ONLINE GAMES
These online games were created to give people a taste of the techniques and motivations behind the spread of misinformation.
Playing these games builds cognitive resistance against common forms of manipulation. Understanding these tricks allows people to resist them the next time they come across them online.
︎︎︎Harmony Square
Harmony Square is a game about fake news. The game’s setting is the idyllic Harmony Square, a small neighborhood mildly obsessed with democracy. The player is hired as Chief Disinformation Officer. Over the course of 4 short levels, their job is to disturb the square’s peace and quiet by fomenting internal divisions and pitting its residents against each other.
︎︎︎Get Bad News
In Get Bad News the player takes on the role of a fake news-monger. Their task is to get as many followers as possible while slowly building up fake credibility as a news site.
︎︎︎Go Viral
GO VIRAL! is a 5-minute game that helps protect against COVID-19 misinformation. The point of the game is to learn about some of the most common strategies used to spread false and misleading information about the virus.
Harmony Square is a game about fake news. The game’s setting is the idyllic Harmony Square, a small neighborhood mildly obsessed with democracy. The player is hired as Chief Disinformation Officer. Over the course of 4 short levels, their job is to disturb the square’s peace and quiet by fomenting internal divisions and pitting its residents against each other.
︎︎︎Get Bad News
In Get Bad News the player takes on the role of a fake news-monger. Their task is to get as many followers as possible while slowly building up fake credibility as a news site.
︎︎︎Go Viral
GO VIRAL! is a 5-minute game that helps protect against COVID-19 misinformation. The point of the game is to learn about some of the most common strategies used to spread false and misleading information about the virus.