American journalist
David M. Ewalt (born 1976) is an American journalist and author. Ewalt is the author of the books Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It (2013)
[1] and Defying Reality: The Inside Story of the Virtual Reality Revolution (2018).
[2]
Career
David M. Ewalt is the Science & Technology Editor at
The Messenger .
[3] Previously he was Editor in Chief of
Gizmodo ,
[4] an editor at
The Wall Street Journal and
Reuters , and wrote for a wide range of media outlets including The Wall Street Journal and
New York magazine.
[5] Before that, Ewalt was deputy editor of
Forbes magazine, where he wrote numerous in-depth cover stories on technology companies including
Oculus VR ,
[6]
Magic Leap ,
[7]
Microsoft ,
[8]
Mojang ,
[9]
SHI International ,
[10] and
Bigelow Aerospace .
[11] Prior to Forbes he was a reporter at
InformationWeek .
[12]
Ewalt is regarded as an expert on the intersection of technology and gaming and has been interviewed by media outlets including
The New York Times
[13] and National Public Radio,
[14]
[15] and he was a frequent guest on the
live television program
Attack of the Show!
[16]
[17]
Ewalt has also been invited to speak to organizations including
Google ,
[18]
Microsoft Research ,
[19] and
Huawei .
[20]
Works
In 2013, Simon & Schuster published Ewalt's first book, Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It , about the pioneering
role-playing game
Dungeons & Dragons . It was reviewed by major publications including The Wall Street Journal ,
[21] The Seattle Times ,
[22] Los Angeles Times ,
[23] Kirkus ,
[24] and Publishers Weekly .
[25] The book was picked as one of
Amazon's Best Books of the Year
[26] and listed as one of Hudson Booksellers' Best Books of 2013.
[27]
In 2009, Ewalt co-created the inaugural
Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People and has edited each annual update of the ranking.
[5] The list has received significant global coverage and attention in the media, and Ewalt has appeared as a guest to discuss it on outlets including
CNN ,
[28]
MSNBC ,
[29]
CNBC ,
[30] and
Fox Business Network .
[31]
References
^ Ewalt, David M. (2013-08-20).
Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It . New York: Scribner.
ISBN
9781451640502 .
OCLC
893156770 .
^ Ewalt, David M. (2018-07-17).
Defying Reality: The Inside Story of the Virtual Reality Revolution . New York: Blue Rider Press.
ISBN
9781101983713 .
OCLC
1047655715 .
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"The Messenger To Launch May 15" . Axios . 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-02 .
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"MG/O Media Announces New Editors In Chief Of AV Club, Gizmodo, Jezebel" . Cision . 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-09-14 .
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a
b
"About David M. Ewalt" . Archived from
the original on 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Palmer Luckey: Defying Reality" . Forbes . 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Inside Magic Leap, The Secretive $4.5 Billion Startup Changing Computing Forever" . Forbes . 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
^
"Microsoft Xbox Is Winning The Living Room War. Here's Why" . Forbes . 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Inside The Post-Minecraft Life Of Billionaire Gamer God Markus Persson" . Forbes . 2013-03-03. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"The Modest Tycoon Behind America's Biggest Woman-Owned Business" . Forbes . 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Cosmic Landlord" . Forbes . 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
^ Ewalt, David.
"David M. Ewalt - InformationWeek" . InformationWeek . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
^ Gilsdorf, Ethan (2012-01-09).
"Players Roll the Dice for Dungeons & Dragons Remake" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Virtual Reality Is About To Get Very Real" . 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"1.14.15: The New Puberty, Hits And Misses From CES, & A History Of Cheerleading" . 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Breaking Down The Apple News" .
YouTube . 2009-12-11. Archived from
the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
^
"Windows 7 Reactions and a Steve Jobs Absence" .
YouTube . 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2019-06-23 . [
dead link ]
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"David Ewalt: "Defying Reality: The Inside Story of the Virtual Reality Revolution" - Talks at Google" .
YouTube . 2018-09-16.
Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
^
"Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It - Microsoft Research" .
Microsoft . 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
^
"4th European Huawei Innovation Day" . 2017-04-08. Archived from
the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Tales From the Basement" . The Wall Street Journal . 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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" 'Of Dice and Men': the lure of Dungeons & Dragons" . The Seattle Times . 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"There be dragons: 'Of Dice and Men' explores the story of D&D" . Los Angeles Times . 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"OF DICE AND MEN" . Kirkus . 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Nonfiction Book Review: Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It" . Publishers Weekly . 2013-06-03. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Best of 2013" . Amazon.com. 2013. Archived from
the original on November 30, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2016 .
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"Hudson Booksellers Announces the Best Books of 2013" . PR Newswire . 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Forbes releases 2015 most powerful people list" . 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Putin ranks at top of 'Most Powerful People' list" .
MSNBC . 2016-12-14. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Forbes most powerful person of 2016 is not Trump" .
CNBC . 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Trump beat by Putin, China's Xi in Forbes most powerful person list" .
Fox Business . 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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