Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

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How Facebook stalking your friends is bad for you

By Eric David Apr 7, 2015

Have you seen that study that says using Facebook excessively has been linked to symptoms of depression? If you asked “Which one?” then you have noticed a growing trend over the last few years…

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

By Eric David Apr 7, 2015

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,…

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

By Eric David Apr 6, 2015

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”…

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Steam Spy gathers the Steam sales data that Valve keeps secret

By Eric David Apr 6, 2015

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,…

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Halo Online modders moving forward despite Microsoft’s DMCA notices

By Eric David Apr 6, 2015

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…

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

By Eric David Apr 6, 2015

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…

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

By Eric David Apr 3, 2015

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…

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How chaos theory comes into play in designing video games

By Eric David Apr 3, 2015

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…

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

By Eric David Apr 3, 2015

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…

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

By Eric David Apr 3, 2015

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…

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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