Dr Cassandra Barkman

Lecturer in Media and Communications, School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

Arts & Culture

Special Report

All the world’s a game (and we are all players)

From classrooms to communities, social movements to storytelling, games aren’t diversions – they are blueprints for how we create, connect and change our world

Politics & Society

Special Report

Video games combine every kind of storytelling – and invent new ones

Video games blend film, literature and theatre with something no other medium has – interactivity that makes you part of the story