best with a group of close friends or family, where people can poke fun at each other in knowing ways and where inhibitions might be lower. It’s designed to begin innocently enough (with questions about school and younger life) and then grow towards slightly more riske scenarios, without losing its family-friendly tone.