Oddworld’s Inhabitants

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Oddworld’s Inhabitants, eventually renamed Inhabitants Profiles, was a monthly feature on Oddworld.com during the First Ten Years, publishing interviews with Oddworld Inhabitants team members. From August 2000 to May 2004, 33 interviews with 33 Inhabitants were published. Most interviews were treated as an opportunity for team members to explain their professional responsibilities and history, and describe the culture of working for Oddworld Inhabitants. Notably, the fourth interview was with Lorne Lanning and Sherry McKenna for the specific purpose of explaining the company’s decision to launch Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee on Microsoft Xbox.

The interviews were one of the longest-lasting features of Oddworld.com, being published throughout the full lifespan of the First Ten Years website, although they were less frequent than Dear Alf.

History

Interviews

Month Interview Inhabitant
August? 2000 Lorne Lanning, Co-founder/President Lorne Lanning
September 2000 Farzad Varahramyan, Sr. Production Designer Farzad Varahramyan
October 2000 Christophe Chaverou, Sr. Technical Director Christophe Chaverou
November 2000 Sherry McKenna, CEO/Co-founder
Lorne Lanning, President/Co-founder 		Lorne Lanning &
Sherry McKenna
November 2000 Todd Johnson, Senior Programmer Todd Johnson
December 2000 Marquise Bent, Lead Realtime Modeler Marquise Bent
January 2001 Paul O’Connor, Sr. Game Designer Paul O’Connor
February 2001 Craig Ewert, Sr. Programmer Craig Ewert
March 2001 Scott Easley, Senior CG Animator Scott Easley
April 2001 Chris Ulm, Assistant Director/Writer Chris Ulm
May 2001 Bonnie, Human Resources Assistant Bonnie Teuton
August 2001 Matt Aldridge, CG Technical Director Matt Aldridge
September 2001 Sean Miller, Animator Sean Miller
May 2002 Silvio Aebischer, Production Designer Silvio Aebischer
June 2002 Thatcher Ulrich, Senior Programmer Thatcher Ulrich
July–August 2002 Michael Bross, Composer/Sound Designer Michael Bross
September 2002 Josh Heeren, Associate Producer Josh Heeren
November 2002 Dave Moore, Programmer Dave Moore
December 2002 Iain Morton, CG Technical Director Iain Morton
February–March 2003 Mark Lee, Programmer Mark Lee
April 2003 Marke Pedersen, Technical Director Marke Pedersen
May 2003 Eli Rodriguez Sr. Systems Administrator Eli Rodriguez
June 2003 Gautam Babbar Production Designer Gautam Babbar
September 2003 Rich McKain Animator Rich McKain
October–November 2003 Steve Desilets Game Designer Steve Desilets
December 2003 Raymond Swanland Production Desiger Raymond Swanland
March–April 2004 Josh Hood Animator Josh Hood
May 2004 Rajeev Nattam - Character Artist Rajeev Nattam
June 2004 Kristin - Marketing Assistant Kristin Inman
July 2004 Michael Reifers - Director of Human Resources & Administration Michael Reifers
July 2004 Drew Card - Programmer Drew Card
July 2004 Jenny Shaheen - Marketing Manager Jenny Shaheen
July 2004 John Clayton - Quality Assurance/Tester John Clayton

Name

The feature originally called ‘Oddworld’s Inhabitants’ was frequently referred to by different names over time. Although it eventually became ‘Inhabitants Profiles’ from May 2003, many other names were used. The table below uses names in the singular (for an interview) and plural (for the series), as they were used on Oddworld.com.

From To What’s New/Site Page Oddworld: Archives
September 2000 December 2000 Oddworld’s Inhabitants Oddworld’s Inhabitants Interview[1]
January 2001 May 2001 Oddworld Inhabitant’s Interview[1]
August 2001 September 2001 Oddworld’s Inhabitants
Oddworld’s Inhabitants Interview[2][3]
November 2001 February 2002 unmentioned
May–June 2002 July 2002 Oddworld’s Inhabitants
Inhabitants Interview[4][5] 		unknown
August 2002 unmentioned Inhabitants Interview[6]
September 2002 Inhabitant Interview
Inhabitants Interview
Oddworld Profiles[7]
November 2002 Inhabitant Interview
Inhabitant Profiles[8]
December 2002 April 2003 Inhabitant Profiles[9][10][11]
May 2003 Inhabitant Interview
Inhabitant Profiles
Inhabitants Profiles[12]
June 2003 December 2003 Inhabitant Profiles
Inhabitants Profiles[13][14][15]
April 2004 Inhabitant Interview
Inhabitants Profiles[16]
May 2004 June 2004 Inhabitants Profiles[17][18]

Oddworld: Archives

At the start of 2001, Oddworld.com began Oddworld: Archives, preserving access to former months’ content, including Oddworld’s Inhabitants. The original interview with Lorne Lanning was never put on the page, but all others up to that time were included, and subsequent interviews were regularly added. However, whether it was to preserve the tidiness of the page or to remove content from former team members who had stopped working for Oddworld Inhabitants, many of the interviews were later removed from Oddworld: Archives.

Between April and November 2001, the interviews with Christophe Chaverou, Todd Johnson, Marquise Bent, and Paul O’Connor were removed from Oddworld: Archives.[1][19] Between February and August 2002, the interviews with Farzad Varahramyan, Craig Ewert, Chris Ulm and Scott Miller were removed too.[20][21] Between October 2001 and February 2003, so too were Scott Easley’s and Matt Aldrige’s interviews taken off Oddworld: Archives.[22][23] The same was done to Bonnie Teuton’s interview between June and August 2004, along with Lorne Lanning’s and Sherry McKenna’s Xbox questions.[24][25] In February or March 2005, three more interviews were removed from the Archives: those with Dave Moore, Steve Desilets and John Hood.[26][27]

Between April and July 2005, all remaining Inhabitants Profiles were removed from Oddworld: Archives.[28][29]

References

  1. ↑ a b c Oddworld Inhabitants (April 2001). Oddworld: Archives. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (17 April 2001 22.57 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 13.36 UTC).
  2. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (August 2001). August 2001. Oddworld: What’s New. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (19 October 2001 20.50 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 14.43 UTC).
  3. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (September 2001). September 2001. Oddworld: What’s New. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (21 November 2001 00.18 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 14.54 UTC).
  4. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (June 2002). June 2002. Oddworld: What’s New. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (3 June 2002 10.23 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 20.30 UTC).
  5. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (July 2002). July 2002. Oddworld: What’s New. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (5 October 2002 18.34 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 20.32 UTC).
  6. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (June? 2004). Oddworld: Archives. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (4 June 2004 17.34 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 20.47 UTC).
  7. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (September 2002). September 2002. Oddworld Official Site Page. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (29 September 2002 20.43 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 20.38 UTC).
  8. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (November 2002). November 2002. Oddworld Official Site Page. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (25 November 2002 08.45 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 20.38 UTC).
  9. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (December 2002). December 2002. Oddworld Official Site Page. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (3 February 2003 08.31 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 14 July 2019 09.29 UTC).
  10. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (February 2003). February 2003. Oddworld Official Site Page. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (22 March 2003 16.58 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 22.31 UTC).
  11. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (April 2003). April 2003. Oddworld Official Site Page. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (4 April 2003 11.42 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 22.33 UTC).
  12. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (May 2003). May 2003. Oddworld Official Site Page. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (28 May 2003 02.27 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 22.34 UTC).
  13. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (June 2003). June 2003. Oddworld Official Site Page. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (5 June 2003 22.50 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 22.36 UTC).
  14. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (October 2003). October 2003. Oddworld Official Site Page. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (5 October 2003 15.55 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 22.42 UTC).
  15. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (December 2003). December 2003. Oddworld Official Site Page. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (1 December 2003 11.39 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 22.43 UTC).
  16. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (April 2004). April 2004. Oddworld Official Site Page. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (15 April 2004 08.58 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 22.53 UTC).
  17. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (May 2004). May 2004. Oddworld Official Site Page. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (19 May 2004 07.37 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 23.08 UTC).
  18. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (June 2004). June 2004. Oddworld Official Site Page. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (8 June 2004 11.19 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 23.15 UTC).
  19. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (November? 2001). Oddworld: Archives. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (5 November 2001 02.28 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 14.00 UTC).
  20. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (February? 2002). Oddworld: Archives. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (12 February 2002 17.28 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 14 July 2019 11.49 UTC).
  21. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (August? 2002). Oddworld: Archives. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (8 August 2002 20.00 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 15.02 UTC).
  22. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (October? 2002). Oddworld: Archives. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (5 October 2002 19.47 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 16.29 UTC).
  23. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (February? 2003). Oddworld: Archives. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (3 February 2003 01.14 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 13 July 2019 16.37 UTC).
  24. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (June? 2004). Oddworld: Archives. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (16 June 2004 15.46 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 14 July 2019 11.57 UTC).
  25. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (August? 2004). Oddworld: Archives. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (6 August 2004 19.31 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 14 July 2019 12.01 UTC).
  26. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (February? 2005). Oddworld: Archives. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (5 February 2005 03.42 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 14 July 2019 08.47 UTC).
  27. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (March? 2005). Oddworld: Archives. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (5 March 2005 03.47 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 14 July 2019 12.02 UTC).
  28. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (April? 2005). Oddworld: Archives. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (3 April 2005 16.08 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 14 July 2019 12.02 UTC).
  29. ↑ Oddworld Inhabitants (July? 2005). Oddworld: Archives. Oddworld.com First Ten Years. Archived by the Wayback Machine (29 July 2005 00.21 UTC). Internet Archive. Retreived 14 July 2019 12.03 UTC).
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