Posts tagged water cooler games

NY Times now publishing Persuasive's newsgames

by Ross Miller (May 24th 2007 9:59PM)

The New York Times has begun publishing Persuasive's newsgames on the opinion page of their website. Currently, a title called Food Import Folly can be found under the Times Select heading. As Persuasive founder Ian Bogost note, this move by the New York Times is unprecedented. "I think it ...

Airport security has never been so much fun [update 1]

by Alexander Sliwinski (Sep 20th 2006 5:25PM)

As two Joystiq editors and one writer currently fly over the Pacific to the land of the rising sun for TGS, now is good a time as any to review airport security. With the recent phallus improving device incident causing a bomb scare at O'Hare airport, we should all simulate the experience of what ...

Governmental ads: "give your thumbs a rest"

by Jennie Lees (Feb 27th 2006 7:00PM)

An ad campaign from the Centers for Disease Control is pulling no punches with their tagline "Give your thumbs a rest. Play for real." Supposedly encouraging active lifestyles rather than the way of the couch potato, the ad features an in-game style image of obese baseball players on an ...