Remember when Paul first ripped the sprites of AO? We were all thrilled, be it for the purpose of fan art, fan games or it's simply nice to have them.
One of the great things about Oddworld is it has encouraged so much creativity in it's fans. Personally as a Screenwriter, it has been a heavy influence in my story telling - my first ever script was an Oddworld one when I was 10. Yes it was awful but it was a start.
I'm sure there are aspiring game developers out there who want to show their appreciation in a similar way by creating a basic Oddworld game.
For every ten royally shit fan games created with it there will be a good one so I don't really have any issue with the sprites being ripped. It's not as though it was a hate crime - it was an act of passion and adoration at the end of the day.
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