Category: General

  • Wind Power to Blow Strongly

    From Shanghai Daily: Wind power to blow strongly CHINA is expected to increase its total offshore wind-power capacity from 5,000 megawatts in 2015 to 30,000MW by 2020, a senior official at a hydropower institute said. “Shanghai as well as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong and Fujian provinces have already submitted their offshore wind-power blueprints. Their combined off-shore…

  • Off the Map in China

    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…

  • iPhone Developer “Spicy Pony” Launched

    Quick on the heels of news that the iPhone is gaining traction in China, Shanghai-based Spicy Horse gives birth to a mobile division aptly named “Spicy Pony”. Last week the Pony quietly released its first app – the unique brain trainer “DexIQ”. This week it makes official its entry into the iPhone arena with an…

  • When China Rules the World

    Ancient Chinese Beauty I really enjoyed this article over on LA Times regarding Chinese vs. Western views of the world. The issue here is much deeper than Western-style democracy, a free media or human rights. China is simply not like the West and never will be. There has been an underlying assumption that the process…

  • Adrenaline Vault Interview

    PRC Flag I’m featured in a podcast interview over at Adrenaline Vault – some details provided over at their site: Episode 56’s guest is American McGee from Spicy Horse. American dropped what he was doing in China to chat about his history in the industry, and provided some interesting insight into where he’s been and…

  • Shanghai is Awesome

    Shanghai is Awsome Since starting the Alice 2 project things have been pretty quiet around here – mostly because it’s not possible to reveal many of the things going on with the development. I can say it’s coming along nicely and everyone involved is happy and healthy. Meanwhile, life in Shanghai continues… Since moving here…