- Rob Pardo
Infobox Person
name = Rob Pardo
caption = Rob Pardo in his office in 2007
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1971|06|09
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occupation =Game designer
employer =Blizzard Entertainment
title = Executive vice president of game designRob Pardo (born June 9, 1971) is Executive Vice President of
Game Design atBlizzard Entertainment . Previously he was the lead designer of "World of Warcraft ". In 2006, he was named byTime 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 ];Lead Designer
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*"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 episodeMake 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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