Vykarian + Spicy Horse Team

Whew! That’s a lot of people. The Shanghai Vykarian/Spicy team has grown to over 120 people since the start of the year.

If you’re looking for a great photographer in Shanghai, be sure to check out Primo’s website or email him at primoyuan [at] 163.com - He took some great pictures of our office and staff [...]

American McGee

No one loves a good ‘ol American McGee interview more than American McGee. Or so I thought until I did an interview with the guys over at ShackNews. Chris Faylor and his readers really enjoy their American McGee. Case in point:
Every morning, American McGee’s American McGee arises from the American McGee’s bed and slips on [...]

Mainstream Download #2

Just yesterday I posted a note regarding the reemergence of downloadable content - and the relationship of this to casual games. Today I read the following news on Gamasutra:
Telltale Gets $6 Million In Investments
Sam & Max developers Telltale Games have announced the closing of a six million dollar round of investments from Granite and [...]

Mainstream Download

AP News is featuring an article discussing the (re-)emergence of mainstream downloadable game content. Mention is made of GameTap and the Grimm project.
GRIMM FUTURE: If you want a really enormous library of classic games, however, you need to turn on your PC and head over to GameTap. The online service owned by Turner Broadcasting System [...]

Outsourcing in the Warzone

My business partner and friend Xin Chung was recently interviewed for an feature article over at China Economic Review. He talks about his company Vykarian and its place in the China outsource scene. Spicy Horse is using Vykarian to build all art assets for the Grimm project. It’s an interesting setup since we’re all in [...]

GameTap New Service Offerings

Until this week I was hesitant to talk about any of the cool things going on over at GameTap. I figured some astute readers might sense a deal in the making before the announcement. But now that we’re “official” I’m free to espouse my enthusiasm for their service and their model.
First up - 1UP.com is [...]