Interviews
These interviews, Q&As, web chats, and articles feature important people relating to Oddworld, mostly creator Lorne Lanning and other developers, and are written by industry publications and fans. This is more a catalogue than an archive; while all the interviews listed below have been archived, the original (or backup of the original by the Internet Archive) is always linked to if available.
This list does not include developer diaries, Dear Alf, Odd Squad or Oddworld’s Inhabitants.
| Date | Title | Interviewer | Subject | Outlet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1997 | Interview with Oddworld Team | Rusel DeMaria | Lorne Lanning | Prima |
| Sherry McKenna | ||||
| 23 September 1997 | Oddworld Interview | Greg Sewert | Sherry McKenna | Gaming Age |
| 1 December 1997 | [On a Desert Island With…Gaming Gurus | Wendy Jackson | Lorne Lanning | Animation World Magazine |
| 1 December 1997 | The Future of Gaming | Wendy Jackson | Lorne Lanning | Animation World Magazine |
| 5 May 1998 | Oddworld Interview | Greg Sewert | Lorne Lanning | Gaming Age |
| 19 October 1998 | Gettin' Odd with the loonies! | Jason ‘loonyboi’ Bergman | Lorne Lanning | loonygames |
| 1 October 1998 | Abe's Exedus Interview | Kane | Lorne Lanning | Nasty's Dungeon |
| 10 December 1998 | Abe the story ..... !! | Kane | Lorne Lanning | Nasty's Dungeon |
| Sherry McKenna | ||||
| Frank Simon | ||||
| 1 October 1999 | An Interview With Oddworld Inhabitants | Ivan Trembow | Lorne Lanning | Master Gamer |
| 23 October 1999 | An interview with Lorne Lanning | GT Marketing Slig | Lorne Lanning | Oddworld.com |
| 25 October 1999 | 20 Q's With Munch's Oddysee Producer | Oddworld Inhabitants | Lorne Lanning | GameFan |
| IGN | ||||
| Oddworldian | ||||
| 15 February 2000 | Speaking About An Oddworld… | Oddworld Inhabitants | Lorne Lanning | IGN |
| 15 February 2000 | What Is It Like to Design With Oddworld? | Douglass C. Perry | Farzad Varahramyan | IGN |
| 1 March 2000 | INTERVIEW—Lorne Lanning, President/Creative Director of Oddworld Inhabitants |
Shawn Rider | Lorne Lanning | GamesFirst! |
| 1 May 2000 | Oddworld Inhabitants: Weird Name, Great Game | Jacquie Kubin | Scott Easley | Animation World Magazine |
| Angie Jones | ||||
| 2 May 2000 | Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee Interview | Vincent Lopez | Lorne Lanning | IGN |
| 7 May 2000 | Oddworld : L'interview de Lorne | François Bliss de la Boissière | Lorne Lanning | Overgame.com |
| 10 May 2000 | You want INSIDE info? How's this… | souljah_73 | Lorne Lanning | The Exoddus Club |
| 31 May 2000 | Oddworld | Zoe Flower | Lorne Lanning | EP Radio |
| 8 June 2000 | Jammin' with Lorne Lanning | Will Johnston | Lorne Lanning | PlayStation Pro |
| 12 June 2000 | Status and power: Oddworld isn't so odd anymore | Edd Fear | Lorne Lanning | Gamers' Republic Online |
| 13 July 2000 | Unknown | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | Hyper |
| 6 September 2000 | An interview with Lorne Lanning | Robb Guido | Lorne Lanning | Happy Puppy |
| 22 September 2000 | Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee—Interview | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | GameSpot TV |
| Sherry McKenna | ||||
| 11 October 2000 | Interview With Oddworld Inhabitants | Ivan Trembow | Lorne Lanning | Master Gamer |
| 20 October 2000 | Lorne Lanning Interview | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | Daily Radar |
| 25 October 2000 | The Parties Involved Comment on Oddworld Exclusivity | Sahed Admed | Lorne Lanning | GameSpot |
| Ed Fries | ||||
| 30 October 2000 | Interview with Lorne Lanning | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | Oddworldian |
| Oddworld-Web | ||||
| 9 November 2000 | Inside Oddworld | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | Game Room |
| Sherry McKenna | ||||
| Farzad Varahramyan | ||||
| 14 November 2000 | Oddworld Inhabitants Developer Chat | Mike ‘Missionyrd’ Weber | Lorne Lanning | PlanetXbox |
| 21 December 2000 | OddChat with Paul O'Connor | OddChat | Paul O'Connor | OddChat |
| 10 January 2001 | OddChat Development Team | OddChat | Mark Ahlin | OddChat |
| Marquise Bent | ||||
| Jeff Brown | ||||
| Rob Brown | ||||
| Jessica Elliott | ||||
| Dan Kading | ||||
| Kyndra Kading | ||||
| Sean Miller | ||||
| Aimee Smith | ||||
| 30 January 2001 | The Oddworld Interview | Floris van Eck | Lorne Lanning | GlobalXbox |
| 20 February 2001 | OddChat Programmers | OddChat | Alf | OddChat |
| Craig Ewert | ||||
| Kyndra Kading | ||||
| Eric Yiskis | ||||
| 13 March 2001 | Gamestock 2001 Superchat | Julia@ZEvents | Lorne Lanning | Zone Theater |
| 16 March 2001 | Oddworld Inhabitant's Lorne Lanning talks Xbox | Gamespot Staff | Lorne Lanning | GameSpot |
| 23 March 2001 | OddChat CG Team | OddChat | Matt Aldridge | OddChat |
| Alf | ||||
| John Burk | ||||
| Scott Easley | ||||
| Ryan Ellis | ||||
| Mauricio Hoffman | ||||
| Iain Morton | ||||
| Marke Pedersen | ||||
| Aimee Smith | ||||
| 4 May 2001 | IGN Xbox Interviews Lorne Lanning | Brandon Justice | Lorne Lanning | IGN Xbox |
| 11 May 2001 | Chat: Oddworld Inhabitants | Xbox_incabrain | Marquis Bent | Xbox.com |
| Dan Kading | ||||
| Lorne Lanning | ||||
| Chris Ulm | ||||
| 11 May 2001 | Lorne Lanning Interview | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | XboxAddict.com |
| 6 June 2001 | Lorne Lanning Q&A | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | The Electric Playground |
| 6 June 2001 | Munch's Oddysee | Todd Mowatt | Lorne Lanning | The Electric Playground |
| 7 June 2001 | Oddworld : interview bicéphale | François de la Boissière | Lorne Lanning | Overgame.com |
| Sherry McKenna | ||||
| 7 August 2001 | It's an odd Oddworld | Ben Wharton | Scott Easley | CGI Magazine |
| 7 August 2001 | Oddworld Inhabitants | Lorne Lanning | Ben Wharton | CGI Magazine |
| 5 October 2001 | IGN vs. The Vykkers | Unknown | Humphrey | IGN Xbox |
| Irwin | ||||
| 12 October 2001 | IGN vs. Munch | Unknown | Munch | IGN Xbox |
| 26 October 2001 | IGN Vs. Abe | Unknown | Abe | IGN Xbox |
| 31 October 2001 | Lorne Lanning Questions & Answers | Abe Babe | Lorne Lanning | Oddworldian |
| Oddworld-Web | ||||
| Sydney Cander | Oddworldian | |||
| Oddworld-Web | ||||
| 1 November 2001 | Oddworld's Lorne Lanning | Floris van Eck | Lorne Lanning | GlobalXbox |
| 13 November 2001 | Creating Munch: An Odd Experience | Unknown | Unknown | TeamXbox |
| 14 November 2001 | Oddworld Q&A | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | GameSpot |
| 1 December 2001 | Five Questions With Oddworld Co-Creator | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | Gamers.com |
| 21 December 2001 | Oddworld Follow-Up Interview | Unknown | Christopher Leonard | XboxAddict |
| 1 January 2002 | Chatting with Oddworld | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | XBM |
| Sherry McKenna | ||||
| 20 January 2002 | Untitled | Unknown | Matt Aldridge | Splice |
| Ryan Ellis | ||||
| Mauricio Hoffman | ||||
| Iain Morton | ||||
| Rajeev Nattam | ||||
| Marke Pedersen | ||||
| 1 March 2002 | Lorne Lanning & Sherry McKenna Q&A | Corey Brotherson | Lorne Lanning | Games Domain |
| Sherry McKenna | ||||
| 7 March 2002 | Untitled GameSpot Interview | Unknown | Sherry McKenna | GameSpot Australia |
| Charles Bloom | ||||
| Rob Brown | ||||
| Lorne Lanning | ||||
| 8 March 2002 | Lorne Lanning, Oddworld Inhabitants | Marc Saltzman | Lorne Lanning | Brady Games |
| 2 May 2002 | Untitled | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | GamesRadar |
| 3 May 2002 | Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee interview | Ben and Aurora | Rob Brown | Xbox Corp |
| 5 May 2002 | Interview with Scott Easley | Sofia Saile | Scott Easley | 3D Festival |
| 14 June 2002 | It's an Odd World! | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | digital |
| 21 July 2002 | Untitled GamerWeb Interview | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | GamerWeb |
| Sherry McKenna | ||||
| 6 September 2002 | Take This Job and Love It! — Artist — Lorne Lanning | Dan Elektro | Lorne Lanning | GamePro |
| 1 May 2003 | Een dag bij Oddworld Inhabitants | Unknown | Rob Brown | Xboxworld.nl |
| 13 August 2003 | An Interview with Sherry McKenna | Cynthia Threadgill | Sherry McKenna | United Female Gamers Forum |
| 1 November 2003 | A Chat with Lorne Lanning & Sherry McKenna | Melanie Cambron | Lorne Lanning | GIGnews |
| Sherry McKenna | ||||
| 12 December 2003 | Oddworld Inhabitants' Matt Scott | Joe Harkins | Matt Scott | Animation Artist |
| 1 February 2004 | Munch Money | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | Electronic Gaming Monthy |
| 20 May 2004 | Special Odd Chat | OddChat | Abe Babe | OddChat |
| Alf | ||||
| Alf's Assistant | ||||
| 23 August 2004 | Wer ist der Fremde? | Unknown | David Ross | EA |
| 15 September 2004 | Mark Snoswell interview | Wil Bunce-Edwards | Mark Snoswell | OddBlog |
| Xavier De Coster | ||||
| 24 September 2004 | The weird bunch! Oddworld Stranger exclusive interview! | Stephen Daultrey | Lorne Lanning | ComputerAndVideoGames.com |
| 2 October 2004 | Lorne Lanning Interview | César A. Berardini | Lorne Lanning | TeamXbox |
| 6 October 2004 | Oddworld: Stranger Q&A | Derek dela Fuente | Lorne Lanning | Total Video Games |
| Erik Yeo | ||||
| 11 October 2004 | Cathy Johnson interview | Wil Bunce-Edwards | Cathy Johnson | OddBlog |
| Xavier De Coster | ||||
| 2 November 2004 | Oddworld Stranger Q&A | Unknown | Scot Bayless | GameSpot |
| Lorne Lanning | ||||
| 3 December 2004 | Interview: Oddworld Stranger's Wrath | John Gaudiosi | Lorne Lanning | GameDaily |
| 15 December 2004 | Interview [ Lorne Lanning, schepper van Oddworld ] | Mike Punte | Lorne Lanning | Xboxworld.nl |
| 20 Decembmer 2004 | Enter the Oddworld of Lorne Lanning | Graeme Boyd | Lorne Lanning | ComputerAndVideoGames.com |
| 19 January 2005 | A Not-So-Odd Conversation With The Oddman | Louis Bedigian | Lorne Lanning | GameZone |
| 20 January 2005 | Exclusive Lorne Lanning Interview | Frank Meyer | Lorne Lanning | G4 |
| 24 January 2005 | Interview with Alf | Abe Babe | Alf | Oddworld-Web |
| 1 February 2005 | Exclusive Interview with Lorne Lanning | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | Power Unlimited |
| 4 February 2005 | Interview with Lorne Lanning | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | UGO |
| 19 February 2005 | Lorne Lanning Interview | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | Xbox.com |
| 24 February 2005 | Interview of Lorne Lanning | Shann | Lorne Lanning | Xbox-Mag.net |
| 26 February 2005 | Unknown | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | FileFront |
| 19 April 2005 | Q&A: Oddworld's exit from games | Curt Feldman | Lorne Lanning | GameSpot |
| 4 November 2005 | FAQ: Lorne Lanning | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | Edge |
| 9 February 2006 | Unknown | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | Working-Title.de |
| 30 October 2006 | Q&A: Oddworld's Lorne Lanning and Sherry McKenna | Emma Boyes | Lorne Lanning | GameSpot UK |
| 8 November 2006 | Meeting Lorne & Sherry | Wil Bunce-Edwards | Lorne Lanning | OddBlog |
| Sherry McKenna | ||||
| Xavier De Coster | Lorne Lanning | |||
| Sherry McKenna | ||||
| 13 November 2006 | Odd Man Out | Matt Martin | Lorne Lanning | GamesIndustry.biz |
| 1 December 2006 | Why Oddworld's Lorne Lanning gave up games for movies | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | Edge |
| 30 May 2007 | Meet Michael Bross | Unknown | Michael Bross | Game-OST |
| 22 June 2007 | GDC Lorne Lanning interview | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | GamereactorTV |
| 30 July 2007 | Michael Bross interview | Wil Bunce-Edwards | Michael Bross | OddBlog |
| Xavier De Coster | ||||
| 6 August 2007 | Where's Lorne Lanning Been? | Crispin Boyer | Lorne Lanning | EMG Live* |
| 5 September 2007 | Lorne Lanning | Unknown | Lorne Lanning | CGSociety |
| 21 September 2007 | Expert Insight | Scott Steinberg | Lorne Lanning | Get Rich Playing Games |
| 5 November 2007 | Lorne Lanning (Afterword) | Iain Simons | Lorne Lanning | Inside Game Design |
| 13 November 2007 | End of the Debate? | Mark Androvich | Lorne Lanning | GamesIndustry.biz |
| 20 March 2008 | Episode 22 | James Stevenson | Lorne Lanning | Full Moon Show |
| 1 April 2021 | Weathering the Soulstorm | Seth Barton | Lorne Lanning | MCV Develop |
| Bennie Terry III | ||||
| 6 April 2021 | Oddworld: Soulstorm - Gameplay | Tim Turi | Lorne Lanning | PS Underground |
| Bennie Terry III | ||||
| Kristen Zitani | Lorne Lanning | |||
| Bennie Terry III | ||||
| 28 April 2021 | Oddworld with Lorne Lanning | Ted Price | Lorne Lanning | Game Maker's Notebook |
| 19 May 2021 | Best Oddworld games ranked by creator Lorne Lanning | Daniel Megarry | Lorne Lanning | Dextero |