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/2011/05/16/spicy-horse-gallops-in-a-new-direction/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2011/05/16/spicy-horse-gallops-in-a-new-direction/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 03:09:29 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1111 initial announcement of Spicy Horse Games' new business and development direction. ]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2011/05/16/spicy-horse-gallops-in-a-new-direction/feed/ 4 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/2010/09/20/ebox-a-console-for-china/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/09/20/ebox-a-console-for-china/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:45:47 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1062 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).]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/09/20/ebox-a-console-for-china/feed/ 1 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/04/27/spicy-horse-art-store-launched/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/04/27/spicy-horse-art-store-launched/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:19:46 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=931 online art store. Now you can purchase original illustrations by the talented artists who power the studio - the same people driving the imagery for projects like "Alice 2". The store currently features artwork by Ken Wong and Luis Melo. ]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/04/27/spicy-horse-art-store-launched/feed/ 2 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/03/04/red-social-media/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/03/04/red-social-media/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:47:35 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=880 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 represented some recent thinking on a game concept being evolved at Spicy Horse – based on “Red Riding Hood”. In my tweet I mentioned the image and the fact I’d [...]]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/03/04/red-social-media/feed/ 2 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/01/23/off-the-map-in-china/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/01/23/off-the-map-in-china/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:31:53 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=847 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 Software and on EA-published cult classic Alice, American McGee set up shop in Shanghai, China, in 2007 with his new studio, Spicy Horse. Though the company’s first game, Grimm, for [...]]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/01/23/off-the-map-in-china/feed/ 0 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2009/04/24/an-american-interview/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2009/04/24/an-american-interview/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:54:25 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=710 geek.com. In it we discuss Grimm, the new Alice game, and making games in China. ]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2009/04/24/an-american-interview/feed/ 1 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2009/03/30/new-office-first-day/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2009/03/30/new-office-first-day/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:51:58 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=688 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2009/03/30/new-office-first-day/feed/ 1 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2009/03/23/ea-partners-interview/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2009/03/23/ea-partners-interview/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:32:14 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=686 “David DeMartini On Biz, Alice, More”, a mention of the new Alice in there: Read on Gamasutra]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2009/03/23/ea-partners-interview/feed/ 0