[Alf's Assistant]

For all of you who don't remember Alf Gamble. He first wrote a letter to Lorne & Sherry after playing Abe's Oddysee in 1998. He had just lost his beloved wife and felt like taking his own life. On a whim, he went out and purchased a PlayStation with a few games. One being Abe's Oddysee. It brought great joy to him and regularly wrote letters to Oddworld. These letters were many pages describing his game playing adventures.

He was quite a character who in his old age, was an avid gamer to boot. Oddworld and Lara Croft being his favorites.

We kept an album of all his letters and photos for anyone to view. He wasn't a wealthy man and would save up his money to make color copies of the various Oddworld characters. He would always send us ideas for ads and cards.

One of my favorite memories is of Alf and the Xbox controller. He wrote mail to us at Oddworld, asking to pass on his letter to Bill Gates at Microsoft. This letter kindly stated that the Xbox controller was quite uncomfortable to use. He used to play games for hours and hours. He drew some diagrams, made suggestions on the redesign of the controller.

Another memory was when his brief experience with the internet. Once "connected", he found many other interests online too ; )

The past few years found our Alf in and out of the hospital, yet he always kept in touch. Always kind, cheerful and with impeccable manners ... Alf was our beloved fan.

He loved the fantasy world and stories of Odd and his STORY was truly inspirational for those of us at Oddworld Inhabitants.

Alfred Gamble, you will be missed.