I'll grant you that Lorne is the king of double-talk, and can give you an essay without actually relating any information. Personally, I think the whole problem with Oddworld is that they started the whole "setting up a fantasy universe" thing at the wrong end. Oddworld should have been a series of movies first, and games should have followed. Look at Star Wars video games; they all sell like hot-cakes, be they good or bad, simply because the movies have such a huge and fanatic audience. Oddworld should have built up an audience via film first, and sold games based upon that popularity, rather than trying to work from the ground up. Lanning for some reason did things the hard way, but I think he's going to get a second wind going for Oddworld through movies. The games have all had undeniable quality, disappointing sales figures aside, and they just need exposure and funding to convert more followers. A hit movie would get publishers throwing mad cash at the next Odd game.
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