http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress An American Game Designer in Shanghai Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:34:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2011/12/15/best-art-direction-for-alice-madness-returns/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2011/12/15/best-art-direction-for-alice-madness-returns/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:34:19 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1169 MSNBC Tech has awarded Alice: Madness Returns a "Best Art Direction" award for 2011. Alice had some serious competition for the honor, going up against some of the year's biggest and most beautiful games.]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2011/12/15/best-art-direction-for-alice-madness-returns/feed/ 0 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2011/12/10/bighead-bash-gameplay-trailer/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2011/12/10/bighead-bash-gameplay-trailer/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:39:25 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1162 www.facebook.com/bigheadbash]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2011/12/10/bighead-bash-gameplay-trailer/feed/ 2 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2011/11/10/bighead-bash-launching-soon/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2011/11/10/bighead-bash-launching-soon/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:35:35 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1144 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2011/11/10/bighead-bash-launching-soon/feed/ 0 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/12/01/bigger-budgets-more-quality/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/12/01/bigger-budgets-more-quality/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:49:52 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1085 Read on gi.biz today of an interview with Romuald Capron, COO at Arkane Studios of his views on budgets and team size as they relate to the creation of quality games. He says of smaller teams and outsourcing, “I think that’s a good way to maintain reasonable budgets, and I think a lot of companies [...]]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/12/01/bigger-budgets-more-quality/feed/ 1 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/27/alice-madness-returns-wired-com/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/27/alice-madness-returns-wired-com/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:43:08 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1028 Wired.com writer Chris Kohler did an interview with myself and RJ Berg where we talked about Alice: Madness Returns. From the article: Wired.com: Since this will probably be many people’s first experience, I’m guessing you’re crafting the game in such a way that you don’t need to have played the original to enjoy it. McGee: [...]]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/27/alice-madness-returns-wired-com/feed/ 2 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/23/alice-as-a-cover-girl/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/23/alice-as-a-cover-girl/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:16:41 +0000 Lilith70 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1016 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 straight from the Horse’s [...]]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/23/alice-as-a-cover-girl/feed/ 3 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/14/10th-anniversary-vorpal-blade/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/14/10th-anniversary-vorpal-blade/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:02:08 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1006 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/14/10th-anniversary-vorpal-blade/feed/ 5 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/06/25/dexiq-for-ipad-released/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/06/25/dexiq-for-ipad-released/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:04:18 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=973 DexIQ Split-Screen Multiplayer Action Spicy Pony is proud to announce the release of DexIQ for iPad. The original DexIQ on iPhone was the Pony’s first game release – and in the months since its release found lots of fans around the world. Its unique split-screen dexterity and IQ tests established a cool new model for [...]]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/06/25/dexiq-for-ipad-released/feed/ 1 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/05/11/crooked-house-interview/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/05/11/crooked-house-interview/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 00:55:46 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=934 GamerLive.tv is running an interview with your truly where I talk about our new iPhone division Spicy Pony, their second game app "Crooked House" and the iPhone/iPad platform in general. ]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/05/11/crooked-house-interview/feed/ 0 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/04/26/an-argument-for-ugly-characters/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/04/26/an-argument-for-ugly-characters/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:55:10 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=927 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/04/26/an-argument-for-ugly-characters/feed/ 2