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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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Twitter rolls out new policies and tools to fight trolls

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Harassment is a recurring problem across nearly everly online community, and Twitter seems to be more susceptible than most. Twitter Inc CEO Dick Costolo even admitted the microblogs failures to tackle harassment adequately in an email memo that was leaked in February. …

How the desire for Jedi killed Star Wars Galaxies

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

While the “New Game Enhancement” update is considered by many to be the death blow that eventually killed Star Wars Galaxies, former creative director Raph Koster says the seeds for the game’s destruction were planted only months after its release with the …

Steam now limits features until you spend at least $5

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Valve Corp’s Steam Client is one of the most popular digital distribution platforms in gaming, reaching several million concurrent users each day. As with any popular online service, Steam frequently has to contend with malicious accounts attempting to spam or phish other users, and …

Facebook makes “big strides” in fighting fake likes

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

It may seem strange that people would be willing to spend money on fake likes on Facebook, but it is a big enough problem that Facebook has been forced to continuously create new systems to combat organizations that sell fraudulent likes. “Keeping activity …

Riot Games, Valve, and Blizzard make up 77% of Twitch streams

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Popular esports titles continue to dominate the livestreaming site Twitch.tv, with a vast majority of users continuing to watch only a handful of games. The real winners in the battle for Twitch domination appear to be Riot Games, Valve Corp and Blizzard …

Koalah lets you place bets on your gaming skills

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

If you have ever wished someone would just pay you to play video games all day, you may get your chance with a recently launched web game platform called Koalah, which allows players to compete for high scores and cash rewards. The site …

User exposes Minecraft exploit after he said Mojang failed to act

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

About two years ago, a Pakistan-based developer named Ammar Askar discovered a vulnerability in Minecraft while he was working on mods for the block-building game. Askar says he informed Mojang AB of the problem, but after the studio failed to act on the information, …

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