The games
Three games about the way we write
All three run on the same hand-written glossary as the rest of the site, so every answer has a page behind it. Nothing is timed, nothing is recorded anywhere but this browser, and there is no sign-in.
How long have you been in government?
Ten phrases, four readings each, a different ten every time. We guess your tenure from which one you pick.
MeasuresCynicism, which turns out to be the same measurement.
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The acronym gauntlet
Ten acronyms, four expansions each, one of them real. Drawn from the glossary, so there is always a page to go and read after.
MeasuresWhat you actually know, with right and wrong answers.
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Guess the bureaucracy score
Six sentences. Guess what each one scores out of 10 before we show you the count and the exact words that earned it.
MeasuresWhether you can see the padding without counting it.
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Today’s phrase
Thirty seconds, no typing, a different one tomorrow.
Today’s GC phrase
Changes daily“Let's socialize this with stakeholders.”
Work out what that actually means, then check yourself.
Where the scores go
Nowhere, unless you count this browser. Badges, levels and everything a game has told you about yourself live on one page, and you can erase the lot from there.