How Oddworld Became One of the Weirdest Franchises in Gaming
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (Image: Oddworld Inhabitants) Starting with the original NES and the jumping plumber Mario, consoles have been expected to have mascots. Cartoon characters starred in platform games and served as living avatars for their hardware, just like Sonic made Sega a household name during the 16-bit era. So when the next generation of gaming hit home systems, everybody was trying to come up with something for Sony’s original PlayStation. Eventually Crash Bandicoot would come to fill that role. But before he debuted, a pair of American computer animators who had never made a g...
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