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Lorne Lanning | |
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 Lorne Lanning at Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA. | |
| Born | February 20, 1964 |
| Occupation(s) | Game designer, writer, voice actor |
| Known for | Oddworld |
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Lorne Lanning is an American game designer, director, writer and voice actor. He is also co-founder and president of the video game developer Oddworld Inhabitants. He is best known for creating the Oddworld series including the games Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! and Oddworld: Soulstorm.[1]
His creative vision in game design and property development at Oddworld Inhabitants has gained him worldwide recognition, including several documentaries and his character creations featured on the cover of Wired Magazine.[2]
Lanning has said he has always had a fascination with video games, stating that his father was an engineer for Coleco.[3]
- ^ Purchese, Robert (May 13, 2019). "Oddworld: Soulstorm - the quintology is back on". Eurogamer. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ^ "Cover of the March 2002 issue of Wired Magazine". Wired. March 2002. p. Front cover. Archived from the original on April 27, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
- ^ Lanning, Lorne (September 6, 2000). "An interview with Lorne Lanning". Happypuppy.com (Interview). Interviewed by Robb Guido. Archived from the original on October 31, 2000. Retrieved March 12, 2013.