Eoghain Meakin

Lecturer in Games Design

Belfast School of Art

Belfast campus

Belfast campus,
2-24 York Street,
Belfast,
BT15 1AP,

Art and Design Research

Lecturer in Games Design

Eoghain Meakin


Overview

Eoghain is a lecturer in Game Design, course director of the Game Design MA, researcher, narrative designer and game studio founder.

With a BA in English Language and Literature and MA in Film, his research focuses on narrative, story-telling and meaning making strategies in interactive media. His PhD outlined ways to articulate a video game’s narrative structure borne from its inherent properties.

Alongside his work in video games, he has explored interactivity and narrative as part of projects funded by the XRNetwork+ and the AHRC.
His work has appeared in top journals and conferences such as Game Studies, Digital Creativity, DIGRA and Animex.