Whats the name of this creature?

[Sekto Springs]

I wondered that too. If I was a kinto it'd probly feel like my first time ice-skating

[Wil]

They're probably used to it. Their rear end probably acts as a kind of counter balance. At any rate, I don't see how they can be any less stable that Greeters, which have only half as many points of contact with the ground.

But then, I suppose, Greeters could have security orb-like technology inside them, or just a gyroscope of some kind. Kintos may just have a fantastic sense of balanace and awareness of wind direction and strength. *fishes in the dark*

[Xavier]

very good theories Max...
those solutions seems to fit perfectly, epecially the Greeter one.
For the Kintos, maybe they stick their claw in the ground, and so keep themself stable

[KintoKid]

Kintos have really heavy legs, too (by the looks of it), and their body slims down as it protrudes backwards. They are probably not the most balanced creatures, but it seems that most of their weight is in their legs and the part of their body above their legs, so their weight is centered over their appendages. I don't think their... lower back things (how do I describe the other end of their bodies?) cause too much trouble when standing, walking, or even climbing.

I would like me a Kinto.

[Nate]

But then, I suppose, Greeters could have security orb-like technology inside them, or just a gyroscope of some kind.

Like those Segway things that remain upright even though they look like they shouldn't be able to.

[Wil]

Precisely.

And then you'd get the Tex Glukkon installing Greeters on his oil rig, but he forgets to turn them on, and they all fall down. Ah, poorly disguised satire.

[Nate]

I thought completely disguised satire

[Wil]

Ah, possibly, in which case thank you. Has OWI ever performed such specific satire?

[Nate]

Ummm... You've lost me there

[Wil]

I thank you for telling me my satire was disguised. I asked if satire of a specific event or person has ever been seen in the Oddworld games, rather than a more general parody of Earth. There's plenty enough of it in the Daily Deception Online (the South Meech Diet springs to mind), but in the games?

[Nate]

I can't think of anything specific off the top of my head. But of course they've always tried to reflect certain behaviours from earth, like the doubletalk in the Daily Deceptions in MO kinda looks like the state-controlled media from any totalitarian regime you could name (eg the Pravda)