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

Gamers’ insatiable demand for Amiibo crashes GameStop’s site

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct included announcements for new Amiibo that would be hitting store shelves later this year, and droves of gamers immediately swarmed over GameStop’s website as they tried to pre-order the highly collectible figures. The unexpected surge of traffic led to technical …

Applications for AIAS game design scholarships are now open

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) has announced that applications for its video game design scholarships are open, and prospective students can begin applying now. With the video game industry set to break $100 billion in worldwide value by 2017, …

Riot Games starts giving banned League of Legends players a second chance

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Riot Games’ League of Legends has been trying to shake its reputation for a toxic player base for some time now, and part of its new strategy has been to focus on reform rather than punishment. In its latest move, the Santa Monica-based …

Facebook’s new Riff app lets friends create collaborative videos

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

While yesterday was full of both clever and not so clever April Fool’s jokes, Facebook slipped in a real product announcement for a collaborative video app called Riff. Riff is a video recording and sharing app that takes the short format concept …

Playism wants to make the Japanese indie game market grow

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

While the indie game market has exploded in the West thanks to digital distribution platforms like Steam and crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter, the genre has not really caught on in Japan, a country that has long been one of the leaders in game production. But …

Nintendo shuts down Super Mario 64 HD fan remake, surprising no one

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Nintendo Co Ltd is not exactly known for being very lenient when it comes to fans using its IPs to make their own content, not even in the form of free advertising through Let’s Plays or machinima, so it is no shock that the Japanese game …

Twitter publicly launches free Storify-like filtering platform called Curator

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc continues its trend of making its own alternatives to third party tools by announcing the release of Curator, which it says “enables media publishers to discover, curate and display the best Twitter content on any screen.” Twitter had already released …

How Bloodborne creator Hidetaka Miyazaki went from a nobody to company president in 10 years

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Despite having an annoying name to say out loud, FromSoftware, Inc. has become one of the most respected game developers over the past few years thanks to its harsh, unforgiving games like Dark Souls, which stands out as a beacon of challenging gameplay …

The time kids spend playing games matters more than game content, say Oxford researchers

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

There is no shortage of people rushing to blame violent games for—well, just about anything. Recently, a group of U.K. schools even threatened to inform the police of parents who let their children play mature games. But a new study conducted by …

Sprinklr becomes the latest “unicorn” startup valued at over $1 billion

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Social media is big business, and not just for the social networks behind it like Facebook and Twitter. Sprinklr Inc’s “social experience” tools are used by hundreds of clients to manage their social media presence and ad campaigns, and now Sprinklr has …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Gamers’ insatiable demand for Amiibo crashes GameStop’s site

Applications for AIAS game design scholarships are now open

Riot Games starts giving banned League of Legends players a second chance

Facebook’s new Riff app lets friends create collaborative videos

Playism wants to make the Japanese indie game market grow

Nintendo shuts down Super Mario 64 HD fan remake, surprising no one

Twitter publicly launches free Storify-like filtering platform called Curator

How Bloodborne creator Hidetaka Miyazaki went from a nobody to company president in 10 years

The time kids spend playing games matters more than game content, say Oxford researchers

Sprinklr becomes the latest “unicorn” startup valued at over $1 billion

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