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People lose interest real fast in lies and half truths. Where is Sligstorm? Where is Hand of Odd? Where is Squeeks Oddysee? Where is Munchs' Exxodus? For that matter, where is Munchs' Oddysee?
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Your exemplification is flawed. I won't go into the whole movies/games conundrum, as it's pretty much been sorted out - an Oddworld film would work in 1997 less than a creative game nowadays - but these games that haven't yet come about. Hmmm. Development never even started on
Sligstorm, and it was only ‘announced’ long after it was decided not to go through with the idea. When Paul O'Connor - not even Lorne Lanning - first mentioned it, he was saying it was an idea they had that was ultimately rejected. Don't try to sound as if you were disappointed because they announced after long hype that it wouldn't come about : such a situation has never occured.
Squeek's Oddysee and
Munch's Exoddus have likewise never been announced as titles under development, merely projects Lorne has for the future. The only misunderstanding that could occur here is that period after the release of
Munch's Oddysee when we didn't know what OWI were working on, but everyone assumed it would be ME. That's our fault, not Lorne's.
Hand of Odd is a slightly different story. It was announced, true, but at the time the title was actually “brewing in the belly of Odd” - the website wasn't lying. Development fizzled out as production concentrated on
Munch's Oddysee, but that's not worthy of another announcement.
We don't even know the source of the
Fangus “announcement”, even if you didn't mention it. Whatever magazines and websites it was touted on never gave their source. Who says it was Lorne? This ‘doublespeak’ everyone is going on about seems to be a popular buzzword these days. Perhaps you should think about what you're applying it to before you slap it on another disappointed artist.