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Make money. Rip off hard-working people. Earn cool stuff for your desk.

From the team that brought you Payback and Stax comes our newest financial literacy game: Shady Sam. [more inside]
posted by missjenny on Mar 18, 2019 - 5 comments

A game that teaches kids 20 years of investing in 20 minutes

High school kids are still learning investing the way I did in the '90s: get a large sum of imaginary money and buy individual stocks for 8-10 weeks. Basically the exact wrong way to learn a lifelong investment strategy. (Not to mention these programs are often sponsored by groups representing the interests of investment brokerages.) We created Stax to take down "the stock market game." [more inside]
posted by missjenny on Nov 16, 2018 - 10 comments

We Sacrificed Imaginary Kitties to Help People Avoid Real-Life Financial Disaster

Cat Insanity is a responsive browser game that slowly, inevitably forces you into the brutal massacre of imaginary cats*, all to capture the emotional experience of drowning in high-interest debt. [more inside]
posted by missjenny on May 22, 2018 - 7 comments

Play Payba¢k

Payba¢k is a game designed to help teens understand the costs of college BEFORE they begin applying. We made it to address an issue many families face: Kids have no idea how much college actually costs. Parents are super uncomfortable discussing finances with their kids. So too often, nobody talks, kids apply to schools they can't afford, parents stretch themselves too thin and everyone ends up disappointed. [more inside]
posted by missjenny on Oct 25, 2017 - 5 comments

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