
John Barton
John Barton, father of three, runs West Virginia Autism and the Spectrum Gaming Project. He is a teacher, gamer, grant writer, and fierce advocate for autism families in West Virginia. Questions? Write him at wvautism@gmail.com. Possibly answers to “Papa Wolf.”
Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores The Forest
Editor’s note: The sixth installment in John Barton’s examination of a map of the soon-to-be-released Fallout 76 video game investigates The Forest, based principally on the large, hilly heartland of central West Virginia. When players first set foot outside Vault 76,...
Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores The Savage Divide
Editor’s note: The fifth installment in John Barton’s examination of a map of the soon-to-be-released Fallout 76 video game investigates The Savage Divide region, which is based on the Allegheny Mountains region and its lofty Allegheny Front. The Savage Divide cuts...
Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores The Ash Heap
Editor’s note: the fourth installment in John Barton’s examination of a map of the soon-to-be-released Fallout 76 video game investigates The Ash Heap region, which draws on the bloody history of mining and industrialism in West Virginia’s coalfields. The southwestern...
Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores Toxic Valley
Editor’s note: the third installment in John Barton’s examination of a map of the soon-to-be-released Fallout 76 video game investigates the Toxic Valley region, which, he points out, shares many similarities with West Virginia’s Chemical Valley. “Toxic Valley”...
Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores Cranberry Bog
Editor’s Note: This is the second installation in John Barton’s exploration of the Fallout 76 map of West Virginia. Here, he surveys Cranberry Bog. Go here to read the first part of Barton’s map exploration: Mapping Fallout 76: The Mire. Cranberry Bog is located in...
Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores The Mire
(Editor’s Note: Over the next six issues of the FalloutWV Newsletter, contributing editor John Barton will examine the six principal areas mapped in the new Fallout 76 video game. Please feel free to add your commentaries at the end of the story.) In the Fallout 76...
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Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores The Forest
Editor’s note: The sixth installment in John Barton’s examination of a map of the soon-to-be-released Fallout 76 video game investigates The Forest, based principally on the large, hilly heartland of central West Virginia. When players first set foot outside Vault 76,...
Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores The Savage Divide
Editor’s note: The fifth installment in John Barton’s examination of a map of the soon-to-be-released Fallout 76 video game investigates The Savage Divide region, which is based on the Allegheny Mountains region and its lofty Allegheny Front. The Savage Divide cuts...
Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores The Ash Heap
Editor’s note: the fourth installment in John Barton’s examination of a map of the soon-to-be-released Fallout 76 video game investigates The Ash Heap region, which draws on the bloody history of mining and industrialism in West Virginia’s coalfields. The southwestern...
Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores Toxic Valley
Editor’s note: the third installment in John Barton’s examination of a map of the soon-to-be-released Fallout 76 video game investigates the Toxic Valley region, which, he points out, shares many similarities with West Virginia’s Chemical Valley. “Toxic Valley”...
Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores Cranberry Bog
Editor’s Note: This is the second installation in John Barton’s exploration of the Fallout 76 map of West Virginia. Here, he surveys Cranberry Bog. Go here to read the first part of Barton’s map exploration: Mapping Fallout 76: The Mire. Cranberry Bog is located in...
Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores The Mire
(Editor’s Note: Over the next six issues of the FalloutWV Newsletter, contributing editor John Barton will examine the six principal areas mapped in the new Fallout 76 video game. Please feel free to add your commentaries at the end of the story.) In the Fallout 76...






















