Red & Social Media

Red Fighting the Wolves Yesterday saw a huge flood of online news generated by the posting of an image and a single tweet. The image represente

DexIQ Updated!

DexIQ 1.1 Screenshot While the Spicy Pony team is hard at work on their new concept (Crooked House) they've found time to update their first re

How’s Your DexIQ?

Peter Ha over at App Club has posted a DexIQ challenge: It's a relatively simple game that tests both dexterity and IQ - hence the name DexIQ. It'

Off the Map in China

Off the Map in China Gamasutra has posted an interview by Christian Nutt with your truly. It begins with... Famous for his work with id Soft

China on a Budget

I'm always amazed when I hear of friends spending $350USD or more per day for hotels in Shanghai. Sure, they're nice... but if you're hardly in them,

Insane in the Brain Game

Insane Children Christmas Merry Christmas from the Insane Children and Spicy Horse! Ever wonder why the Insane Children are insane? Mad looks,

iPhone Developer “Spicy Pony” Launched

Spicy Pony Logo Quick on the heels of news that the iPhone is gaining traction in China, Shanghai-based Spicy Horse gives birth to a mobile div

Chinese Review of DexIQ

DexIQ Challenge Select Screen Read my first review of DexIQ in Chinese this morning. Here's an excerpt (translated by Google Translate): "D

Alice as Art

Bird Bookshelf Many years after its release people are still talking about the artistic nature of the original Alice game. Here's an article di

DexIQ – Launched!

DexIQ Poster Spicy Horse Games has just launched its first iphone app "DexIQ". Head over to the iPhone App Store now and BUY IT! You can also r

DexIQ – Pre-launch Teaser

DexIQ Poster DexIQ is the cool new iPhone app from Spicy Horse Games. The concept was created by Spicy's own Ken Wong (Art Director on Alice 2,

When China Rules the World

Ancient Chinese Beauty I really enjoyed this article over on LA Times regarding Chinese vs. Western views of the world. The issue here is m

Adrenaline Vault Interview

PRC Flag I'm featured in a podcast interview over at Adrenaline Vault - some details provided over at their site: Episode 56’s guest is Am

The World of Warcraft China Saga (pt. 2)

Greg Pilarowski has written another informative piece on the latest turn in the Blizzard "World of Warcraft" in China saga. From the article: Acti

Return of Alice (Video Madness)

Snail Fight! Here's the official statement regarding the "Return of Alice" video which was being presented at www.returnofalice.com Yesterda

American McGee’s Frogger?

According to Joystiq I'm working on a dark and twisted version of Frogger. Who knew?

Shanghai is Awesome

Shanghai is Awsome Since starting the Alice 2 project things have been pretty quiet around here - mostly because it's not possible to reveal ma

Foreign Games in China

Great article over on the Escapist by Greg Pilarowski covering the topic of foreign game companies trying to do business in China. Greg focuses his at

Voices and Moves

Cheshire Concept As production on Alice 2 continues, the development team at Spicy Horse is making awesome progress. By many measures, we're a

Formula for Success

Someone recently forwarded me a study which illustrates so-called "consumer preferences" for game genres. Data was generated by asking consumers what