Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2019

Plague Inc now simulating the viral horrors of fake news

In the spirit of the week known to the people of Britain as “Oh God, oh Jesus, oh God, oh Jesus,” infection-spreading simulator Plague Inc: Evolved recently added a simulation of “fake news”. It is a game of how things transmit between people, only this time we’ll be trying to disseminate harmful information. Even the term “fake news” itself has more facets than one game could capture but Plague Inc’s attempt might have some good grounding because it’s made in partnership with fact-checking charity Full Fact. Maybe this can distract you during this awful election week. I had a play and failed to convince the world that Deadly Premonition 2 was real.

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