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Water Cooler Games

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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by Ian Bogost May 10, 2007

RealNetworks VP on in-game ads in Downloadables

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/columns/playing_games/e3if0e064086b0e9534ed8ee155e9057cbc ...

by Ian Bogost April 7, 2007

Analyst: In-Game Advertising To Reach $2bil By 2011

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=13438 ...

by Ian Bogost March 23, 2007

97.2% of cell phone users chose not to buy a single game last month

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/columns/playing_games/e3i10632efd792bb24ade2e8e1833895f9c ...

by Ian Bogost January 23, 2007

Virtual Worlds 2007 conference announced, March 28-29 NYC

http://www.virtualworlds2007.com ...

by Ian Bogost January 4, 2007

Paul Hyman on XBox 360 Achievement Points in the Hollywood Reporter

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/columns/playing_games/e3i905026bcaa187b31cf6beffe4df27d9a ...

by Ian Bogost December 29, 2006

NexGym exergaming facility expands

http://www.seriousgamessource.com/item.php?story=12231 ...

by Ian Bogost December 13, 2006

Game Developers Conference announces the Independent Games Summit

https://www.cmpevents.com/GD07/a.asp?option=C&V=11&SessID=3845&cid=GDC07_CSDEX9 ...

by Ian Bogost November 30, 2006

Paul Hyman on player metrics, surveillance in The Hollywood Reporter

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/columns/playing_games/e3i7667731acf7f75de4de5a4782d52cf84 ...

by Ian Bogost November 28, 2006

Majesco and Konami release Strawberry Shortcake Dance Dance Revolution

http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=ftfLlWd9aZbF2NXfwppam3Bd664=&newsLang=en&newsId=20061127005617&div=-1779940370 ...

by Ian Bogost November 21, 2006

Now Magazine on activist gaming, Disaffected!

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-11-16/goods_next.php ...

by Ian Bogost November 17, 2006

Games for Health conference proceedings now available

http://www.seriousgamessource.com/item.php?story=11765 ...

by Ian Bogost October 31, 2006

Michigan State University announces Serious Game Design Masters program

http://www.seriousgamessource.com/item.php?story=11426 ...

by Ian Bogost October 21, 2006

Smartbomb authors Heather Chaplin and Aaron Ruby talk MMOs on NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6358721&sc=emaf ...

by Ian Bogost October 17, 2006

Highlights from Games for Health 2006

http://seriousgamessource.com/features/feature_101306_gfh2_1.php ...

by Ian Bogost October 3, 2006

Serious Games Summit DC early registration extended to Oct 13

http://www.seriousgamessummit.com/ ...

by Ian Bogost September 26, 2006

Aaron Ruby on violence and addiction in Business Week

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/sep2006/id20060915_549072.htm?chan=innovation_game+room_top+stories ...

by Ian Bogost September 24, 2006

Slamdance games festival deadline extended to Oct 6

http://www.slamdance.com/games ...

by Ian Bogost September 20, 2006

Wired on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Games

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71796-0.html?tw=wn_politics_1 ...

by Ian Bogost September 18, 2006

Edutainment 2007 Call for Papers

http://www.seriousgamessource.com/item.php?story=10815 ...

by Ian Bogost September 8, 2006

Serious Games Summit DC conference program announced

http://www.seriousgamessummit.com/conference/index.htm ...

by Ian Bogost September 2, 2006

90's Nostalgia?!?

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/?epi_menuItemID=989a6827590d7dda9cdf6023a0908a0c&epi_menuID=c791260db682611740b28e347a808a0c&epi_baseMenuID=384979e8cc48c441ef0130f5c6908a0c&ndmViewId=news_view&newsLang=en&div=-1779940370&newsId=20060901005077 ...

by Ian Bogost September 1, 2006

Left Behind Games releases 4-mission demo of Eternal Forces

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/?epi_menuItemID=989a6827590d7dda9cdf6023a0908a0c&epi_menuID=c791260db682611740b28e347a808a0c&epi_baseMenuID=384979e8cc48c441ef0130f5c6908a0c&ndmViewId=news_view&newsLang=en&div=-1779940370&newsId=20060831005559 ...

by Ian Bogost August 28, 2006

Microsoft offers scholarship to Serious Games Summit for women students

http://www.seriousgamessource.com/item.php?story=10634 ...

by Ian Bogost August 22, 2006

Henry Jenkins to keynote Serious Games Summit DC, Oct 30-31

http://www.seriousgamessummit.com/newsletter/update02.htm ...

by Gonzalo Frasca August 21, 2006

Serious Games Seminar at Copenhagen's ITU on August 30th. Free but registration required.

http://game.itu.dk/itu_events_sgseminar.html ...

by Ian Bogost August 20, 2006

Open faculty positions in "Game Design and Development" at Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, BC)

http://www.siat.sfu.ca/faculty_positions ...

by Ian Bogost August 19, 2006

Raph Koster defends "common sensical" game research (RaphKoster.com)

http://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/18/shocking-study/ ...

by Ian Bogost August 18, 2006

A healthy approach to game development (The Hollywood Reporter)

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/columns/video_games_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003019257 ...

by Ian Bogost August 17, 2006

The Medici Game encourages business innovation

http://www.seriousgamessource.com/item.php?story=10503 ...

by Ian Bogost August 15, 2006

Coca Cola commercial homage to Grand Theft Auto

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3913745262811179417 ...

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