This Thursday a couple of classic titles are coming to the PlayStation Network: Oddworld 1 & 2. The games, platformers with a surprisingly deep story and characters, will be on offer for $10 each.

PC gamers can already grab them via Good Old Games; in related news the two other titles in the series will be receiving belated ports to the platform this winter.

Head to the source for a retrospective of sorts from series' creator Lorne Lanning.

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"10. Katamari Damacy
9. 9
8. The Fallout Series
7. Ico/Shadow of the Colossus
6. Heart of Darkness
5. Portal
4. The Oddworld Series
3. Grim Fandango
2. Every Shiny Game Except The Ones Based On Movies
1. Psychonauts

RUNNERS UP: Bioshock, Okami, Heart of the Alien, Beyond Good & Evil, the Metroid series, Mirror's Edge, and the works of Warren Spector. Just had to stop at some point. Okami and Heart of the Alien I don't find particularly fun (compared to others on the list), but both..."

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"I’m going to start by making an educated guess. I’m going to guess that when you typed "top 10 games playstation" into Google, you were sort of hoping for more than yet another list of games containing the following: Final Fantasy 7, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy 8 and 9, Crash Bandicoot, Resident Evil 2, Gran Turismo 2, Ridge Racer Type 4, Silent Hill, and, and?"

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Maxis co-founder Jeff Braun had quite a lot to say at Wilfrid Laurier University yesterday and it wasn't all educational. He claims he is working with Oddworld series creators Oddworld inhabitants in creating the next Oddworld game, a series which has not been seen for many years in the gaming industry. Don't get your hopes up though, he says it might take 3 years to ship or maybe even come in the form of episodic content. He also gives his thoughts on E3, games journalism, and infamous game ...

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