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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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Should social media ban offensive comments?

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

British MP Luciana Berger is calling for Twitter Inc. to block anti-Semitic language from the site after she received thousands of hateful messages. Berger, the shadow Minister for Public Health, has been the target of online abuse for several months after Garron Helm, a 21-year-old …

Blizzard teases gold-for-game-time in World of Warcraft

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Blizzard Entertainment is considering allowing players to buy game time tokens with real money to sell to other players for gold, the in-game currency in World of Warcraft. “We’re exploring the possibility of giving players a way to buy tradable game-time tokens for …

Could the next Nintendo handheld be “doughnut-shaped?”

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Nintendo Co., Ltd. is rumored to be producing a new handheld to replace the 3DS with an unusual screen shape. According to an Osakan reporter with Japan Times, Nintendo has entered a deal with Japanese electronics company Sharp Corporation to produce “free-form” LCD …

Controversial mass-shooting game “Hatred” back on Steam Greenlight

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Hatred, a game its creators at Polish game company Destructive Creations describe as “an isometric shooter with [a] disturbing atmosphere of mass killing,” is back on Steam Greenlight after being briefly removed yesterday. Hatred has been surrounded with controversy from the very beginning, with game journalists …

Facebook app now improves your pictures for you

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

New updates to Facebook Inc.’s mobile app include features that automatically enhance photos uploaded to the social network, improving both image clarity and lighting. Proving the old adage that “the best camera is the one you have with you,” mobile phones have replaced …

Elite: Dangerous finally releases, but without offline play

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Elite: Dangerous, the crowdfunded followup to a long running space sim series that dates back to the mid 1980s, has finally gotten its official release after nearly three years in development. The latest entry into the now 30-year-old franchise had been eagerly anticipated …

Ubisoft hasn’t ruled out Assassin’s Creed in Asia

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

After announcing the release of a side-story game set in China, Ubisoft Montreal does not discount the possibility of a full Assassin’s Creed game set in East Asia. Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China is a side-scrolling game that will be available for download on …

Facebook banishes the word “user” from its vocabulary

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. is changing its internal processes to eliminate the word “user,” choosing to use the term “people instead. Margaret Gould Stewart, Facebook’s Director of Product Design, spoke at The Atlantic’s Navigate tech conference on Wednesday, where she described a recent shift in …

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