Mad man in Wyoming: The voice behind one of this year's most fascinating games

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Henry is not having the best time.
Out by himself in the Wyoming wilderness, he may have thought he was getting away from it all. Instead, he may now be wondering quite what he's gotten himself into. "Henry is a damaged guy," says the man who voices him, "And he's been thrust into a place where he's entirely out of his depth."
Rich Sommer is almost certainly best known for his nuanced portrayal of the rather hapless Harry Crane in AMC's hard-drinking, heavy-smoking drama Mad Men. Playing the voice of Henry, Firewatch's lead, it sounds like he's taking the role of another rather dysfunctional fellow, though Henry has slightly different problems and is wrestling them in a very different place: a hundred feet up in the air.
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