Last month Crackpot and Gamecock released Insecticide, giving Nintendo DS owners a mix of adventure and action gameplay. The game has an average review score of 60 percent on Metacritic, with the general consensus being that clumsy shooting segments get in the way of the fun adventure bits. It was created by veterans of LucasArts, so they certainly know their adventure stuff. IGN caught up with Mike Levine, President and Head Monkey at developer Crackpot, to get his reactions to Insecticide's reception and to discuss some of the decisions they made with this ambitious title.
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In the heat of production, Crackpot Entertainment thrives on the brilliant minds of individuals to the likes of Larry Ahern, Dave Grossman, Peter Chan, Peter McConnell, and Josh Mandel-all under the lead of the studio's founder, Mike Levine, who is personally involved in all of its development activities. Recently, ACG have been privileged to be given an opportunity to interview Levine about the challenges of designing Insecticide.
In the interview, Levine also speaks about his longtime obsession with all things that are insects and the secrets behind his company's unorthodox game development model. Lastly, he drops us a few hints about the exciting potential of a more epic Insecticide sequel and maybe even a whole series of Insecticide games.
nice interview I'd certianly like to see more of these developers. I like how they could brush off the reviews because they missed a few things while reviewing (namely the control options)