Disinformation Games

Games To Teach

The Bad News Game (several languages) and Bad News Game for Kids (fewer languages). Create your own fake news. Standard version: ages 15 and up. Kids’ version: ages 8 and up. Available in several languages. Real or Photoshop? (EN) Test your powers of observation to better grasp image manipulation. Available in English only. Fakescape (CZ and EN) Games that teach students how to “escape” fake news. On demand and free for lecturers. Ages 13 and up. Available in English and Czech. Fakey (EN) Game that teaches media literacy and how people interact with misinformation. Ages 16 and up. Available in English only. Escape Fake (DE and EN) Downloadable game app that playfully teaches media literacy. Ages 15 and up. Available in English and German. Troll Factory (EN) Player is a troll who creates fake news. Ages 16 and up. Available in English only. Factitious (EN) is a game intended to help players learn how to identify fake news stories. The game shows actual news articles, without revealing their publication source until the player clicks to see it. It asks players to identify if the article is real or fake. Fake It to Make (EN) It also puts the player in the role of the creator of fake news, trying to make money from advertisers by setting up a site, copying news stories and re-posting them, creating fake social media accounts and generating interest by choosing users and groups to target with social media messages.