Eric Stein

The profile picture for Eric Stein
0 following 0 followers
If you follow someone, you will receive an email every time that person publishes a publication.

Profile

  • Personal prounouns
    he/him

  • Job title
    Game Development Instructor

  • Institutional or Other Affiliation
    Trinity Western University

  • ORCID

  • X / Twitter
    https://twitter.com/steinea

  • Facebook
    https://bsky.app/profile/steinea.bsky.social

  • Instagram
    https://www.threads.net/@steinea

  • LinkedIn
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/steinea/

  • Website
    https://steinea.github.io/

  • Academic interests
    Media Studies
    Game Studies
    Literature
    Philosophy

  • About
    Eric Stein is a games industry professional and game development instructor at Trinity Western University. He works as a Development Director at Electronic Arts, with shipped AAA titles including EA SPORTS FIFA 23, FC 24, and the forthcoming FC 25. Since defending his master's thesis at TWU in 2018, Eric has also conducted numerous qualitative research studies on narrative and games, employing the phenomenological, hermeneuetical, and poststructural methods of his academic training to perform mechanical close readings of games like Kentucky Route Zero, Hollow Knight, The Last of Us, and FromSoftware’s oeuvre from Demon’s Souls to Elden Ring, as well as tabletop games like Dream Askew / Dream Apart and Trophy Dark. Eric has been an instructor at TWU since 2020, covering a wide range of courses including interactive storytelling, video game aesthetics, game production, and project management for video games.

  • Memberships
    Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences
    Canadian Game Studies Association (CGSA)

  • Receive Email Updates
    No, don't send me emails