Professor/Researcher Kurt Squire on How Video Games Can Encourage Civic Engagement. eLearning. The Entertainment Software Association - Home Page. Edurealms.com.
Www.adlnet.gov/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/smith_games_for_learning_ADL_iFest2011.pdf. Jesper Juul. GameDev.net. Water Cooler Games. Note: the Water Cooler Games archive is currently offline, but it will return shortly after being transitioned to this website. -ib, July 2014 From 2003-2009, 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, where it was edited by myself and Gonzalo Frasca from 2003-2006, and by me alone from 2006-2009. Water Cooler Games is now archived in full on this site, including comments. While the site primarily introduced general readers to the idea of games beyond entertainment, it also served as a research blog.
My 2007 book Persuasive Games drew many examples from games covered on Water Cooler Games. All links to watercoolergames.org remain active and will forward to their correct pages in the archive. Airy Labs - Social Learning Games for Kids. Institute of Play.