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Water Cooler Games served as the web's primary forum for "videogames with an agenda" — coverage of the uses of video games in advertising, politics, education, and other everyday activities, outside the sphere of entertainment.

The site was maintained at watercoolergames.org from 2003-2009, where it was edited by myself and Gonzalo Frasca. It is now archived here in full.

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Air Traffic Chaos

by Ian Bogost April 17, 2008

categories: Console & PC Games

Finally something to look forward to! Majesco announces Air Traffic Chaos for Nintendo DS!

In Air Traffic Chaos, aspiring air traffic controllers use the touch screen to manage takeoffs, gate assignments, and landings for all incoming and outgoing airport traffic for 14 different airlines in varying weather conditions.

As someone obsessed with both air travel and mundane work experiences (having made games about both), this is a must-have. Sure, you can get ATC Simulator for Windows, and some may remember Kennedy Approach for Atari/Amiga/C64, but now we have an air traffic control game you can play while actually waiting to be air traffic controlled! Of course, you'll have to turn off all electronic devices for takeoff. And on Alitalia, as Jesper recently discovered, you'll never be able to turn it on at all.

(thanks to Ben)

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