Seventy-five megabytes of mail. That's what was waiting for me at work. It took a good hour to download it all to my inbox. Most of it was spam, naturally (because I get all the spam), but there's still enough genuine mail left to occupy my time in the coming days. This is why I don't like being away from the office too long.

It was great having the Dreamfall team back together today again after the holidays, and everyone appeared well rested and ready for the next five months of hard work. Deadlines loom, but things are looking good: we've begun work on a huge new location (a familiar one, but you'll definitely be able to explore it more thoroughly this time around), and we're also making progress on the combat engine. Should be loads of fun, even if you don't much like fighting. (Think Beyond Good & Evil.) And, of course, you'll be able to avoid most fisticuffs if you're a clever girl (or boy).

As for ***, my second project, new ideas have popped into my head during my Asian Tour, so work's progressing on that as well. I'm very excited about where it's going, but I can't say much more than that.

Finally, as promised, here are several more pictures from the China trip. These are all from Shanghai (it'll take me a while to get to Beijing, but stick around: it'll be worth it).

The proud flag of the homeland waves in the refreshing forty degrees Celsius, seventy-five percent humidity breeze. There are quite a few of these giant cranes in Shanghai, where in the past decade 1400 skyscrapers have been constructed. That's one new highrise every 2.6 days!


I call this one 'Girl With Umbrella, and Also Mao. And Some Buttons.' It's catchy.


Now, where's the 'on' button? In China, they ride dragons.


Feeding frenzy.

It's a fish-eat-fish world.

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