Last week, Introversion headquarters moved. We found a lovely four-storey Georgian town-house in South London, complete with a garden, extremely ostentatious bathroom and a rickety shed at the back of the house, that we can’t decide whether to pack Chris off into, or alternatively (and perhaps more entertainingly) turn into some sort of den of iniquity. Particularly useful as some sort of VIP area perhaps for that outrageously hedonistic housewarming we’re thinking of having…
This move marks a shift in Introversion’s growth and a change that I believe is definitely for the better. For a start, we’re really hoping that this will get us working and thinking much better as a team, something that’s absolutely essential if we have any plans to expand in the future. But also, this move finally gives us enough room to separate personal space from the working environment. Whilst some sentimentalists might bemoan the fact that we are moving away from our bedroom backgrounds, the romantic ideal of working in a bedroom is just that, an ideal, and far from perfect in reality. I for one will not miss the leaping over of DEFCON posters to get into bed; nor the stacks of foam Darwinians hibernating in the wardrobe. We now have proper offices, places for the developers to stay and work, proper storage space for all those game units, and I can finally find a stapler when I need one.
And for all those worried that we might be growing up too fast, they can always rest safe in the knowledge that the IV offices will never be ones devoid of fun. As they say on the Innocent smoothie bottles, if you find yourself in the area, pop in to IV towers to say hello, you never know, we might even sport you a cup of tea.
IV is growing up….but not too much.









