China Moments

Shanghai, 2003-2006: In early 2003, I quit an IT job to follow my dreams of living abroad. Fortune smiled on me, and I landed my first job in the videogame industry at Ubisoft’s Shanghai studio. China Moments, my first blog, documented my first expatriation experience and my obsession with the craft of videogames.

  • Overworked? Believe it

    It’s Sunday night, 7h30 PM… I’m working tomorrow at 9 AM, and I’m just about...

  • Happy New Year!

    Helene and I are spending our last day in Ho Chi Minh City, as our plane back to Shanghai leaves ton...

  • The Road to E3

    Long time no write, no? As always, this happens to me when work buries me until my social life becom...

  • Kobe Beef Weekend

    Man, what a weekend we just had. Here’s the invation I sent to everyone; let’s just say ...

  • The Last Hours

    As the E3 Producer, it’s been my task to carefully plan the E3 demo, so that we would finish w...

What Did You Eat Last Night?

Me, I ate Beijing duck. Oh, and a helping of scorpions. These little buggers are a little-known Chinese delicacy, and they sure make an impression! Naturally, as the “veteran” in Shanghai, I had to lead the way and eat the ...

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VIP Cinema

I went to see Batman Begins yesterday, and it was a damn good movie. It takes a lot to make me forget Batman Forever… But making me forget Burton’s 1989 Batman? Now that’s incredible. Nolan has done the impossible of ...

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Sundaycadence

When we talk about China to people back home in Canada, and when they can be bothered to ask questions about the subject, they usually want to know about all the Chinese things we get to do, see or eat ...

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My New Gamer Friend

Friday night, after a tough week of hard work and being sick, I took the taxi home, wondering what I was gonna do. Inspiration struck, and I stopped the taxi two blocks from my home. My destination: Game Life, a ...

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Sick-Jean-Baptiste

You know you’re blogging too much when, sick and doubled over the toilet, you think, “Uugh, I just thought of a cool title for my next blog entry…” Friday night, June the 24th, I went out to Moon River Diner, ...

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