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.

  • The Perils of Street Intersections

    Most of the foreigners living in Shanghai will tell you : crossing the street for the first time in ...

  • What Did You Eat Last Night?

    Me, I ate Beijing duck. Oh, and a helping of scorpions. These little buggers are a little-known Chin...

  • Can’t. Talk. Must. Work.

    Posting just a quick update at the end of a 14h workday. My project’s about to end (we’r...

  • The Miracle Build

    One of the most important, yet unsung part of making a game is the versioning. With next-gen console...

  • Nosebleed Spicy

    I’m in the closing moments of the E3 project right now, which means we’re all getting cr...

Hello from Hong Kong!

I’m writing this entry from Hong Kong, where I’m spending the week. I will return to Shanghai Friday night. Helene and I elected for a quick vacation to Hong Kong during the May Holidays, a national holiday in China. Helene ...

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Busy! Be Back Soon!

“Too many stupid meetings can change a man’s Destiny.” – Lt. Koji Shinjo, Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla

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Protesting the Protests

I apologize in advance to Chinese friends and acquaintances who might be reading this blog, but I want to get this off my chest. Saturday, universities in a number of Chinese cities held massive anti-Japanese rallies. In Shanghai, 20,000 people ...

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China: The Financial Argument

A long, long time ago, back when Helene and I were still deciding whether we wanted to move to Asia, a good friend from Hong Kong explained to me that debts were a typically North American thing. He explained to ...

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Hot Pot Goodness

Chinese food is infinitely varied, but one of my favorite meals is indubitably hot pot. Helene and I joined two of my colleagues Friday (one Shanghainese and one Quebecois) at a hot pot near my place. It was most likely ...

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