This game is insane and is worthy of a 5 stars and an encouraging review to get others to download it some very ignorant people have actually committed impossible expectations which this app has taught me how to catch these people are complaining about every single glitch and bug and expecting the app to fix all of them. Such as “the game wouldn’t load” I have not experienced this issue so it must be there internet. People are also spreading lies about this app saying there committing fallacies when it is clear there’re not. The only fallacies in this app are either examples or tests to see if a person can spot them. Also all the bugs people are accusing this app of having are false there could have been bugs in the past but this app is clearly bug free. Any review below 4 stars was probably written before I downloaded this app or is a complaining person on the internet trying to go after a small business for attention. Please download this app you will love it. It can help you improve your grades, get better at logic, catch formal and informal fallacies, and improve your debating and reasoning skills. I highly incentivize you to download trust me you will not regret it
This deserves five stars. My professor told my class that if we reach 1500 point we get extra credit and this game is simply yet isn’t too bad. I like it.
Fun Premise. Become “Cranky” as you learn to recognize deception
Maybe you can already recognize fake news and misinformation. But , can you explain why it is misleading? The app has many examples of twisted logic, and invites you to learn which deception techniques are involved. I hope people use this to reliably detect deception rather than to invent new deceptive arguments!
First it asks you to “sign in” by entering your email address, which I reluctantly did (no doubt my junk mail folder will get fuller faster now). Then it went to a “dot dot dot” waiting screen that never resolved, so I just clicked the back arrow to the sign-in page and discovered instead that I was on the Home Screen and I was signed in with my email (even though I never checked my email for confirmation). I was offered only a “take quiz” button on each topic, but every topic just skipped right to a “learn more techniques (?)…” button that didn’t do anything.
There was an article about this app in today’s edition of American Educator, so I was excited about trying out this game after reading the article. First, I tried the online version. It gave me three buffering dots on a bright red screen over and over. That was it. So I thought I’d try to get the app on my phone. The same thing happened. It’s too bad because the article made the game seem like it would be a great tool to use to teach kids about logical fallacies and rhetorical devices. I hope they can fix the bug.
This app is a terrific tool for sharpening one’s critical thinking skills. It works (no idea why other reviews said it doesn’t), works well and is FUN! 😃
Same as others, I had issues signing in. Once signed in, my option was ‘take a quiz,’ which brought up the ‘learn more’ button. When clicked, the ‘learn more’ button takes you back to the quiz page (same as the home page), where you can click the ‘take quiz’ button again just for fun. Nothing will ever happen. All from an app that’s supposed to help you with logic.
Hi Cranky Uncle - you guys got a nice write up in American Educator this month but someone needs to fix the App for iOS because it seems to be broken. I had just recommended this to my administrators and librarian and now I’m feeling cranky!
The quizzes are not loading. My App Store told me this app wold work on my phone. It does seem to work, but the quiz link just gives me an option to learn more, which led to nowhere.
The app says take quiz, press the button and get a button that says Learn about denial techniques, press that and it goes back to the Take a quiz button. This app is broken.
We all have a cranky uncle who thinks he knows better than the world’s scientists. But how do you make sense of his arguments and conspiracy theories? The way to understand your cranky uncle is to become a cranky uncle! If you’re going to spot someone cheating at cards, first you have to learn how to cheat at cards. In this game, Cranky Uncle teaches you the rhetorical techniques and logical fallacies he uses to deny science. Climate change, evolution, vaccination, a round Earth - he’s never met a science he wouldn’t deny! The deeper you get into the game, the more resilient you become against misinformation.
