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Fizzball

Fizzball is a Breakout-style video game by American studio Grubby Games. It was released for Microsoft Windows in 2006, then OS X and Linux. A Wii version was published in 2009 under the name Doctor Fizzwizzle's Animal Rescue. Fizzball was a finalist for an award at the 2007 Independent Games Festival.

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Article summary

Fizzball is a Breakout-style video game by American studio Grubby Games. It was released for Microsoft Windows in 2006, then OS X and Linux. A Wii version was published in 2009 under the name Doctor Fizzwizzle's Animal Rescue. Fizzball was a finalist for an award at the 2007 Independent Games Festival.

Key claims

  1. publication date: 2009 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 2006 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "2009". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "2006". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1375858002

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.