Eric Stein, MA, CAPM, is a games industry professional and a game development instructor at Trinity Western University. He is a graduate of Simon Fraser University (BA Honours in English Literature, Certificate in Creative Writing) and Trinity Western University (MA in Interdisciplinary Humanities). Since completing his master’s thesis, “Fiction in the Integrated Circuit,” Eric has written extensively on games such as Dark Souls, The Last of Us, and Kentucky Route Zero, with special focus on the intersection of narrative and gaming, and has presented his research at conferences across North America. Eric also has a strong interest in tabletop roleplaying games, publishing numerous game zines—including two successful Kickstarter projects, Lost Scriptures and Glitchspiel—as well as conducting research on such tabletop games as Dream Askew / Dream Apart and Trophy Dark. While he is not teaching, Eric is at work finaling FIFA 23 at Electronic Arts and beginning preproduction on EA Sports FC, the next chapter in the storied FIFA franchise, and the future of interactive football.