Welcome to Matt Barton's Tikiwiki
Current Courses
The links below will take you to the syllabus, course schedule, and links for your class. If you're new to the site, start here!
Older courses are available at the
CourseArchive.
What Students are Saying
All that I can say is that I want to become a better writer because of this class, and I think I am well on my way to achieving that goal. — E.S., 191 Student, Fall 09.
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Student Comments here!
About Me
I am an assistant professor of English at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. My research interests are new media, computers, composition, rhetoric, and gaming. I am the author of
Dungeons & Desktops, co-author of
Vintage Games, co-editor of
Wiki Writing, and have published in the journals
Text and Technology,
Computers and Composition, and
Kairos. I also have chapters in several forthcoming edited collections. I am Associate Editor of
Kairosnews. I am also a co-founder and editor of
Armchair Arcade and a contributor to
Gamasutra and
Adventure Classic Gaming. My latest project is
Matt Chat, a series of Youtube videos about the history of videogames.
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