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For fear of injury and lack of space, playgrounds are becoming unimaginative and uninspiring. Ron McDonald/Flickr

Are our school playgrounds being wrapped in cotton wool?

New research has found that fears of playground accidents such as falls have led to considerable changes in school playgrounds, reflecting a climate of over-policing and surplus rules and regulations.
Like the cultural forms that came before them, videogames overlap with everything. Axel Pfaender

Freeplay reminds us videogames matter: the ‘culture’ debate is over

Last week’s Freeplay Independent Games Festival in Melbourne served as a reminder that videogames – all videogames – are culturally significant. Freeplay, which gives people from Australia’s videogame…

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