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== People == | == People == | ||
Sherry McKenna is the Chief Executive Officer of OddMobb. Beneath her are President Larry Shapiro, Executive Officer Jerome Engel, Chief Technology Officer Daniel Goldman | Sherry McKenna is the Chief Executive Officer of OddMobb. Beneath her are President Larry Shapiro, Executive Officer Jerome Engel, Chief Technology Officer Daniel Goldman and Chief Creative Officer Lorne Lanning. McKenna, Engel and Goldman sit on the board of directors along with Terry Opdendyk and Noah Doyle.<ref name="people"/> | ||
David Samson is a developer at OddMobb.<ref name="app"/><ref name="torque"/> San Francisco artist Moki (screen name Soulmisfit) is working on an OddMobb development.<ref name="soulmisfit"/> | |||
While speaking at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Jeff Braun (co-founder of Maxis), ‘<q cite="">let slip some comments</q>’ that revealed he had been helping with the business aspects of producing a new game,<ref name="braun"/><ref name="braunbusiness"/> confirmed by Lorne Lanning.<ref name="braunconfirm"/> It is not known whether this help continued to the founding of OddMobb. | While speaking at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Jeff Braun (co-founder of Maxis), ‘<q cite="">let slip some comments</q>’ that revealed he had been helping with the business aspects of producing a new game,<ref name="braun"/><ref name="braunbusiness"/> confirmed by Lorne Lanning.<ref name="braunconfirm"/> It is not known whether this help continued to the founding of OddMobb. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
OddMobb was co-founded by Sherry McKenna, Lorne Lanning, Larry Shapiro and Daniel Goldman to develop and launch the Antisocial Network.<ref name="AntisocialNetwork"/> | OddMobb was co-founded by Sherry McKenna, Lorne Lanning, Larry Shapiro and Daniel Goldman to develop and launch the Antisocial Network.<ref name="AntisocialNetwork"/> It was incorporated on 2 October 2009, the same month OddMobb filed seven trademark registrations that covered a wide range of products, including online social networking, 3D virtual environments featuring user-generated content, online publication of various media, board games, action figures and printed materials.<ref name="trademarks"/> OddMobb is invested in by Onset Ventures,<ref name="onset"/> whose founder, Terry Opdendyk, sits on OddMobb’s board of directors. | ||
OddMobb has so far only been responsible for the digital rereleases of the existing Oddworld catalogue, but they plan to release the Antisocial Network platform soon. OddMobb is making use of Torque 3D<ref name="torque"/> and Facebook Apps,<ref name="app"/> and its unreleased website has been developed using the Gaia Framework for Adobe Flash<ref name="gaia"/> and WordPress<ref name="wordpress"/>. OddMobb currently owns 11 Internet domains.<ref name="domains"/> An OddMobb application will make use of users’ alt keys.<ref name="altkey"/> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="AntisocialNetwork"> | <ref name="AntisocialNetwork">Lanning, Lorne (c. 14 January 2010). ‘[http://playit4ward.msn.com/?section=articles&topic=1195770#/articles/1195770/Lanning_Antisocial The Antisocial Network]’. ‘More From Lorne’. ‘Interpol for the Internet’. ''Play It 4-Ward'', Season 1. MSN.</ref> | ||
<ref name="domains">DomainTools. Reverse Whois (<nowiki>http://www.domaintools.com/reverse-whois/?all[]=Oddmobb%2C+Inc.&none[]</nowiki>). (accessed 21/11/2010)</ref> | |||
<ref name="altkey">Samson, David (16 August 2010). ‘[http://www.torquepowered.com/community/forums/viewthread/119463 Accelerators and Windows System Sound]. Torque 3D Public Discussion. Torque Community Forums.</ref> | |||
<ref name="gaia">OddMobb. [http://dev.oddmobb.com/venue/panels/ Gaia Framework Site]. Official website. (accessed 21/11/2010)</ref> | |||
<ref name="wordpress">OddMobb. [http://oddmobb.com/ Official website]. (accessed 21/11/2010)</ref> | |||
<ref name="trademarks">superannuation (10 October 2009). ‘[http://supererogatory.tumblr.com/post/208784596/occurances-of-oddness Occurances of oddness]’. superannuation.</ref> | |||
<ref name="app">[https://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=120795204605908&v=info Facebook app] (accessed 21/11/2010)</ref> | |||
<ref name="onset">Onset Ventures. ‘[http://www.onset.com/portfolio/ Portfolio]’. (accessed 21/11/2010)</ref> | |||
<ref name=" | <ref name="soulmisfit">Moki. [https://www.obsessedartist.com/component/option,com_community/userid,516/view,profile/ Profile], Obsessed Artist. (accessed 21/11/2010)</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="people">Businessweek. ‘[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=112318370 OddMobb, Inc.: CEO & Executives]’.</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="braun">Boyer, Brandon (22 May 2008). ‘[http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=18757 Report: Maxis Co-Founder Reveals ''Oddworld'' Return]’. Gamasutra.</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="torque">Goldman, Daniel (13 September 2010). [http://www.torquepowered.com/community/forums/viewthread/117973/8#comment-778315 | Post 154] in ‘Torque EULA Discussion’. General Discussion. Torque Community Forums.</ref> | ||
<ref name="braunbusiness"> | <ref name="braunbusiness">Bunce-Edwards, William (31 May 2008). ‘[http://oddworldlibrary.net/oddblog/2008/05/Lorne_confirms_working_with_Braun Lorne confirms working with Braun]’. OddBlog. Oddworld Library.</ref> | ||
<ref name="braunconfirm"> | <ref name="braunconfirm">Jackson, Mike (27 May 2008). ‘[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=189673 Oddworld creator confirms new game]’. ComputerAndVideoGames.com.</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
[[Category:OddMobb]] | [[Category:OddMobb]] | ||
Revision as of 12:01, 21 November 2010
OddMobb is a company based in Emeryville, California, started by Lorne Lanning and Sherry McKenna after they closed the Oddworld Inhabitants videogame studio. It has been modelled on a traditional Hollywood production company, functioning as a creative hub that outsources technical production of its ideas to external developers. It is the company responsible for rereleasing the Oddworld videogames on digital distribution services as well as the upcoming Antisocial Network.
People
Sherry McKenna is the Chief Executive Officer of OddMobb. Beneath her are President Larry Shapiro, Executive Officer Jerome Engel, Chief Technology Officer Daniel Goldman and Chief Creative Officer Lorne Lanning. McKenna, Engel and Goldman sit on the board of directors along with Terry Opdendyk and Noah Doyle.[1]
David Samson is a developer at OddMobb.[2][3] San Francisco artist Moki (screen name Soulmisfit) is working on an OddMobb development.[4]
While speaking at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Jeff Braun (co-founder of Maxis), ‘let slip some comments
’ that revealed he had been helping with the business aspects of producing a new game,[5][6] confirmed by Lorne Lanning.[7] It is not known whether this help continued to the founding of OddMobb.
History
OddMobb was co-founded by Sherry McKenna, Lorne Lanning, Larry Shapiro and Daniel Goldman to develop and launch the Antisocial Network.[8] It was incorporated on 2 October 2009, the same month OddMobb filed seven trademark registrations that covered a wide range of products, including online social networking, 3D virtual environments featuring user-generated content, online publication of various media, board games, action figures and printed materials.[9] OddMobb is invested in by Onset Ventures,[10] whose founder, Terry Opdendyk, sits on OddMobb’s board of directors.
OddMobb has so far only been responsible for the digital rereleases of the existing Oddworld catalogue, but they plan to release the Antisocial Network platform soon. OddMobb is making use of Torque 3D[3] and Facebook Apps,[2] and its unreleased website has been developed using the Gaia Framework for Adobe Flash[11] and WordPress[12]. OddMobb currently owns 11 Internet domains.[13] An OddMobb application will make use of users’ alt keys.[14]
References
- ↑ Businessweek. ‘OddMobb, Inc.: CEO & Executives’.
- ↑ Jump up to: a b Facebook app (accessed 21/11/2010)
- ↑ Jump up to: a b Goldman, Daniel (13 September 2010). | Post 154 in ‘Torque EULA Discussion’. General Discussion. Torque Community Forums.
- ↑ Moki. Profile, Obsessed Artist. (accessed 21/11/2010)
- ↑ Boyer, Brandon (22 May 2008). ‘Report: Maxis Co-Founder Reveals Oddworld Return’. Gamasutra.
- ↑ Bunce-Edwards, William (31 May 2008). ‘Lorne confirms working with Braun’. OddBlog. Oddworld Library.
- ↑ Jackson, Mike (27 May 2008). ‘Oddworld creator confirms new game’. ComputerAndVideoGames.com.
- ↑ superannuation (10 October 2009). ‘Occurances of oddness’. superannuation.
- ↑ Onset Ventures. ‘Portfolio’. (accessed 21/11/2010)
- ↑ OddMobb. Gaia Framework Site. Official website. (accessed 21/11/2010)
- ↑ OddMobb. Official website. (accessed 21/11/2010)
- ↑ DomainTools. Reverse Whois (http://www.domaintools.com/reverse-whois/?all[]=Oddmobb%2C+Inc.&none[]). (accessed 21/11/2010)
- ↑ Samson, David (16 August 2010). ‘Accelerators and Windows System Sound. Torque 3D Public Discussion. Torque Community Forums.