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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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by Ian Bogost May 10, 2007
RealNetworks VP on in-game ads in Downloadables
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by Ian Bogost April 7, 2007
Analyst: In-Game Advertising To Reach $2bil By 2011
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by Ian Bogost March 23, 2007
97.2% of cell phone users chose not to buy a single game last month
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by Ian Bogost January 23, 2007
Virtual Worlds 2007 conference announced, March 28-29 NYC
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by Ian Bogost January 4, 2007
Paul Hyman on XBox 360 Achievement Points in the Hollywood Reporter
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by Ian Bogost December 29, 2006
NexGym exergaming facility expands
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by Ian Bogost December 13, 2006
Game Developers Conference announces the Independent Games Summit
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by Ian Bogost November 30, 2006
Paul Hyman on player metrics, surveillance in The Hollywood Reporter
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by Ian Bogost November 28, 2006
Majesco and Konami release Strawberry Shortcake Dance Dance Revolution
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by Ian Bogost November 21, 2006
Now Magazine on activist gaming, Disaffected!
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by Ian Bogost November 17, 2006
Games for Health conference proceedings now available
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by Ian Bogost October 31, 2006
Michigan State University announces Serious Game Design Masters program
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by Ian Bogost October 21, 2006
Smartbomb authors Heather Chaplin and Aaron Ruby talk MMOs on NPR
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by Ian Bogost October 17, 2006
Highlights from Games for Health 2006
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by Ian Bogost October 3, 2006
Serious Games Summit DC early registration extended to Oct 13
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by Ian Bogost September 26, 2006
Aaron Ruby on violence and addiction in Business Week
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by Ian Bogost September 24, 2006
Slamdance games festival deadline extended to Oct 6
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by Ian Bogost September 20, 2006
Wired on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Games
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by Ian Bogost September 18, 2006
Edutainment 2007 Call for Papers
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by Ian Bogost September 8, 2006
Serious Games Summit DC conference program announced
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by Ian Bogost September 2, 2006
90's Nostalgia?!?
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by Ian Bogost September 1, 2006
Left Behind Games releases 4-mission demo of Eternal Forces
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by Ian Bogost August 28, 2006
Microsoft offers scholarship to Serious Games Summit for women students
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by Ian Bogost August 22, 2006
Henry Jenkins to keynote Serious Games Summit DC, Oct 30-31
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by Gonzalo Frasca August 21, 2006
Serious Games Seminar at Copenhagen's ITU on August 30th. Free but registration required.
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by Ian Bogost August 20, 2006
Open faculty positions in "Game Design and Development" at Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, BC)
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by Ian Bogost August 19, 2006
Raph Koster defends "common sensical" game research (RaphKoster.com)
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by Ian Bogost August 18, 2006
A healthy approach to game development (The Hollywood Reporter)
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by Ian Bogost August 17, 2006
The Medici Game encourages business innovation
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by Ian Bogost August 15, 2006
Coca Cola commercial homage to Grand Theft Auto
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