Eric David

Eric David is a staff writer for SiliconANGLE, covering the latest trends in social media and gaming. He is an avid gamer and enjoys writing about innovations in the video game industry and gaming culture in general. Eric graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas, receiving major honors for his thesis "A Culture of Heresy: Explaining the Resiliency of Catharism and the Church's Response," which is every bit as exciting as it sounds. Eric lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife, dog and gaming PC.

Latest from Eric David

Batman: Arkham Knight patch for PC is coming “in the next few weeks”

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

While Batman: Arkham Knight may be a game of the year contender on consoles, the title has yet to make its way back to the PC. It has been nearly two months since the game’s publisher, Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, was forced to pull …

eSports owes its success to the accessibility of its players, says Azubu CEO

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

The eSports industry has continued to expand at a rapid pace over the last few years, especially after the growth in popularity of livestreaming services like Twitch. Ian Sharpe, CEO of the eSports-focused livestreaming platform Azubu, says that eSports has become a global …

Giphy launches ‘Giphy Cam’, a new app to share your life in gifs

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

The humble gif has come a long way from the days of rotating “Under Construction” signs and dancing babies and hamsters, and nowhere is that more obvious than Giphy.com, a repository of animated gifs of just about anything you can imagine, as well …

SteamSpy creator: Big games don’t expand markets, they create new ones

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Valve Corp’s Steam client may be one of the most popular platforms for buying digital games on the PC, but analyst Sergey Galyonkin, creator of Steam user statistics website SteamSpy, says that you can’t trust the raw numbers when it comes to gauging …

Swiftkey emoji study proves your apps are spying on your poop jokes

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

The makers of the popular smartphone keyboard app Swiftkey recently released a study revealing data on the most popular emoji used in each state. Well, sort of. The data does not actually show which emoji are used the most. That would be kind of …

Intel and Razer team up to launch a 3D-sensing camera for game streaming and VR

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Gaming peripheral maker Razer Inc. is teaming up with Intel Corp. to create a new type of desktop camera that uses Intel’s RealSense 3D technology to create “significantly enhanced game broadcasting and VR gaming capabilities.” One of the features of the new camera …

CastAR receives $15 million in funding to make affordable AR for the whole family

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

While virtual reality headsets like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are making most of the headlines these days, augmented reality is quickly catching up in hype and popularity. This is good news for AR startups like CastAR, a Mountain View-based company founded …

Gearbox retains ‘Duke Nukem’ rights after settlement with 3D Realms

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Gearbox Software has announced the end of its lawsuit against fellow Dallas-area game studio 3D Realms, confirming that Gearbox is now the rightful holder of the rights to the Duke Nukem game franchise. The development cycle of Duke Nukem Forever is somewhat infamous in the gaming world. After …

Star Citizen creator tells backers delays are just part of game development

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Every crowdfunded game wants to be Star Citizen when it grows up. After earning over $2.1 million from a Kickstarter campaign, the game continued raising money through its website, and so far it has received well over $87 million in total funding. At one …

New ‘Amiiqo’ device lets you spoof Nintendo’s Amiibo data

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

If you want to unlock all of the exclusive game content that comes with Nintendo Co Ltd.’s Amiibo but don’t have the space in your Malibu Mario Dreamhouse for more figures, then Amiiqo may be the device for you. Amiibo are Nintendo’s incredibly …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Batman: Arkham Knight patch for PC is coming “in the next few weeks”

eSports owes its success to the accessibility of its players, says Azubu CEO

Giphy launches ‘Giphy Cam’, a new app to share your life in gifs

SteamSpy creator: Big games don’t expand markets, they create new ones

Swiftkey emoji study proves your apps are spying on your poop jokes

Intel and Razer team up to launch a 3D-sensing camera for game streaming and VR

CastAR receives $15 million in funding to make affordable AR for the whole family

Gearbox retains ‘Duke Nukem’ rights after settlement with 3D Realms

Star Citizen creator tells backers delays are just part of game development

New ‘Amiiqo’ device lets you spoof Nintendo’s Amiibo data

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