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’s Internet.org faces growing resistence from net neutrality orgs

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been forced more and more to defend his Internet.org initiative against accusations of violating net neutrality, and now a coalition of 65 advocacy organizations from 31 countries have sent an open letter to the Facebook founder, calling for changes …

Mass Effect director Casey Hudson joins Microsoft Studios to work on HoloLens

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Former Mass Effect project director and BioWare executive Casey Hudson is now the creative director of Microsoft Studios, where he will be working on “Microsoft HoloLens, Xbox, and other awesome projects.” Hudson made a name for himself at BioWare as the project director of …

Del Toro and Kojima ‘having a blast’ until Silent Hills cancellation

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Konami Corp disappointed many horror game fans when it cancelled development of Silent Hills, and no one was more disappointed than acclaimed film director Guillermo Del Toro, who had been working on the game in partnership with Silent Hill creator Hideo Kojima. According to Del Toro, …

Twitch adds option that cuts streaming delays by a third

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Popular game video site Twitch.tv has been one of the driving factors behind the growing livestreaming and esports movement, and now Twitch has made huge improvements to its systems that have reduced delay in live feeds by up to 33 percent. …

Oculus releases recommended specs for Rift, pauses development for Mac and Linux

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

It has been a long road to a consumer release for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, and it is not over yet, but today Oculus VR took one step closer by finally revealing the device’s recommended system specs. “Presence is the first …

Popular arcade game emulator MAME is going open source

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Unlike most vintage console or computer games, arcade games can be both difficult to find and expensive to buy, so many arcade fans use emulators to create their own homebrewed arcade systems. The Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) has become the most popular emulator for …

Belgian privacy watchdog says Facebook ‘tramples on’ European law

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Belgium’s Privacy Protection Commission has accused Facebook Inc of treating users’ privacy “with contempt” and being uncooperative when it comes to the commission’s investigation of the social media company’s privacy policies. “Facebook tramples on European and Belgian privacy laws,” the Belgian commission said …

World of Warcraft’s huge drop in subscriptions ‘not surprising,’ says lead designer

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

For a game that is over 10 years old, World of Warcraft remains surprisingly strong, especially compared to most other MMOs. The game’s subscription numbers soared to a surprising 10 million users at the release of its most recent expansion, Warlords of Draenor, but that …

EON Reality opens VR technology school near Dallas

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

California-based virtual reality company EON Reality has announced the inauguration of a new school in North Texas that is dedicated to training and educating a “digital content workforce” in the creation of virtual and augmented reality media. The Duncanville Entrepreneur School is the result of …

Tencent remains the largest game company despite slowed profits

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Chinese technology firm Tencent Holdings is not as well known as companies like Electronic Arts Inc or Activision Blizzard Inc, but over the last few years, it has quietly become the largest company in gaming thanks to a series of investments and …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Facebook’s Internet.org faces growing resistence from net neutrality orgs

Mass Effect director Casey Hudson joins Microsoft Studios to work on HoloLens

Del Toro and Kojima ‘having a blast’ until Silent Hills cancellation

Twitch adds option that cuts streaming delays by a third

Oculus releases recommended specs for Rift, pauses development for Mac and Linux

Popular arcade game emulator MAME is going open source

Belgian privacy watchdog says Facebook ‘tramples on’ European law

World of Warcraft’s huge drop in subscriptions ‘not surprising,’ says lead designer

EON Reality opens VR technology school near Dallas

Tencent remains the largest game company despite slowed profits

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