Darwinia+ dev Q&A

Mark Morris, MD of Introversion, talks smoking jackets, Rage Against The Machine and super-hot chicken wings in our latest dev Q&A.

How you know this person:

Mark’s the MD of Introversion, a developer that has worked on crazy hacking sim Uplink, nuclear war sim DEFCON and has just released Darwinia+ on XBLA.

Describe your latest game in three words:

Stick. Man. Slaughter.

When you were growing up you wanted to be a…

Spy. I was quite into James Bond and I wanted to save the planet from the baddies.

What was the first videogame you ever played?

Probably something like Horace Goes Skiing way back on my first Spectrum 16K.

Name one game you wished you’d made:

Portal. In my view this was Valve at its absolute finest.

What one animal, vegetable or mineral would you like to see more of in games?

Traffic Wardens – they’re animals. Someone make a Left 4 Dead mod with traffic wardens.

Do you have, or have you ever had, any of the following: a monocle, a leather jerkin, a handlebar moustache?

No, but I do have a pipe and I really want a smoking jacket.

Currently listening to…

Rage Against the Machine.

What’s your guiltiest pleasure?

I’m addicted to super-hot chicken wings. I’ll sit in my hotel bed in my pants and eat a whole plate… there’s a nice image for you.

Best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?

If you don’t know the answer, find the person that does.

When you’re not gaming you’re…

Being thrown around the karate dojo by my not-quite-sane sensei.