Lorne Lanning

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: Munch's Oddysee, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath and Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty!. He is currently working on the next Oddworld game titled Oddworld: Soulstorm, which is the second of the originally-planned Quintology and the "true" sequel Oddworld: Abe's Oddysey.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.Lanning claims he has always had a fascination with video games, stating that his father was an engineer for Coleco.