Religion, Online Social Communities and Monetization
“Religion Explained” by Pascal Boyer explores the psychology of belief systems and reveals how the nature of religion is linked to the structure o
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Spicy Horse Gallops in a New Direction
Christian Nutt over at Gamasutra covered the initial announcement of Spicy Horse Games' new business and development direction. From the article: Today, the Shanghai-based studio Spicy Horse, which has completed work on Alice 2 for EA, is announcing that it has secured $3 million in investmen
Ebox – A Console for China
Lots of news these days about Lenovo's announcement of the "Ebox" - a game console built in and for China (as well as the rest of Asia). It's not the first time a Chinese console has been attempted - Shanda's own homegrown console (EZ Station) of years past had similar aspirations towards the Chines
Alice as a cover girl
GamePro is going all-out and featuring our very own Alice on the cover of their September 2010 issue. According to the article on their website, Will Herring will be discussing the early previews of the game during his 14-page feature. Will visited with us in China recently to get the scoop stra
“Made to Stick” and Social Online Games
“Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die” by Chip and Dan Heath is a look into the “stickiness” of ideas and how this impacts pro
State of the Horse, March 2012
Know what's incredible? Spicy Horse is preparing to release not one... not two... but THREE new games in 2012! It's been a wild ride since the end of
“Best Art Direction” for Alice: Madness Returns
MSNBC Tech has awarded Alice: Madness Returns a "Best Art Direction" award for 2011. Alice had some serious competition for the honor, going up ag
BigHead BASH Gameplay Trailer
This is the first official gameplay trailer from Spicy Horse's upcoming online action game, BigHead BASH! The game just went into Closed Beta, whi
“BigHead BASH” Launching Soon!
The past year at Spicy Horse we've been pretty quiet about the projects we're working on. There's that secretive development of a PopCap IP - whic
