First you grow a disinfo account by deploying manipulation tactics, then the game flips and you must catch those exact tricks in the wild.
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How to play
Phase one casts you as the manipulator: deploy tactics to grow followers and feel how each one works. Phase two flips you to fact-checker, where you identify the tactic behind each post.
Deploy the required number of tactics, each adds reach but costs credibility, to reach the flip.
Once flipped, read each post and pick which manipulation tactic it uses from the options.
Get feedback and the tell for each tactic after every answer.
Your debrief scores how many tactics you correctly caught and your overall accuracy.
Controls
Desktop: click tactic cards and answer options, or press number keys to pick an option in the fact-check phase.
Phone & tablet: tap cards and options, touch works throughout.
Tips & strategy
Pay attention to how each tactic felt to deploy; the same emotional pull is the giveaway when you're fact-checking.
Learn each tell from the feedback, recurring tactics reappear, so the lessons compound.
What you'll learn
Spin Doctor teaches disinformation techniques by letting you wield them, then tests whether you can spot them, inoculation by example.
Skills: media literacy, disinformation tactics, critical thinking
Best for: roughly grades 8–12 (ages 13+)
For parents & teachers: builds resistance to manipulation by exposing its tricks.
About Spin Doctor
Spin Doctor is a media-literacy game that teaches disinformation techniques by letting you wield them, then test you on spotting them. It is an original, free browser game built in-house.
A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.
