Blog Posts

  • Traffic Bump

    Last week we tried something new in pitching a game concept in a public forum, via my blog. The motivation was simple: Reach as many potential publishers and end-users as possible without having to leave my office in Shanghai. I wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of reaction, but I have to say any…

  • BaiJiu Racer Concept Announcement

    Announcing “BaiJiu Racer” – An MMO-lite racing game concept with China as the core theme. The concept as been in focused development for the past three months here at Spicy Horse. Working with our Chinese publishing partner ICEE we’ve developed a solid Game Design Document, Technical Design Document, Art Bible, Visual Target Demo, and Development…

  • 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…

  • Japan & Tokyo Game Show

    Spent a few days enjoying some clean air, trees, and waterfalls in the scenic hills of Hakone Japan. In the peace and quiet I found it possible to really focus on design and writing for the next game. In Shanghai I was starting to feel distracted to a point of creative uselessness. Amazing what some…

  • Looking Glass Vet Joins Vyk Games

    A big welcome to another foreigner in the big crazy pond that is China: Looking Glass Vet Joins Vyk Games | Edge Online Tom Sperry, former director at revered (and now defunct) Thief developer Looking Glass Studios, has joined Shanghai, China-based outsourcing firm Vyk Games, the company said Wednesday. — We used Vyk to build…

  • GameTap Merges with Metaboli | Edge Online

    Exciting news for GameTap this morning as they merge with one of France’s leading online game and digital entertainment platforms: GameTap Merges with Metaboli | Edge Online Turner Broadcasting’s U.S.-based games-on-demand service GameTap has merged with European counterpart Metaboli in an effort to create a “global gaming brand,” the companies announced Wednesdsay.

  • 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.

  • Play With Spider – Flash 3D – OneMotion.com

    A cool Flash demo to create a natural spider. Needs more blood, but fun nonetheless: Play With Spider – Flash 3D

  • 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…

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