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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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My new column: When advergaming backfires.
by Gonzalo Frasca January 17, 2007
categories: Advergames

Remember me? I used to have a life and even regularly post on this blog. Well, I'm still alive and even though my dissertation manuscript is not finished, it's getting there. In any case, Serious Games Source has posted my new column about the infamous 2004 Intel IT Manager advergame. If you have been around with us for the last couple of years, you probably read our posts on the subject (1, 2). Otherwise, I hope you enjoy the story on how not to do a serious advergame.