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Missiles keep attacking your base. You can block each missile by clicking on the correct shield. Each missile contains the words of a fallacious argument and the shield is either the formal name of the fallacy being committed, a rational counter-argument to the fallacious argument, or the proper reason why you should reject the fallacy.
For example:
Missile "You shouldn't be a vegetarian because Hitler was a vegetarian." Correct shield "Reverse stupidity isn't intelligence." Incorrect shield "Hitler lied about so many things that we shouldn't believe his claims of being a vegetarian." Incorrect shield "Applause light"
More ideas:
-Have users fill out a survey when they first use the game to get a sense of their beliefs. The game will then pick a mixture of assertions that they likely agree/disagree with.
-Also, have some 'missles' be actually valid arguments, that give a bonus to whatever missle base they hit if you don't mistakenly try to block them with a shield.
That reminds me a little of the Objection! games. I've played at least one of them and it was quite fun and addictive.
From a review: