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The Spiky Strategies of StarCraft's Rob Pardo

1 hour 47 minutes Posted Jul 9, 2026 at 6:00 am.

] Intro: Rob Pardo [0:09:07] From Retail to Roller Hockey: How Rob Got Into Blizzard Rob traces his path from managing a Software Etc. store and game testing at Interplay to first meeting the Blizzard ...

Intro: Rob Pardo

From Retail to Roller Hockey: How Rob Got Into Blizzard

First Job at Interplay: Starting as a Game Tester

The Warcraft II Bet That Got Rob Noticed

Finding His Footing: Designing StarCraft From QA

Building World of Warcraft: The Early Vision and Art Style Breakthrough

The Blizzard Design Values: Easy to Learn, Impossible to Master

Starting Over: What It's Like to Build Bonfire Studios from Scratch

How Bonfire Chose Its Game: The Game Seed Process

Outro: Wrapping Up

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Our guest was chief creative officer at Blizzard and helped drive some of the biggest videogames ever, like StarCraft and World of Warcraft. Now CEO of Bonfire Studios, he's making a new title, Arkheron. We discuss smurfing, game seeds and cracking the art style - this week! TIMESTAMPS: [

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