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Game site Stimulus.com is running a lengthy interview with yours truly where I answer questions about Grimm, how to turn fairy tales into video games, making weekly episodic content, and the future. Click on through to read more!

Grimm Episode 10 “The Singing Bone”

Another week, another Grimm episode released. This week it’s Episode 10 - “The Singing Bone”. As usual, you can check out this grim and fun romp through another famous fairy tale for FREE on GameTap at www.gametap.com/grimm

Grimm Episode 9 Review

David Craddock over at Big Download has already posted a review of the latest Grimm episode “Master Thief” who says, “If The Master Thief is an example of what players can expect from the new season of American McGee’s Grimm, then this is a series that should be enjoyed by both the casual and hardcore [...]

Master Thief - FREE for Halloween

The Halloween episode of Grimm is FREE during the holiday weekend!

Grimm’s Back! (Almost)

Everything that made Grimm fun has returned, and everything that didn’t appears to have been trimmed away. As someone who often deliberated between yay and nay when it came to Grimm’s first season, I can say with confidence that The Master Thief provides a promising glimpse of what awaits us when Season Two begins later this month.

Episode 8 - Beauty and the Beast

Episode 8 of Grimm is released - this time “Beauty and the Beast”! The biggest and coolest episode of Grimm to date. Click on through to read more!

Grimm Episode 7 - “Devil Hairs”

ust like clockwork we released the latest episode of Grimm. And like a broken clock, I neglected to mark the occasion in my usual fashion - with a blog post. Oops.

Grimm Episode 6 - “Godfather Death”

Be sure to check it “Godfather Death” over on GameTap in the first 24 hours after release, because well, you know, it’s FREE! Seriously, what beats turning nuns into demons for FREE? How about doing all that and then watching them push their own nunnery into a lake of lava? Mmmm… Lava. You can check out “Godfather Death” on Gametap by following this LINK.

“Girl Without Hands” Review

Steven Wong over at Big Download has written another positive Grimm review.

Grimm Episode 5 - “Girl Without Hands”

Grimm episodes just keep coming. Welcome to Episode 5, “The Girl Without Hands”. Based on a twisted tale of fatherly betrayal, Satanic tom foolery, and a good amount of hand choppery (is that a word?), “No Hands” as we like to call it here at Spicy Horse, is a fun romp in the world of Grimm.

Grimm Episode 4 - “Puss in Boots”

Another week, another episode of Grimm! This time around Grimm visits the well-known tale of “Puss in Boots” - to ridicule the idea that an intelligent, talking cat would be selfless servant to a bumbling imbecile. Click the cat to read more…

Episodic ‘Dexter’ Game for iPhones

If you’ve never seen “Dexter”, I highly recommend it. And now news of an episodic game based on the show:
Episodic ‘Dexter’ Game for iPhones
Players will reportedly use gesture controls (Ecko demonstrated a hacking motion with an iPhone), text messaging and phone calls to interact with the “Dexter” experience, but Ecko didn’t reveal anything more, nor [...]

Another Episodic Game

From GameDaily today: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced their intention to publish an episodic game series based upon the upcoming Watchmen film. The game will go into more detail on the characters and so-called “masks” of the film. Watchmen is a comic story originally created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, where the world [...]

2404 - Grimm Interview

Recently I did an interview with Gareth Von Kallenbach over at “2404 - PC Gaming”. We talked about Grimm’s game play, challenges faced during development, and the episodic model production and distribution model.

Grimm Up(chucks) on Console

Grimm “on” the PS3

Grimm’s making #3 on the PS3! It’s a sign of affection, trust me. You really don’t want to know how he displays his love towards the 360. Regardless of how he’s expressing his feelings towards either platform, we’re excited to announce that he is in fact playable on both.
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Countdown to Episode 1

I placed a countdown clock on the site to track the number of days until the release of “Grimm” Episode 1. July 31 2008 EST is the official time set by Gametap. Be sure to check the Gametap Grimm Site for updates in the coming weeks.

The Beginning of the End

Matthew Razak over at That Video Game Blog revealed in a post today that the new episodic game Penny Arcade Adventures has set a record for being the highest grossing debut of an Xbox Live Arcade game. The article says:
It must be good to be the PA guys. Not only are they basically nerd [...]