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.
I recently said in an interview that we would see more official political games, but I wasn't expecting it would happen so soon. Well, the Republicans just launched a Flash game, Kerry versus Kerry, featuring Don King's voice. I just got back from GDC, so I am sure we'll post more about this later. The game itself is pretty basic and the mechanics really simplistic, but hey, I guess the GOP didn't want to hire us ;) Anyway, the game makes its point, in a clear, interesting way. It is open to debate if it is really a game or a political cartoon presented as a game (I think it is the latter), but it is clear that the Dean for Iowa Game did not go unnoticed by the Republican spin doctors. So, Ladies and Gentleman, we have now the second officially endorsed US Presidential videogame, and I am pretty sure there will be more...
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