Rob Pardo in his office

Rob Pardo (born 9 June) is vice president of game design at Blizzard Entertainment. Previously he was the lead designer of World of Warcraft. In 2006, he was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. ^[1] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 590 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1336 × 1358 pixel, file size: 869 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Rob Pardo Photo by Joi Ito Original: http://flickr. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 590 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1336 × 1358 pixel, file size: 869 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Rob Pardo Photo by Joi Ito Original: http://flickr. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Game design is the process of designing the content and rules of a game. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... World of Warcraft (commonly abbreviated as WoW) is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the fourth game in the Warcraft series, excluding expansion packs and the cancelled Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ...

Games

Rob Pardo has been accredited on the following games: ^[2]

Second Guild master of the EverQuest 1 guild Legacy of Steel, accomplishers of many world firsts. Met friend and now coworker Tigole in his time in Legacy of Steel. (Tigole would go on to replace him as lead designer on World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft (commonly abbreviated as WoW) is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the fourth game in the Warcraft series, excluding expansion packs and the cancelled Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans. ... Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2002, is a real-time strategy computer game and the second sequel to Warcraft. ... Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2002, is a real-time strategy computer game and the second sequel to Warcraft. ... StarCraft: Brood War is an expansion pack released in 1998 for StarCraft — an award winning real-time strategy computer game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. ... Diablo II, sequel to the popular game Diablo, is a dark fantasy-themed Action role-playing game in a hack and slash or Dungeon Roaming style. ... Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (usually simply called Warcraft II; sometimes abbreviated to WCII or WC2) is a sequel to the popular real-time strategy game Warcraft, published by Blizzard Entertainment in December 1995. ... StarCraft is a real-time strategy game by Blizzard Entertainment. ... Johnny Cage performing his shadow kick while MK1-Raiden sends a lighting bolt Mortal Kombat Trilogy is a fighting game developed and produced by Midway. ... Tempest 2000 was a 1994 remake for the Atari Jaguar of the classic 1980 arcade game Tempest by Dave Theurer. ... Fatal Racing, known as Whiplash in the USA, is a 3D stunt car racing game developed by Gremlin Interactive and published in 1996 for the MS-DOS OS. Fatal Racing can be considered to be a hybrid of Stunts and Destruction Derby. ...

Trivia

Pardo appears in animated form in the South Park episode Make Love, Not Warcraft, which deals with World of Warcraft. For other uses, see South Park (disambiguation). ... Make Love, Not Warcraft is episode 147 of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park which was aired on October 4, 2006. ...

References

1. ^ Rob Pardo - Architect of Virtual Worlds, Time Magazine, April 30, 2006
2. ^ Rob Pardo at MobyGames

MobyGames is a website devoted to cataloging computer and video games, both past and present. ...

External links

• GameSpy interview
• Rob Pardo on Starcraft II gameplay