Pod Fact: a free game about checking claims

What is Pod Fact?

Brad and Chad have big mics and an opinion on everything. Their episode scrolls past like a live transcript: tap every wrong claim while it's still on screen, and leave the true ones alone.

Pod Fact is a free satire game about confident voices. Brad and Chad have big mics and an opinion on medicine, physics and goldfish.

Their episode scrolls past like a live transcript. Tap every wrong claim while it's still on screen, and leave the true ones alone.

At a glance

Category

Social Engineering

Difficulty

Medium

Play time

2–3 min

Price

Free, in your browser, sign-up optional

How to play

Tap

A wrong claim: +100. A true one: −40.

Win

Catch at least 70% of the mistakes with no more than 2 false alarms.

Three levels

Beginner, Intermediate or Expert, picked before you play: the content and the clock change, and each level keeps its own best score.

Satire

Satire with a lesson: every name, brand and platform is made up, and every run ends on how to spot the trick.

Scoring

+100 per mistake caught, −40 per true claim tapped. Win by catching at least 70% of the mistakes with no more than 2 false alarms.

Each level keeps its own best score in this browser.

What it trains

Fact-checking

Spotting myths and ads dressed as advice.

Focus

Reading fast and accurately.

Strategy and tips

Confidence isn't proof

Some of their surest lines are the wrong ones.

Mind false alarms

Tapping a true claim costs 40 points.

Expert

Lines come every 1.8 seconds and only two stay on screen.

Why play Pod Fact?

Practising “says who?” at speed helps when a real show sounds sure of itself.

Frequently asked questions