Above: Just keep the can glued to your hand
3. Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (Xbox 360 LIVE Arcade)
What it is:
Someone took one of the most successful puzzle games of all time - the three-in-a-row gem matcher Bejeweled - and made it competitive, with the player taking turns moving jewels with an opponent. There's some RPG stuff in here too: spells and gear and so on.
Why it's perfect:
One: Because it's ridiculously fun. Two: Almost everyone on Earth knows how to play Bejeweled, and even if you don't - say, you've lived in a bomb shelter for five years - you can learn it in 30 seconds. And three: The 360 version in particular is perfect because it has a head-to-head multiplayer mode, so any two folks in the room can throw down and see who's got better gem sliding skills. Which is, after all, the truest measure of intelligence.
Where does the booze go?
Have the two main players drink any time they take damage. Also, the loser finishes their drink when the match ends, and everyone in the room drinks when someone nails four of a kind or more. You want more sophistication than that? Assign people colors and make them chug whenever that particular color gem is matched.
