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

Xbox One opens app development, but some analysts bet on PS4 as the console winner

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp is expected to open up app development for the Xbox One later this year, but some analysts are betting on the PlayStation 4 as this winner of this generation’s console war. According to a report by The Verge, Microsoft will …

Shadowrun: Hong Kong earned over 1000% of its Kickstarter goal

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Shadowrun: Hong Kong’s Kickstarter campaign has officially ended, and the cyberpunk fantasy game has earned over $1.2 million of its original $100,000 goal with over 30,000 backers. Shadowrun began as a tabletop roleplaying game set in a sci-fi world that is like a bizarre …

Square Enix is taking dev pitches for Gex and other old Eidos IPs

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Gex does not have the name recognition of powerhouse game mascots like Mario or even fallen stars like Sonic, but the wisecracking gekko is getting a shot at a new life thanks to Square Enix. The Japanese game maker best known for the Final …

Choice and consistency: How to make or break immersion in video games

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

What makes a game immersive? If it were simply addicting gameplay that makes time disappear, then you could call games like Tetris or Pokemon immersive, yet few players would use that term for those games. Instead, most players would point to titles like Skyrim …

Zenimax goes after “Fortress Fallout” creator over game title

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Zenimax Media, the publisher who owns Bethesda Softworks, has a habit of going after other games whose names bear even the slightest resemblance to one of their titles, and now they are throwing their legal weight at one small dev to force …

Sony quickly denies rumors of The Last Guardian’s cancellation

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Team Ico, the developer behind the critically acclaimed games Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, has been working on The Last Guardian for nearly eight years, but despite the game possibly being stuck in development hell, Sony Computer Entertainment was quick to deny rumors that …

Have game mods gone too far? Selfies, Ponies, and more

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Mods (short for “modifications”) are often singled out as one of the primary benefits of gaming on a PC as opposed to a console. Fan-made mods can be as simple as minor quality of life improvements like streamlined menus or larger text, …

“The Order: 1886” dev answers criticisms of short play-time, long cutscenes

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Should short games be cheaper? According to some of the first people to play through a leaked copy of Ready at Dawn Studio’s The Order: 1886, the answer is “yes.” But the Californian game developer fired back at the criticisms, saying the game …

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Latest from Eric David

Xbox One opens app development, but some analysts bet on PS4 as the console winner

Shadowrun: Hong Kong earned over 1000% of its Kickstarter goal

Square Enix is taking dev pitches for Gex and other old Eidos IPs

Choice and consistency: How to make or break immersion in video games

Zenimax goes after “Fortress Fallout” creator over game title

Sony quickly denies rumors of The Last Guardian’s cancellation

Have game mods gone too far? Selfies, Ponies, and more

“The Order: 1886” dev answers criticisms of short play-time, long cutscenes

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