StupidGames is comedy on the surface and education underneath. The games exaggerate for laughs; the Learn articles and per-game guides exist to give you a straight, accurate answer about the real topic. This page explains the standards we hold that written content to, so you can judge how far to trust it.
How we research
Every guide and explainer is researched and written in-house by the StupidGames editorial team, then reviewed before it's published. We start from primary, reputable sources — government bodies and regulators (the CFPB, IRS, SEC, Federal Reserve, FTC, NAIC), standards organisations, and established reference works — rather than rewriting other blogs. The goal of each article is to explain how something actually works in plain English, not to chase a keyword.
Sourcing
Where an article relies on facts, figures or rules, we cite the sources we used in a "Sources & further reading" section at the bottom, and link them so you can check our work. We prefer official, authoritative sources over secondary commentary, and we link to the source for anything a reader might reasonably want to verify.
Figures that change
Numbers like contribution limits, tax thresholds and interest rates change over time. Rather than bake a figure into an article where it will quietly go stale, we explain the mechanism and point you to the official source (for example the IRS) for the current number. When we use a figure to illustrate a point, we label it clearly as a hypothetical example.
Fact-checking and dating
Articles are checked for accuracy before publishing and reviewed when the underlying facts change. Every article carries a "last updated" date so you can see how current it is. Our interactive calculators use standard, published formulas (for example, the compound-interest and loan-amortization formulas) and are intended as estimates to help you reason about your own numbers — not as financial advice.
What we don't do
- We don't invent credentials. Our articles are attributed to the StupidGames editorial team at the organisation level. We don't fabricate named "experts" or fake bios to look more authoritative than we are.
- We don't make up statistics. If we can't source a number, we don't state it as fact.
- We don't take payment to cover a topic a particular way. The site is funded by advertising; that never decides what an article concludes.
- We don't dress up the comedy as advice. The games and their jokes are entertainment. Nothing on the site is financial, legal, medical, tax or other professional advice — see our Terms.
Corrections
We get things wrong sometimes, and we'd rather fix them than defend them. If you spot an error in a guide or explainer, email hello@stupidgames.online with the page and what looks off, and we'll review and update it. Material corrections are reflected in the article's "last updated" date.
Who we are
StupidGames is an independent studio that builds original browser games and the writing that goes with them. More about the project — and how it stays free — is on our About page.