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Sr. Game Designer at Firaxis Games
(Economics & Combat Lead )
Quick About Me
Quick About Me
Edward grew up in China, shouting Mandarin on street-ball courts while sneaking in English rap lyrics. At 16 he crossed the Pacific, scored an Econ degree at Emory, then powered up with a Georgia Tech master’s in game design.
Today he crunches numbers as the Economy & Combat Design Lead on Civilization VII, after a stint designing Pokémon games. He moonlights at University of Maryland, teaching students that supply-and-demand curves are basically DPS charts—much to the delight of YouTube videos and interviews that keep calling.
When not tweaking in-game yields, he’s chasing his runaway dog around his backyard and plotting a return trip to the mountains.
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Commercial Games Shipped
350k+
350k+
Video View Count
74
74
2024 Students
15k+
15k+
Gameplay Hours
“A perfectly balanced game is a boring game. Finding perceived imbalances to exploit in the game is what drives the core audience. ”
“A perfectly balanced game is a boring game. Finding perceived imbalances to exploit in the game is what drives the core audience. ”
What I've built over the years...
What I've built over the years...
Over the years of my professional career I’ve split my design energy between two flagship franchises—Pokémon TCG and Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, both live-service titles with millions of fans.
You can probably find my name in most Pokémon Card boxes of recent years.
Lead designs on Empire Management, Cities & Towns, and every Economic core system in Civ 7.
I'm also the Combat systems lead -- the only dual system lead in Civ 7.
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