Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Twitter wants to be your go-to TV social media app with “TV Timelines”

By Eric David Mar 13, 2015

If this year’s Super Bowl and Academy Awards ceremony have shown us anything, it is that people talk about television on social media…a lot. The Super Bowl alone had tens of millions of people…

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Valiant Hearts director’s insights after leaving Ubisoft: “Something was missing”

By Eric David Mar 12, 2015

Yoan Fanise has been working at Ubisoft since the early 2000s, contributing to modern classics like Beyond Good & Evil as well as more recent titles like the Assassin’s Creed franchise and Valiant Hearts. After 14 years…

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Upsilon Circuit gives players only one life…forever

By Eric David Mar 12, 2015

Permadeath is not a new concept in video games. Several titles have a “hardcore” mode or something equivalent that gives players only one chance to beat a game, and if their character dies, they…

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Facebook lawsuit shows the dangers of selling virtual content to kids

By Eric David Mar 12, 2015

Children are not the best money savers. If they see something they want, they pursue it with a relentless obsession that would be considered unhealthy in an adult. Fortunately, most children lack the means…

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Could Star Citizen’s 100gb filesize hurt its fans?

By Eric David Mar 12, 2015

Despite its enormously successful Kickstarter campaign that earned over $2.1 million, upcoming space sim/MMO hybrid Star Citizen is not for everyone, and with a possible filesize of 100gb, it might not even be for some…

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Australia is outsourcing its video game ratings to IARC—maybe good news?

By Eric David Mar 11, 2015

Australia’s government-run video game ratings board is not very popular with gamers or game makers. Back in January, for example, the Australian Classification Board effectively banned Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number by refusing to rate the…

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China’s mobile game “buying spree” may be drying up, says one publisher

By Eric David Mar 11, 2015

Since gradually easing restrictions on the sale of video games within the country, China has become a huge emerging market for the video game industry. Analysts at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP valued the Chinese game market at $10 billion,…

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Plans for second UK gaming stadium prove esports is big business

By Eric David Mar 11, 2015

With the explosion in the popularity of video games in the last two decades, it is no surprise that the esports movement has transitioned from a novelty for a few dedicated fans to a multi-million…

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Facebook’s new “Topic Data” tells marketers what you talk about

By Eric David Mar 11, 2015

You may have heard the modern saying “if you’re not paying for it, you are the product.” The phrase has commonly been applied to social media, and Facebook Inc. seems dedicated to proving the saying…

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Is Minecraft too violent? Somehow Turkey thinks so

By Eric David Mar 10, 2015

In a list of games that people might expect to be banned for being too violent, Minecraft falls somewhere between Angry Birds and Tetris. Blocky zombies and obnoxious spiders might not seem like enough cause to ban the ultra-popular…

Eric David

Twitter wants to be your go-to TV social media app with “TV Timelines”

Valiant Hearts director’s insights after leaving Ubisoft: “Something was missing”

Upsilon Circuit gives players only one life…forever

Facebook lawsuit shows the dangers of selling virtual content to kids

Could Star Citizen’s 100gb filesize hurt its fans?

Australia is outsourcing its video game ratings to IARC—maybe good news?

China’s mobile game “buying spree” may be drying up, says one publisher

Plans for second UK gaming stadium prove esports is big business

Is Minecraft too violent? Somehow Turkey thinks so

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