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

Amazon reportedly saved Crytek with $50-$70 million licensing deal

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Crytek, the German studio behind CryEngine and games like the Crysis franchise, faced some tough financial challenges at the end of last year. The developer appeared to have trouble paying some of its employees on time, and it was reportedly forced to cease development …

Square Enix tries to drum up excitement with #CantKillProgress, annoys everyone instead

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Confusion and annoyance are two emotions game publishers probably do not want to evoke in their fans, but so far that seems to be exactly what is happening with Square Enix’s “unique 3-day interactive experience” called Project CantKillProgress, which is currently livestreaming on …

Steam Spy gathers the Steam sales data that Valve keeps secret

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Valve Corporation’s Steam is an incredibly popular digital distribution platform, often reaching several million concurrent users at peak hours, so knowledge about what Steam users are buying, what they play the most, how long they play, and so on would be incredibly helpful to …

Halo Online modders moving forward despite Microsoft’s DMCA notices

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Many Halo fans were perplexed by Microsoft Corp’s announcement that it would be producing a new free-to-play shooter called Halo Online that will only be available in Russia. A few enterprising modders gained access to Halo Online’s code and promised to create a port of the game …

Turkey blocks Twitter, YouTube and Facebook over “terrorist propaganda”

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

A Turkish court has ordered a block for Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and other Internet sites over photos being shared of a recent attack on an Istanbul court house. The images show a Turkish prosecutor being held hostage at gunpoint by two members of DHKP-C, …

Hyperkin used April Fool’s prank to test the market for Smart Boy product

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Every now and then a company releases a fake product announcement for April Fool’s and then is shocked by how badly some people actually want that product. This is what happened to ThinkGeek.com a few years ago when it teased a Tauntaun sleeping …

How chaos theory comes into play in designing video games

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

In theory, programming a video game should be nice and mathematical, with each line of code following an ordered structure that produces straightforward, predictable effects. You tell the program to spawn a monster, it spawns a monster. But as game designs become more …

Twitter acquires TenXer, a project management platform for devs and engineers

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc has announced that it has acquired TenXer, a San Francisco-based collaboration platform for developers and engineers. TenXer was created in 2011 by Jeff Ma, an engineer and math genius who gained renown as a member of the MIT Blackjack Team that inspired …

Ambitious player recreates San Francisco in city-building sim Cities: Skylines

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

A talented player of Cities: Skylines has made a 1:1.5 scale recreation of the entire city of San Francisco, California, within a game that has only been out for a little over three weeks. Paradox Interactive’s Cities: Skylines is one of this year’s biggest …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Amazon reportedly saved Crytek with $50-$70 million licensing deal

Square Enix tries to drum up excitement with #CantKillProgress, annoys everyone instead

Steam Spy gathers the Steam sales data that Valve keeps secret

Halo Online modders moving forward despite Microsoft’s DMCA notices

Turkey blocks Twitter, YouTube and Facebook over “terrorist propaganda”

Hyperkin used April Fool’s prank to test the market for Smart Boy product

How chaos theory comes into play in designing video games

Twitter acquires TenXer, a project management platform for devs and engineers

Ambitious player recreates San Francisco in city-building sim Cities: Skylines

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