He earned his PhD in Media Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and holds an MFA in Film Production from Boston University. Matthew is a co-editor of Flow TV: Television in the Age of Media Convergence, Joystick Soldiers: The Politics of Play in Military Video Games, and has work in Critical Studies in Media Communication and Games & Culture. Matthew is working on a monograph that examines the production, marketing, and reception of post-9/11 military “shooter” video games.