Cat Daddy Games
Zak Henderson has a diverse work experience in various roles related to community management, outreach, and content creation. Zak most recently worked at Cat Daddy Games as a Community Manager. Prior to that, they were a Community Manager - Podcast Editorial at Spotify and an Artist Relations - Community Manager at Adobe. Before that, they were an Outreach & Community Specialist at Taunt and a Community Manager | Content & Marketing at GawkBox. Zak also has experience as a Contributing Writer at Drink Me Magazine and as a Show Host and Music Dept. Manager at KJACK Radio. Additionally, they have worked as a Writer, Editor, and Journalist at Just Noise To Me, where they conceptualized, wrote, and edited content, conducted live interviews, and produced reviews.
Zak Henderson received their Bachelor's Degree from Northern Arizona University during the period of 2011 to 2015. Zak pursued a degree in Creative Advertising from the School of Communications and also studied Philosophy from the School of Arts & Letters.
Cat Daddy Games
What's with the name? Way before Harley Howe and Patrick Wilkinson formed Cat Daddy Games 20 years ago, a much younger Harley was exposed to the perils of falling trees at a family-owned timber company. In those days, it wasn't uncommon for a cut tree to get stuck on other trees as it crashed towards the ground. Harley learned that the only way to get these trees all the way down was with a "cat daddy," a man who literally climbed up stuck trees, chopped off the limbs, and then rushed down the tree as it plummeted towards the earth. The longer Harley spent with these guys, the more he realized that cat daddys were almost solely responsible for all the random acts of brilliant stupidity happening out in the woods. And so ... Cat daddys left quite the impression on Harley, so when Pat and Harley started their company, it seemed fitting that Cat Daddy Games be the name. They were going against convention and playing it loose, creating adventurous games on a variety of emerging platforms without a safety net. Like a way geekier version of real cat daddys. Pat and Harley's relationship grew and grew with multiple successful PC titles released and in 2003 they were purchased by Take-Two Interactive. With this they moved into console and delivered the Carnival Games franchise. As the industry changes so does their focus. They are now currently plugging away on mobile and VR games with some nice upcoming titles soon to be released.