[Sapphire]

My frustration, at least, stems from concern. As dipstikk has eloquently put it, Lorne Lanning has many large ideas that he gets excited about, and boy, can I relate to that... but oftentimes they don't pull through. Knowing that he has a set project, and that he is working on that, would put a lot of people at ease. Despite his assurance that Oddworld Inhabitants still exists, they went underground, and have closed the site's updates down entirely. Alf is gone, so there is no fan relations at the moment, and the company dropped off the map. Knowing his tendency to accidently stretch himself a little too thin sometimes, I think that makes fans wonder if plans have already fallen through, and we just don't know it. We may be impatient sometimes, but a message from OWI informing us that they are working on their next project would be a smart move. I can see why they would be afraid to stick their necks out and make promises that can't be kept, but just being honest about their hopes would be good press. Stranger had barely any press at all, and it hurt them. If there is going an Abe's Oddysee movie, I want to see teaser posters and trailers, I want people whispering excitedly about this new, strange movie set to come out at such-and-such a time, and i want it to grab the attention of people who may have never heard of Oddworld before. I have said it before, and I'll say it again: when I hear for certain that there will be an Abe's Oddysee movie and it has been green-lit, I will a) scream and b) throw a party, in that order.

Also, right now, games are not going to be the next project. That we DO know. Lorne's staff is gone, and he said that a project like a movie or TV show could help him get a game greenlit, but that if it were, it would be outsourced. So, I think video games should be furthest from our minds in terms of waiting for news on his next project.