a rift

magog-on-the-march:

Interviewer: So there’s Industrial occultism as well as the Native spiritualism?

Lorne: Very, very ancient occultism. This gets in to more mystical practices within that controlling elite. The Industrials, at the highest levels, are actually still connected to their ancient roots, but in a more diabolical way. They’re not shamanic, but more demonic. They engage in more ritualistic practices that are dark. The Gloktigi (note: the last syllable is pronounced ‘guy’, not ‘gee’), their guards have supernatural origins, more like genies in the classical Arabian sense. Concocted and controlled, like summoning demons. They’re sort of genetics mixed with occultism.

That’s why I really want to make the movies, so I can go in to the real depths of craziness of what is going on, even if it’s just for a scene and you go “What the fuck was that?!”, where they’re sacrificing Mudokons and spreading their innards out on the table to get signs to do stock forecasting. I really want to mix it up.

That’s because when I was in the NY art world, encountering circles of dealers, collectors, and institutions; some of the richest people in the world, I was stunned to learn that at this level there are elements who operate with occultism very much still in their ways. It was a profound wake up call. So in the Oddworld mythos, it is within the oldest and most powerful families, that dark ancient practices thought to have long been extinct and dismissed as superstition, are secretly still very much alive – but hidden behind the doors of the ultra-sophisticated. (x)

(via magog-on-the-march)

magog-on-the-march:

The docking bay. A chain does across the deck with a hook anchor at one end. Metal struts are dotted around for stability. A little cluttered with wooden crates.

(x)

magog-on-the-march:

The docking bay for Vykkers Labs. The Sligs provide scale here – even the door behind him is huge!

(x)

oddworldoddities:

Lost Archive Image #98:

“Today’s lost archive image- experiments with a Gloktigi“

“Experimenting with possible head and body integrations.”

(via oddworldoddities)

oddworldoddities:

Lost Archive Image #95:

“Today’s lost archive image- a rough layout for some very suspicious looking tools“

“A rough layout. Some of the pieces on this tray aren’t technically legitimate medical tools, but Vykkers don’t tend to worry about that kind of thing.”

(via oddworldoddities)

magog-on-the-march:

When not hunting, the creature’s mouth remains closed and the eyes pop down either side of the teeth. The interior teeth can close without the outer jaw closing so it can chew.

(x)