Part media literacy trainer, part game, American University’s “Factitious” was a tremendous hit from launch with about 1.6 million articles played in the first three days alone, Lindsay Grace, the director of American University Game Lab, told a gathering at Games for Change in New York City Thursday.
In “Factitious,” players read abbreviated news stories and have to swipe right if they think they’re real or swipe left if they think they’re fake. Once a reader makes their choice, the game tells them if they were right or wrong. A player also has the option to see the source of the story, which can be a big hint.
Released last May, the game has more than 450,000 players with 285,000 of them playing at least 15 articles. And 47,000 of those played 15 more after that.
Grace said the creation, a sort of human computation game, was created by Maggie Farley and Bob Hone,...
In “Factitious,” players read abbreviated news stories and have to swipe right if they think they’re real or swipe left if they think they’re fake. Once a reader makes their choice, the game tells them if they were right or wrong. A player also has the option to see the source of the story, which can be a big hint.
Released last May, the game has more than 450,000 players with 285,000 of them playing at least 15 articles. And 47,000 of those played 15 more after that.
Grace said the creation, a sort of human computation game, was created by Maggie Farley and Bob Hone,...
- 6/29/2018
- by Brian Crecente
- Variety Film + TV
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