Dr. Ewan Kirkland

Ewan Kirkland has published extensively on video games, focussing on survival horror and the Silent Hill series. Exploring such issues as storytelling, gender representation, genre and concept art, Ewan’s work has appeared in Games and Culture, Convergence, Gothic Studies and Camera Obscura. Routledge Advances in Game Studies recently published his study examining the influence of Gothic literature on games design, which contains chapters on Bioshock, Gone Home, What Remains of Edith Finch and Night in the Woods. Other research interests include animation, children’s culture and fandom. Ewan’s current research project explores UK fan conventions surrounding Hasbro’s My Little Pony series.