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What to do when family is insulting me (and siblings) because we don't play games anymore?

I thought my family had gradually shifted away from board games and "game nights" when all of us kids got older. Our parents got more into doing stuff on their phones, I still don't have a phone, but I use my laptop for internet access like Youtube and gaming. I try my best to get good grades and I'm not avoidant of tasks when assigned them.
My mom mentioned, when I came downstairs for dinner, that she, dad, and my oldest sibling all thought it would be a good idea to play a game after dinner. She says the current idea is Blackjack. The conversation goes around the dinner table while we eat, and when dinner is over, my other sibling cleans their place and leaves to head back upstairs. I mention this to my mom.
I then try to go upstairs to follow my sibling, and ES (eldest sibling) suggests that neither me nor my other sibling want to play a game (AFAIK, it still hadn't been decided what would be played). My mom asks me if I want to play the game with the family, I repeat that my other sibling had already gone upstairs and mention that I wanted to play a game on my laptop. My mom tells me that "we can't play a digital game in real life, you know that" (This was because when discussing card games, I mentioned playing Balatro). I tell her "I know, but I want to play my game" (the game I told her that I'd been playing on my laptop). She asks why I don't want to "have family time anymore" and I ask her whether or not a "no" answer is even an acceptable option for me to tell her. She shakes her head and walks into the kitchen where dad and ES still are, and when just outside my room door, I can hear her telling them "And this is why we stopped having family time. Because lazy children don't want to..." (I shut my room door and could no longer hear).
What do I even do at this point? I'm trying my best. I love my family a LOT, but I just thought that we all kind of... grew away? from board games and I didn't mind the change, since we still do other things as a family.

What to do when family is insulting me (and siblings) because we don't play games anymore?
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