Sup Holmes goes live with Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning

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[Sup Holmes is a weekly talk show for people that make great videogames. It airs live every Sunday at 4pm EST on Youtube, and can be found in Podcast form on Libsyn and iTunes.]

We’re going to start airing Sup Holmes live on the Dtoid front page again, and who better to kick that of with than Lorne Lanning, creator of the legendary Oddworld series. Oddworld did subversive, anti-establishment themes and tough-but-fair puzzle platforming back before there was much precedent for success with that style of game design. What other series would put a totally vulnerable, near-naked alien in the starring role, one who looks you square in the face and smiles, despite the fact that his mouth has been sewn shut? I think Oddworld is the only one. It takes a lot of guts to be the only one of anything in the gaming world, regardless of who or what you are. 

We’ll be talking to Lorne about what inspired the Oddworld series, the joy and pain of re-releasing Abe’s Odyssey in its New ‘N Tasty form, his inspirations, mistakes, fears, hopes, and more. Join us at 4pm EST right for a real-time conversation between two people that love videogames. 


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Destructoid Contributor - Jonathan Holmes has been a media star since the Road Rules days, and spends his time covering oddities and indies for Destructoid, with over a decade of industry experience "Where do dreams end and reality begin? Videogames, I suppose."- Gainax, FLCL Vol. 1 "The beach, the trees, even the clouds in the sky... everything is build from little tiny pieces of stuff. Just like in a Gameboy game... a nice tight little world... and all its inhabitants... made out of little building blocks... Why can't these little pixels be the building blocks for love..? For loss... for understanding"- James Kochalka, Reinventing Everything part 1 "I wonder if James Kolchalka has played Mother 3 yet?" Jonathan Holmes