Rob Pardo

Rob Pardo

Infobox Person
name = Rob Pardo



caption = Rob Pardo in his office in 2007
birth_name =
birth_date = Birth date and age|1971|06|09
birth_place =
occupation = Game designer
employer = Blizzard Entertainment
title = Executive vice president of game design

Rob Pardo (born June 9, 1971) is Executive 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. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187331,00.html Rob Pardo - Architect of Virtual Worlds] , "Time Magazine", April 30, 2006]

Games

Rob Pardo has been credited on the following games: [ [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,12797/ Rob Pardo] at MobyGames]

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*"World of Warcraft"
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;Designer
*"Diablo II"
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*"StarCraft"

;Producer
*"Mortal Kombat Trilogy"
*"Tempest X3"
*"Whiplash"

Trivia

He was Guild Master of the EverQuest guild Legacy of Steel, which accomplished many world-firsts. He met friend and now coworker Tigole (Jeffrey Kaplan) during his time in Legacy of Steel. Tigole would go on to replace him as guild leader and was eventually offered a position as designer alongside Rob.

Pardo appears in animated form in the South Park episode Make Love, Not Warcraft, which deals with World of Warcraft.

Pardo graduated from Malvern Preparatory School for Boys, in Malvern, PA.

References

External links

* [http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/world-of-warcraft/568494p1.html GameSpy interview]


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