Talk:Samwise Didier

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Currently it says Panderan are a "joke" race, however the newly announced expansion revolves entirely around Panderans, making them quite a force to be reckoned with. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.86.218.193 (talk) 09:23, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Breadcrumbs for future additions[edit]

Pulled the article into decent enough form that it's no longer in AfD peril, so my attention is mostly on other things. Here are a bunch of links I didn't manage to work into the article that would be a good starting point for someone who wanted to take the article further:

Reddit AMA with Didier — part of the publicity work for The Last Winter (Icy Veins summary)
Fan wiki pages about him:
- Diablo fan wiki
- Starcraft wikia
- WoW wikia
- Hearthstone wikia — just a copy of the WoW one
Interviews:
- AusGamers, 2016: "From Warcraft III to Heroes of the Storm, Talking Art and Blizzard's Long History with Samwise Didier"
- Blackheart's Tavern, 2017: "The Son of The Storm: A Samwise Didier Interview"
- GamaSutra, 2009: "Fifteen Years of Warcraft: The Interview" (Didier and J. Allen Brack)
- USGamer, 2019: "How Warcraft's Art Has Evolved and Shaped Blizzard's Games Over 25 Years"
- Thunder Bay Books, 2019: "An Interview with Samwise Didier"
- GameInformer, 2018: "Explore Warcraft III's Origins In This Rare Concept Art Gallery"
- Computer History Museum, 2017 "Make Software: Change the World!" (a clip from a full-length interview with Didier, talking about how World of Warcraft has influenced the visual culture of gaming — MS:CtW is a Computer History Museum exhibition)
Tim Howgego, 2008: "Peeking Into Blizzard’s Development Process"
IGN, 2020: "25 Years of Warcraft (and 15 Years of WoW): An IGN Retrospective"
Blizzard, 2017: "Rock and Roll Days of StarCraft: a Development Retrospective"
Kotaku, 2009: "World of Warcraft Turns 5: How Blizzard Built A Nation"
Jeff Kim, 2020: "Breaking Down the Art of Blizzard Entertainment with Glenn Rane"
InvenGlobal, 2019: "The King of Games, Michael Morhaime's 27-Year Journey"
JoyStiq, 2009: "Blizzard interview: Samwise Didier talks Starcraft 2"
Ars Technica, 2020: "How Warcraft III birthed a genre, changed a franchise, and earned a Reforge-ing"

Good luck! Krinn DNZ (talk) 22:22, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]