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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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Happy Birthday Water Cooler Games!

by Ian Bogost October 22, 2004

categories: General

Happy Birthday WCG! Today is Water Cooler Games first birthday! It's been a wild year for videogames with an agenda -- from Gonzalo and Newsgaming.com's September 12 last October to the widely publicized Videogames with an Agenda game art exhibit we just curated in London this October.

We'd like to thank all of our readers for your support! Stay tuned for more of the same, along with some new content, and some exciting changes here at WCG.

Comments (3)

Ian & Gonzalo, congrats on a hugely successful and engaging year one for WCG. It's a fantastic resource and fun to boot! :)

Tama on October 22, 2004 5:30 AM

Congrats guys! The site is not only an excellent resource and a daily read, but also an inspiration. You're doing excellent work, and it's reassuring to see the press starting to stand up and take notice.

A year of quality content, both written and interactive, is definitely worth celebrating. Here's to many more.

Chris Norman on October 22, 2004 4:37 PM

Congrats on your first anniversary!

To Ian Bogost--I read the article on you in the Oct. 29 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Ed. It's a good read, nice interview.

I don't know if you remember me but I met you this summer at the API multimedia seminar in Reston, Va.

Thanks and take it easy. rey rosales

Rey Rosales on October 30, 2004 11:30 PM

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