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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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"Diverse" Christmas Games
by Gonzalo Frasca December 12, 2006
categories: Emotion in Games

Hey readers! It's been a while since I last posted -I'm working around the clock on my PhD dissertation. I wanted to let you know that my new column at Serious Games Source is out. It deals with three different kinds of traditional Christmas games played in different part of the world. The article reviews popular activities such as bribing mythical figures (Denmark), burning down images of Judas (Uruguay) and, er, a wooden log that defecates candy (Spain, more specifically Catalonia). I seriously hope these stories provide you with some playful anecdotes to spice up the holidays (in return, all I'm asking is a Nintendo Wii. Please, Mr. Miyamoto, I'm begging here...)