Is it wrong to enjoy a video game that doesn't rely on graphics, but on a solid story that requires mental aptitude to puzzle out? Is it wrong to be disgusted at franchises that pump out the same title year after year, yet deliver only a few superficial changes in each rendition? Is anyone else as angry as I am that all the big titles in console games these days are First Person Shooters? As you can see, I am one seriously disgruntled consumer. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Call of Duty as much as the next guy, but the same type game gets old fast.

LGR: We are talking with Paul and Ian, from Mode7 Games, about Frozen Synapse. So to begin, who are you and what do you do within the company and for Frozen Synapse?

PAUL: We are Paul Taylor and Ian Hardingham, and we co-own Mode 7 Games. That sounds very grand, but there's only one other person in the company apart from us: our Lead Tester, Art Assistant and Level Designer Robin!

Ian is the Lead Designer and writes pretty much all of the code, as well as doing some boring admin stuff for which I am eternally grateful.

I do a miscellaneous collection of tasks: art direction; biz dev; marketing and PR; audio and music, and some different boring admin stuff!

Sometimes we all have too much on our plates, but that's the nature of a small company.