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Eric Stein (he/him)

@steinea.bsky.social
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Producer at EA SPORTS Games researcher Former game development instructor Tabletop game designer Occasional poet steinea.ca / steinea.fyi

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 3h
15 years ago when Apocalypse World was new and people were beginning to understand and work with it, it was seductive to look at "acting under fire" and see, not one basic move of several, but the template underlying all the game's moves. Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
More cool game design work!
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Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Manwë told me Melkor keeps harrying the Firstborn of Ilúvatar so I asked how many Elves he has and he said he just goes to Middle-Earth and invites more Elves on the Great Journey so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding the Quendi to Morgoth and then Nienna started crying.
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Love this! What a great idea
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I don't own a Switch 2 and I won't (probably) fork out just to play Duskbloods, but it sure looks cool! I was quite pleased to see the alliance mechanic, very savvy bit of design. youtu.be/rh2XRuhlHNY
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I Played 12 Hours of The Duskbloods
YouTube video by VaatiVidya
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Cactrot @cactrot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
[Duskbloods lobby] Me: [chanting] zork, zork the other players: zork, ZORK Miyazaki: [thousands of miles away, pounding his desk, apropos of nothing] ZORK, ZORK, ZORK!
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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 20/08/2026
Oh HELL yeah, everyone in The Duskbloods looks like a total weirdo kotaku.com/the-duskbloods-character…
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The Duskbloods' Characters Look Like A Bunch Of Total Doofuses
freakin' ZORK?!
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"playing Marathon solo, to me the canonical way to play" yes, correct
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Oh cool, love to see open access games scholarship! I'm excited to poke through this; just looking at the contents there's a ton of interest here
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Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
But they are big things too. Giant things. A game is so much more than its physical index. They stretch deep across time and space, across peoples and cultures. These are hard things to see and appreciate when we think about games. I suppose it doesn't help that we are taught to outgrow play.
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
No better experience in Marathon than going into a free kit Perimeter run, getting the jump on a purple kitted guy entirely by accident, taking all his stuff, exfilling, and then immediately feeding all his stuff to the worm.
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I thought I just needed to watch some Vault Breaker guides so I could get a handle on it and make some progress, but then I watched this and was like, ya no, won't be me (good video though! Cryo sure is neat!) youtu.be/mqubyLJbNEQ
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How To Reach COMPILER Solo In Vaultbreaker Mode...
YouTube video by MrMickk
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Ohhhh man, what a cool new surprise from Lost in Cult
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 20/07/2026
A side project I've been working on—a curated link page of important essays on video game narrative—is now live. You can read about it on my blog: azhdarchid.com/the-game-nar... Or you can go straight to the dedicated website: www.gamenarrativereader.org
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The Game Narrative Reader, Zeroth Edition
Announcing a curated, thematic link page of important essays and articles about video game narrative.
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 20/07/2026
Months of work, a lifetime of learning, but the Levelling The Playing Field 101 Courses program launches right now. Eight €40 courses launching 10 days apart, I aim to make the critical less-spoken parts of indie gamedev accessible away from expensive visa-locked hotel bars. courses.ramiismail.com
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If the ref called that a foul in FC we'd bug it.
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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Someone check on Geoff Keighley the Muppets are performing at the World Cup final
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jay Dragon is unstoppable @jdragsky.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
SEVEN-PART PACT, my fantastical ornate TTRPG about powerful wizards, asymmetrical board games, and the pressures of masculinity is now launching on kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...
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Seven-Part Pact
A fantastical, ornate TTRPG from Possum Creek about the might and folly of powerful wizards bound by a venerable Pact.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Major yn Englisshe: • Focused readinge & writinge prepare you for anythinge • Research, communicacioun, creativitye, and interpretacioun will be needed for careers not even inventid yet • Meaningful engagement wyth big ideas and textes that will staye wyth you forevir • It ys awesome • Bookes!
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I sadly can't watch the Canada v Morocco game, but know I am watching the score line and VERY STRESSED RN
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Wow I hate playing Night Marsh, but also wow Night Marsh, what a work of design. Terrifying, awful, incredible.
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Cool to see, and a nice write up on the history of the franchise I work on. FIFA 23 was my first shipped AAA title, the thirtieth FIFA, and the last FIFA, all in one.
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 01/07/2026
Good Evening, “video games” was a 45 year sociological study conducted by hardware development industries. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.
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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A shootout with 4 goals, 5 misses and one own goal. This one might have been even more insane than the Paraguay one. This World Cup is haunted.
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Julian Day @julianday.ca · 30/06/2026
Canada advancing further than Germany and the Netherlands, just as everyone predicted.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29/06/2026
"Marathon is too complicated" "extraction shooters aren't fun" "what about the player count" I give you: Marathon Steve www.reddit.com/r/Marathon/c...
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From the Marathon community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the Marathon community
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
What a match, fantastic competition from South Africa. That was anyone's game. Well played.
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Eustáquio!!!!!!
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Davies on the pitch, let's gooooo
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Good first half of football, free flowing, back and forth, love to see it, but OOF I am STRESSED
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
COME! ON! Let's go Canada, let's keep it going
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Electric last few minutes, but what a slog of a match. I guess we'll take second in the group!
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
PROMISE!!!!
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Oof, stressful half, but Crépeau strong
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Yiiiiiiikes
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
It's a good night in Vancouver.
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
THAT'S A THIRD
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
SALIBAAAAAAA
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Oh man, Koné :(
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Fantastic first half, the boys look great. Let's get another three
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
We're so in it, allez Les Rouges
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Jonathan David really knows how to kick a ball, what a strike
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
CYLE LARIN AGAIN LET'S GOOOO
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Zach Gage @stfj.net · 13/06/2026
Really cool mini today!! puzzmo.com/play/crosswo...
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@helvetica's finished Cross|word
I think there’s been a slight mix-up…
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
CYLE LARIN MY MAN
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nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I think this is a pretty good post for naming the bigger friction points with Marathon right now (it being an extremely dense game with zero chill that demands a *lot* from your time), but I'm kinda blown away that they're going to see if PVE actually works. www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Ar...
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Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
"Instead of actually playing an MMO, it's more like hanging out in an MMO themed room" youtu.be/Z1IWpQ3Aug4
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i mastered a forgotten MMORPG
YouTube video by Memoria
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ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
just in time for that summer sun: VIDEOGAMES v. VIDEO GAMES (even has a romchip logo on the back! get your exclusive journal merch here: romchip-a-journal-of-game-histories-shop.fourthwall.com)
two nearly identical light blue hats for sale on the ROMchip merch store: one says videogames (as 1 word) and the other says video games (as 2 words)
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No Escape from the Tyranny of Virtue 🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @noescapevg.com · 07/05/2026
yo what's up, I've got a new lil project out. it's a zine I made in a day, featuring two reviews: one of Marathon (2026) and one of Armored Core VI (2023). it's 2 bucks for 28 pages of extremely crunchy jpegs thresholded to within an inch of their life, and also my writing. enjoy
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No Escape (2026, Zine) Issue 1 by No Escape
Ever so often I'm gonna make a zine in a day and put it out. Here's the first one
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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ>∿<ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I'm gonna make a little joke where I roll out the bullet points for what producers do and they just keep going
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