David Fox: The Real Zak McKracken |
Well actually this is about the real Annie Larris, but you probably haven't heard of her. Shame on you!
(Warning: This is the page where we get a bit serious and a bit 'real world.' If that's not what you want, hit your browser's 'back' button right now.)
David Fox, the genius who created Zak McKracken. Note the famous Zak nose glasses
A recent picture of David Fox, the creator of Zak McKracken, and his wife Annie. Formerly known as Annie Larris. Yes, that's right, Annie Larris, of the Centre for Ancient Wisdom in San Francisco (remember the TV news at the beginning of the game?). The same Annie who tells Zak how to save the world. The girl of Zak's dreams. The brains and heart of the game. Annie is a real person! All the girls appearing in the game have the names of the game designers' wives or girlfriends. Cool, eh?
So the sixty four thousand dollar question: What did the real Annie do after Zak? Well after inspiring my all-time favorite game, she (and David) went about doing excellent and worthwhile things. They don't just spend their time making more games, they do stuff that really matters. Check out these links:
http://www.CartoonFreeAmerica.com
http://www.DavidMcCullough.com
Maybe I am easily impressed, but I find all this deeply impressive.
More David Fox pics. O.K., maybe this is a bit over the top, but David is one of my heroes. (I also worship at the feet of Michael Faraday and Henry George, but that's enough about me.) You need all these pics so you recognize him if you ever meet him in the street, then you can bow before him and do a Wayne's World chant of "We're Not Worthy! We're Not Worthy!" :)