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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">American McGee</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:American_McGee_--_8_November_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/American_McGee_--_8_November_2004.jpg/220px-American_McGee_--_8_November_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/American_McGee_--_8_November_2004.jpg/330px-American_McGee_--_8_November_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/American_McGee_--_8_November_2004.jpg/440px-American_McGee_--_8_November_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1055" data-file-height="1352" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">American McGee in 2004</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">American James McGee</div><br />December 13, 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart bday">1972-12-13</span>)</span> (age <span class="currentage"></span>51)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_design" title="Video game design">Video game designer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Doom_II" title="Doom II">Doom II</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Doom" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ultimate Doom">The Ultimate Doom</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Quake_(video_game)" title="Quake (video game)">Quake</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Quake_II" title="Quake II">Quake II</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/American_McGee%27s_Alice" title="American McGee's Alice">American McGee's Alice</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Day_L.A." title="Bad Day L.A.">Bad Day L.A.</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Alice:_Madness_Returns" title="Alice: Madness Returns">Alice: Madness Returns</a></i></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://americanmcgee.com">americanmcgee<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>American James McGee</b> (born December 13, 1972)<sup id="cite_ref-Texas_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a retired<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American <a href="/wiki/Video_game_designer" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game designer">video game designer</a>. He is best known as the designer of <i><a href="/wiki/American_McGee%27s_Alice" title="American McGee's Alice">American McGee's Alice</a></i>, its sequel <i><a href="/wiki/Alice:_Madness_Returns" title="Alice: Madness Returns">Alice: Madness Returns</a></i>, and his works on various video games from <a href="/wiki/Id_Software" title="Id Software">id Software</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_McGee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>American James McGee was born on December 13, 1972, in <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to an eccentric mother who was a house painter. His only interaction with his biological father was on his 13th birthday, a meeting which turned violent as McGee's father drunkenly assaulted him that night.<sup id="cite_ref-wired_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McGee was highly creative and was gifted in mathematics and science, taking an early interest in computer programming. He was eventually accepted to a <a href="/wiki/Magnet_school" title="Magnet school">magnet school</a> for computer science. </p><p>In explaining where his name came from, McGee has said that his mother was a <a href="/wiki/Hippie" title="Hippie">hippie</a> and was inspired by a woman she knew in college that named her child "America": </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Yes, my mother named me that. She claims a woman she knew in college, who named her daughter "America", inspired the name. She also tells me that she was thinking of naming me 'Obnard'. She was and always has been a very eccentric and creative person.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>American McGee<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>McGee had a number of stepfathers when growing up until his mother finally settled into a relationship with a <a href="/wiki/Trans_woman" title="Trans woman">trans woman</a>. When McGee was sixteen, he came home from school and found his house empty and abandoned; the only things left were his bed, his books, his clothes and his <a href="/wiki/Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a> computer. His mother had sold the house to pay for two plane tickets and the fee for her girlfriend's <a href="/wiki/Gender_confirmation_surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Gender confirmation surgery">gender confirmation surgery</a>, leaving him on his own. He packed up his computer, dropped out of high school and took a variety of odd jobs, finally settling on a <a href="/wiki/Volkswagen" title="Volkswagen">Volkswagen</a> repair shop.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_McGee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="id_Software">id Software</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_McGee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: id Software"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At 21, McGee, an automobile and gaming enthusiast, moved to an apartment complex where he met and befriended <a href="/wiki/John_Carmack" title="John Carmack">John Carmack</a>. Carmack offered McGee a tech support job at <a href="/wiki/Id_Software" title="Id Software">id Software</a>, where he was quickly promoted to level designer and music manager.<sup id="cite_ref-wired_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McGee, along with <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Cloud" title="Kevin Cloud">Kevin Cloud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Willits" title="Tim Willits">Tim Willits</a>, were part of id Software's "second generation" of developers, working on games such as <i><a href="/wiki/Official_versions_of_Doom#The_Ultimate_Doom" class="mw-redirect" title="Official versions of Doom">The Ultimate Doom</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Doom_II" title="Doom II">Doom II</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Quake_(video_game)" title="Quake (video game)">Quake</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Quake_II" title="Quake II">Quake II</a></i>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:American_McGee_at_id_Software,_6_October_1995_(by_Ian_Mapleson,_administrator_of_the_Doom_Help_Service).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/American_McGee_at_id_Software%2C_6_October_1995_%28by_Ian_Mapleson%2C_administrator_of_the_Doom_Help_Service%29.jpg/220px-American_McGee_at_id_Software%2C_6_October_1995_%28by_Ian_Mapleson%2C_administrator_of_the_Doom_Help_Service%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/American_McGee_at_id_Software%2C_6_October_1995_%28by_Ian_Mapleson%2C_administrator_of_the_Doom_Help_Service%29.jpg/330px-American_McGee_at_id_Software%2C_6_October_1995_%28by_Ian_Mapleson%2C_administrator_of_the_Doom_Help_Service%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/American_McGee_at_id_Software%2C_6_October_1995_%28by_Ian_Mapleson%2C_administrator_of_the_Doom_Help_Service%29.jpg/440px-American_McGee_at_id_Software%2C_6_October_1995_%28by_Ian_Mapleson%2C_administrator_of_the_Doom_Help_Service%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="547" /></a><figcaption>McGee at id Software (October 6, 1995)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1998, McGee was fired from id Software.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, McGee would say that the day he got fired was very meaningful to him:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Probably the most meaningful day for me though [working at id Software] ... was the day I was fired. I felt a mixture of terror and freedom that was so significant and powerful—it combined together all the good and bad of the years I'd spent working with Carmack, Romero and the others... and kicked me out into the world to fend for myself. The opportunity to work at id during those early years was so unbelievable—and the path it set me on in letting me go has been even more fantastic. I'm sitting here in Shanghai, China still drawing on many of the lessons and experiences from all those years past... it's been an incredible journey which all started with id [Software].</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>American McGee, "American McGee on Quake", interview with <i>quaddicted.com</i> (May/June 2011)</cite></div></blockquote> <p>According to former id staff <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Petersen" title="Sandy Petersen">Sandy Petersen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Willits" title="Tim Willits">Tim Willits</a> was the one responsible for McGee's firing (although he did not mention Willits by name; referring to him only by "Snake" and "X"). Allegedly, during the development of <i><a href="/wiki/Quake_II" title="Quake II">Quake II</a></i>, Willits deliberately gave bad level design advice to McGee and when he presented his work to Carmack, it angered him and McGee was fired soon after.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McGee has stated to this day, he still has no idea why he was fired but acknowledged the fact that it was due to "internal politics and my own failings".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electronic_Arts">Electronic Arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_McGee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Electronic Arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McGee soon joined <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a> and worked as creative director on <i><a href="/wiki/American_McGee%27s_Alice" title="American McGee's Alice">American McGee's Alice</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Rogue_Entertainment" title="Rogue Entertainment">Rogue Entertainment</a>), which garnered favorable reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Discussions began soon after the game's release about making a <a href="/wiki/American_McGee%27s_Alice#Film_adaptation" title="American McGee's Alice">film adaptation of the game</a>; initially <a href="/wiki/Wes_Craven" title="Wes Craven">Wes Craven</a> was attached to direct the film,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later actress <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Michelle_Gellar" title="Sarah Michelle Gellar">Sarah Michelle Gellar</a> bought the film rights, but the film has remained in <a href="/wiki/Development_hell" title="Development hell">development hell</a>. </p><p>After finishing <i>Alice</i>, McGee left EA "in frustration" when the company fired his creative partner <a href="/wiki/R._J._Berg" title="R. J. Berg">R. J. Berg</a> and shut down Rogue Entertainment.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002, McGee founded the short-lived Carbon6, which two years later became known as Mauretania Import Export Company.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Mauretania_Import_Export_Company">The Mauretania Import Export Company</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_McGee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The Mauretania Import Export Company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McGee directed the 2002 <a href="/wiki/Music_video" title="Music video">music video</a> for the song "Same Ol' Road" by the band <a href="/wiki/Dredg" title="Dredg">dredg</a>, from their album <i><a href="/wiki/El_Cielo_(album)" title="El Cielo (album)">El Cielo</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Partnering with <a href="/wiki/Enlight_Software" title="Enlight Software">Enlight Software</a> and its founder <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Chan" class="mw-redirect" title="Trevor Chan">Trevor Chan</a>, McGee released the games <i><a href="/wiki/Scrapland" title="Scrapland">Scrapland</a></i> in 2004 and <i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Day_L.A." title="Bad Day L.A.">Bad Day L.A.</a></i> in 2006. </p><p>McGee backed the Nintendo <i><a href="/wiki/Wii" title="Wii">Wii</a></i> as the "only truly next-gen console in same year."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spicy_Horse">Spicy Horse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_McGee&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Spicy Horse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:American_McGee_--_22_June_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/American_McGee_--_22_June_2006.jpg/220px-American_McGee_--_22_June_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/American_McGee_--_22_June_2006.jpg/330px-American_McGee_--_22_June_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/American_McGee_--_22_June_2006.jpg/440px-American_McGee_--_22_June_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="971" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>McGee in 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>The planned <i>American McGee's Oz</i>, which was to be produced in conjunction with Ronin Games, was canceled over financial difficulties at Atari. <i><a href="/wiki/American_McGee%27s_Grimm" title="American McGee's Grimm">American McGee's Grimm</a></i>, developed by his Shanghai-based game development studio <a href="/wiki/Spicy_Horse" title="Spicy Horse">Spicy Horse</a> for the online service <a href="/wiki/GameTap" title="GameTap">GameTap</a>, was released in 23 weekly episodic segments, starting in 2007. </p><p>At the 2009 <a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Summit" class="mw-redirect" title="D.I.C.E. Summit">D.I.C.E. Summit</a>, Electronic Arts CEO <a href="/wiki/John_Riccitiello" title="John Riccitiello">John Riccitiello</a> announced that a sequel to <i>American McGee's Alice</i> was in development for PC, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> by McGee's Spicy Horse studio.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2010, at the EA Showcase in San Francisco, Spicy Horse and EA announced that sequel's title, <i><a href="/wiki/Alice:_Madness_Returns" title="Alice: Madness Returns">Alice: Madness Returns</a></i>, released less than one year after its announcement, on June 14, 2011. </p><p>More recently, McGee's Spicy Horse expanded to include another brand, Spicy Pony, to produce digital mobile media games for the <a href="/wiki/IOS_(Apple)" class="mw-redirect" title="IOS (Apple)">iPhone</a> platform. Their first title, <i>DexIQ</i>, was released in early December 2009, and its follow-up, <i>Crooked House</i>, was released in March 2010 (both had <a href="/wiki/IPad" title="IPad">iPad</a> versions released in June 2010). On December 17, 2010, McGee's old company The Mauretania Import Export Company was dissolved and all <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> was transferred to Spicy Horse.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, McGee was focusing on free-to-play games for mobile devices with BigHead Bash, Akaneiro, and Crazy Fairies.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, he opened a <a href="/wiki/Kickstarter" title="Kickstarter">Kickstarter</a> for a new game, <i>American McGee's OZombie</i>; however, due to slow/lackluster funding the project was canceled. Another Kickstarter for a project called <i><a href="/wiki/Alice:_Otherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Alice: Otherlands">Alice: Otherlands</a></i>, a planned series of short films leading to a theatrical film, was announced a few days later. This reached its goal on August 4, 2013, and was officially confirmed.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alice:_Asylum,_cancellation_and_retirement"><span id="Alice:_Asylum.2C_cancellation_and_retirement"></span><i>Alice: Asylum</i>, cancellation and retirement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_McGee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Alice: Asylum, cancellation and retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 2017, McGee announced that he was working on a license proposal for <i>Alice: Asylum</i>, the third installment of the <i>Alice</i> franchise. McGee and his small team began working on a <a href="/wiki/Pitch_book" title="Pitch book">pitch book</a> of "artwork, design outline, and financial/business model" which would be sent to EA upon completion.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pitch book was partially funded through the membership platform <a href="/wiki/Patreon" title="Patreon">Patreon</a>, and presented to EA in early 2023. </p><p>McGee announced in April 2023 that EA ultimately rejected approving <i>Alice: Asylum</i> for both production and licensing after receiving McGee's pitch.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, McGee announced that even if EA were to reconsider their stance with production of the game in the future, he was not interested in being involved in future <i>Alice</i> projects.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also announced his retirement from game development, with plans to focus on his family and their family business Mysterious.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_McGee&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McGee has stated his mission is "to create a unified production method for story telling across the interactive and film industries" and of himself, he says, "I want to be the next <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a>, only a little more wicked."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, McGee left the United States and resided for a time in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> before moving to <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, where he has lived since 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Once in China, he created <a href="/wiki/Spicy_Horse" title="Spicy Horse">Spicy Horse</a>, at one point the largest independent Western game development house in the nation,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and helped found Blade (formerly Vykarian), a game <a href="/wiki/Outsourcing" title="Outsourcing">outsourcing</a> company. They produced <i><a href="/wiki/American_McGee%27s_Grimm" title="American McGee's Grimm">American McGee's Grimm</a></i> for GameTap (now owned by <a href="/wiki/Metaboli" title="Metaboli">Metaboli</a>) and worked on the sequel to his original <i>Alice</i> game, <i><a href="/wiki/Alice:_Madness_Returns" title="Alice: Madness Returns">Alice: Madness Returns</a></i>. </p><p>He also mentions that his inspiration for the <a href="/wiki/Macabre" title="Macabre">macabre</a> tone of <i>Alice</i> comes from his disturbing, <a href="/wiki/Dysfunctional_family" title="Dysfunctional family">dysfunctional childhood</a>. </p><p>McGee continues to live in Shanghai with his wife, Yeni Zhang. The couple co-founded Mysterious, Inc., a company that markets art, apparel, and accessories based on McGee's works, with McGee's wife Yeni overseeing the designs.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The couple has two children.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of McGee's favorite books is <a href="/wiki/Stephen_King" title="Stephen King">Stephen King</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/On_Writing:_A_Memoir_of_the_Craft" title="On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft">On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McGee had a sister, Mercy Covington, who was reported missing on November 10, 2015. As of January 2024, her case remains unsolved.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Games">Games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_McGee&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-BLP_unsourced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-BLP_unsourced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section of a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biography of a living person</a> <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">include</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">references or sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help by adding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>. 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Simplified the level design and textures for the <a href="/wiki/Atari_Jaguar" title="Atari Jaguar">Atari Jaguar</a>/<a href="/wiki/32X" title="32X">32X</a> version(s) in 1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Doom_II" title="Doom II">Doom II</a></i> </td> <td>Design and technical support </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Doom" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ultimate Doom">The Ultimate Doom</a></i> </td> <td>Testing, technical support and special thanks </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hexen:_Beyond_Heretic" title="Hexen: Beyond Heretic">Hexen: Beyond Heretic</a></i> </td> <td>Design </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raven_Software" title="Raven Software">Raven Software</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Final_Doom" title="Final Doom">Final Doom</a></i> </td> <td>Design, level design and technical support </td> <td rowspan="2">Id Software </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Quake_(video_game)" title="Quake (video game)"><i>Quake</i></a> </td> <td>Level design </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Doom_64" title="Doom 64">Doom 64</a></i> </td> <td>Design </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midway_Games" title="Midway Games">Midway Games</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Quake Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon</i> </td> <td>Design </td> <td rowspan="3">Id Software </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Quake Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity</i> </td> <td>Design </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Quake_II" title="Quake II">Quake II</a></i> </td> <td>Level design </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dominion:_Storm_Over_Gift_3" title="Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3">Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3</a></i> </td> <td>Sound design </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ion_Storm" title="Ion Storm">Ion Storm</a>/<a href="/wiki/7th_Level" title="7th Level">7th Level</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/American_McGee%27s_Alice" title="American McGee's Alice">American McGee's Alice</a></i> </td> <td>Original concept, director, cinematic script design </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rogue_Entertainment" title="Rogue Entertainment">Rogue Entertainment</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/American_McGee%27s_Scrapland" class="mw-redirect" title="American McGee's Scrapland">American McGee's Scrapland</a></i> </td> <td>Executive producer </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MercurySteam" title="MercurySteam">MercurySteam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/GoldenEye:_Rogue_Agent" title="GoldenEye: Rogue Agent">GoldenEye: Rogue Agent</a></i> </td> <td>Multiplayer director </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bad_Day_L.A." title="Bad Day L.A."><i>American McGee presents: Bad Day L.A.</i></a> </td> <td>Creative director </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Enlight_Software" title="Enlight Software">Enlight Software</a>/TMIEC </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/American_McGee%27s_Grimm" title="American McGee's Grimm">American McGee's Grimm</a></i> </td> <td>Creative director </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Spicy_Horse" title="Spicy Horse">Spicy Horse</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Alice:_Madness_Returns" title="Alice: Madness Returns">Alice: Madness Returns</a></i> </td> <td>Original concept, director, writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cancelled<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>Alice: Asylum<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cancelled </td> <td><i>Oz: Adventures<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_McGee&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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