Interview with Al Lowe: Beyond Leisure Suit Larry - Music, Model Trains, and Sierra Games
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Summary
This article features an interview with Al Lowe, the American software developer best known for creating the Leisure Suit Larry games with Sierra. The interview covers his broader career beyond the Larry series, including his musical interests (playing saxophone), his hobby with model trains, and his other game development work at Sierra. The interviewer notes this was their first interview and they ran out of time before fully exploring Lowe's most famous work.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledYou know he did other things than Larry, right?
Al Lowe is an American software developer who started making games in the early eighties.
He is also a musical man who loves playing his sax and still plays with his model trains.
He has also created lots of other games for Sierra, not only the Larry series.
This was Roar's first interview and he ran out of time before he could dive into what Al is mostly known for.
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