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Not that you could tell it by reading this blog, but things around here have been absolutely insane. Alongside a two week trip to the US where Xin and I did sales for Vykarian, and where I visited GDC to do a little PR for the new game title, work in the Shanghai studio has…

Aspyr Media has released a patch for American Mcgee’s Alice, bringing this game from 2001 to version 1.1.2. The Universal Binary update offers support for Intel Macs and features a variety of bug fixes. Here’s a list of the changes in the update: • Alice is now a universal binary. • Fixed issue with garbled/sped…

Lin Ran cranks out yet another beautiful concept image for the Grimm project…

Concept artist Lin Ran cranks out yet another beautiful fairy tale inspired Grimm image. Check it out below.

Another cool Grimm image from Lin Ran!

Our latest addition to the Spicy Horse team, Lin Ran, is an amazing concept artist with an immense range of ability and styles. The stuff he’s been doing for our latest project is stunning. Here’s a sample:

Happy 2007!! Life in Shanghai has been great. Busy but great. We’ve moved Spicy Horse to new offices, have brought on some additional team members, and have been doing “lab tests” for the new game concept. A Feng Shui master told us that our new offices are haunted by zombies. The Feng Shui master even…

On a topic that I’ve grown tired of even thinking about, video game violence, I recently read the following… First this: Video Game Violence Goes Straight to Kids’ Heads TUESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) – A study of adolescents finds that violent video games stir up the brain’s emotional-response center while reducing activity in regions…

I just think this guy is cool:

While dealing with the bureaucracy of starting a business in China I’ve also been trying to find a place to live in Shanghai. A straight-forward enough task – get an agent, view houses, etc. Some of the locations are at a distance from the new office, so I’ve been thinking of buying a gas scooter.…