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

Facebook opens its Internet.org platform to all mobile operators

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

It has been one year since Facebook Inc.’s Internet.org initiative began operating in its first country, Zambia. The program was founded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a way to bring affordable mobile internet connectivity to developing countries. For the last year, Internet.org …

Twitch’s new anti-troll feature won’t solve anything

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Popular game livestreaming site Twitch (Twitch Interactive, Inc.) has problems with trolls just like any other online community, especially when it comes to the individual chatrooms for each stream. Now, Twitch is offering a new language gate option for broadcasters that might make …

Fallout 4 stole the show at QuakeCon | #QuakeCon2015

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

What started as a small fan event at a La Quinta Inn event hall in Garland, Texas, has grown into one of the world’s largest gaming events, and this year’s 20th anniversary of QuakeCon was bigger than ever thanks to the excited buzz surrounding …

CD Projekt’s final gift to The Witcher 3 fans is a free New Game Plus DLC

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Over the last two months since the release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Warsaw-based CD Projekt RED has released over a dozen free DLC for players that have included new quests, weapons, armors, character customizations, and more. Now the Polish game maker …

Razer acquires Ouya’s software assets for its own set-top box, Forge TV

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

After the news broke earlier this year that micro console maker Ouya Inc was desperately looking for buyers to pay off its creditors, the future of the Kickstarter darling looked uncertain. There had been rumors that gaming peripheral company Razer Inc was in talks …

Doom multiplayer: first impressions | #QuakeCon2015

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Id Software surprised Doom fans at this year’s QuakeCon in Dallas, Texas, when it revealed that it would be letting attendees be the first to try out the multiplayer for the new game. I got the chance to play through a couple of …

China has finally legalized game console sales—for real this time

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

China is a massive, mostly untapped market for several industries, and video games are no different. For over 14 years, the Chinese government has maintained a ban on the sale of home video game consoles, and while the ban was effectively lifted earlier …

League of Legends pro suspended for leveling other players for cash

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

If you get paid to play video games for a living, it is probably not a good idea to engage in activities that could get you kicked from the game, and League of Legends player Yu “XiaoWeiXiao” Xian has learned that lesson firsthand. Xian, who …

Bethesda is releasing a Fallout Anthology that comes in its own mini-nuke case

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

With the Fallout 4 hype train running full steam ahead, Bethesda Softworks LLC has decided to revisit both the new and old games from the series with an all new Fallout Anthology. The anthology will feature every Fallout game except the console-only Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel …

ESL moves forward with random drug testing for esports tournaments

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

The Electronic Sports League (ESL) has moved faster than expected toward combating the abuse of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) during professional esports tournaments, and the organization has announced that it will begin randomly drug testing players. “As the world’s largest and oldest …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Facebook opens its Internet.org platform to all mobile operators

Twitch’s new anti-troll feature won’t solve anything

Fallout 4 stole the show at QuakeCon | #QuakeCon2015

CD Projekt’s final gift to The Witcher 3 fans is a free New Game Plus DLC

Razer acquires Ouya’s software assets for its own set-top box, Forge TV

Doom multiplayer: first impressions | #QuakeCon2015

China has finally legalized game console sales—for real this time

League of Legends pro suspended for leveling other players for cash

Bethesda is releasing a Fallout Anthology that comes in its own mini-nuke case

ESL moves forward with random drug testing for esports tournaments

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