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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.

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Divinity: Original Sin sequel is coming to Kickstarter this month

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Belgian indie game developer Larian Studios has announced a sequel to its popular retro RPG game Divinity: Original Sin, and the studio will once again be turning to Kickstarter for funding. “For a long time, we’ve dreamed of making something even bigger, better, …

Hearthstone leads the pack in the $1.2 billion digital CCG market

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Blizzard Entertainment Inc’s Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has helped popularize the rapidly expanding collectible card game (CCG) video game genre, and a recent study by SuperData Research Inc. found that Hearthstone sits at the forefront of a genre that brought in over $1.2 billion last …

How in-app payments almost killed Warhammer: Arcane Magic

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

While the free-to-play model might be making money hand over fist for powerhouses like League of Legends or Clash of Clans, it does not always work out for every game, and in some cases it can make things much, much worse. Norwegian developer Turbo …

Pixar’s Universal Screen Description software is going open source

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Pixar Animation Studios has announced that its proprietary Universal Screen Description (USD) software will be going open source by Summer 2016, providing computer animation studios with an incredibly powerful tool to manage scenes in large scale projects. The techniques used in USD date back …

The data of online laughter: LOL is out, Haha is in

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

There was a time when the term “LOL” was as synonymous with net culture as cat pictures and dancing babies, but these days the term does not see much use anymore, at least according to a recent study by Facebook. Facebook researchers …

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