Inhabitants address press
Several mentions of Inhabitants have shown up in the past few days:
Speaking to San Louis Obispo’s The Tribune, animator Rich McKain and human resources director Mike Reifers talk about the dress code at Oddworld Inhabitants in an article covering contemporary work clothes. Mr Reifers makes clear that the Studios have a comfortable and creative atmosphere.
Animator John Hood is set to deliver a talk alongside Brad Clark, formarly of Atari, at the 2004 Maya MasterClasses at the SIGGRAPH 2004 Conference, where it is already know that the Oddworld Stranger opening sequence will be shown at the Computer Animation Festival. Now in their fourth year, the series of 16 hour‐and‐a‐half talks discuss real‐life applications of Maya software, and this year take place from 9th to 12th August. Messieurs Clark and Hood will speak on the topic of ‘Maintaining Art Integrity through the Games Pipeline.’
Lorne Lanning is mentioned in an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, alongside Seamus Blackley, who are called luminaries who believe Miyamoto is reinforcing the sterotypical view of video games.
A press release has been publicised detailing the awards given out and celebrities who appeared in G4techTV’s G‐Phoria—The Award Show 4 Gamers. Remember to watch the televised event for a glimpse of Oddworld Stranger at 8·l00 p.m. ET/5·00 p.m. PT on Friday 6th August, on G4techTV.
Finally, Games Radar have posted their own short preview of Oddworld Stranger.