Cool Math Games
Cool Math Games (Sometimes written as Coolmath Games)[a] is an online web portal that has many HTML and Flash website browser games made for children and young adults. Cool Math Games is owned by Coolmath LLC and first went online in 1997 with the slogan: "Where logic & thinking meets fun & games.".[2][3][4][5] The website has a policy that it will only have games that the people working for Coolmath Games believe are non-violent and educational. They are partnered with coolmath.com, coolmath4kids.com.[4][2]
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Type of site | Online browser game portal |
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| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | , U.S.[1] |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Industry | Education |
| Parent | Coolmath.com, LLC |
| URL | coolmathgames |
| Advertising | Google Ads (with ad-free subscription available) |
| Launched | 1997 |
| Written in | PHP, HTML and Adobe Flash |
Additionially, Cool Math Games was once a website for slang
In November 2019, Popular Mechanics said Cool Math Games as one of its "50 most important websites" since the internet was created.[6]
In September 2022, Coolmath Coding[7] was made to teach kids how to code in Roblox and Minecraft.
History
changeShutdown hoax
changeRumors began spreading in mid-2019 that Cool Math Games was going to shut down in 2020 due to Adobe Flash Player no longer being used. These rumors caused a petition to be created on Change.org to stop the website from shutting down and it got about 100,000 signatures.[4][8][5][9], Cool Math Games said that the website would not be shutting down and they would be getting new HTML5 games and making old Flash games become HTML5 (A reference to the Willy Wonka Disruption [WWD] Incident) after Adobe Flash reached its end-of-life in 2020.[5][4] The website started to use emulators like Ruffle to keep using and playing old flash games.[10]
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
changeDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, Cool Math Games became more popular, being played by students while in lockdown and self-isolating.[11][12] Cool Math Games' Alexa ranking went up a lot because of this.[13]
Reception
changeCoolmath Games has been received very well. Lin Manuel-Miranda called the website's games "impressive" in a report of the best games on the site. In quote, "CoolMathGames inspired me for writing Hamilton, it was my main inspiration." [14]
References
change- ↑ "Coolmathgames.com WHOIS lookup". who.is. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "About Us". Coolmath Games. Archived from the original on 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ↑ "Freudenthal Instituut". Universiteit Utrecht (in Dutch). 2014-07-09. Archived from the original on 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Harbison, Cammy (2019-06-03). "No, Cool Math Games Isn't Shutting Down: Company Confirms Adobe Flash 2020 Shutdown Won't Kill The Site". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2019-09-13. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Haasch, Palmer (2019-06-05). "Despite rumors, Cool Math Games is not shutting down in 2020". Polygon. Archived from the original on 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2019-10-06. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":1" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ "The Sites That Mean the Most to Us". Popular Mechanics. 1 November 2019. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ↑ Co, Sandbox & (2022-09-20). "Sandbox Launches Coolmath Coding to Teach Kids How to Code". GlobeNewswire News Room. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- ↑ Jenkins, Abby (June 6, 2020). "Cool Math Games' shut down is a hoax". Arrow. Archived from the original on 2019-10-06. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ↑ Smith, Callum (2019-06-05). "Is Cool Math Games shutting down in 2020? Everything you need to know". HITC. Archived from the original on 2019-10-06. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ↑ "Coolmath Games and Flash". www.coolmathgames.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ↑ "School Support March: Enriching Our Children's Minds Amidst Social Distancing". Port Washington News. 2020-03-21. Archived from the original on 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ↑ Jackson, Wilton. "Virtual Senior Night: Celebrating spring sports athletes in Rankin County". The Clarion-Ledger. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ↑ "coolmathgames.com Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ↑ Maria, Anna (June 10, 2020). "The 5 best Cool Math Games for kids to play in 2020". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
Footnotes
change- ↑ The name spelling is often alternated between, though this is the name used on company documents.