Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Blizzard, Interviews

Eurogamer has interviewed Samwise Didier, Warcraft artist and icon, and the man who’s pretty much defined the look and feel of Blizzard since even the early days. There’s a lot of great stuff for Blizzard fans in that one — I had no view that an early build of The Lost Vikings had about 20 Vikings in it instead of the three we know — and Samwise talks about his influences, including the way that Blizzard makes twists on standard genre conventions.

But the guy still stays incredibly humble, and acknowledges that as great as Blizzard’s art is, the thing that really brings public back to these games is the fun factor. It’s the humor and the enjoyment that Blizzard fans love, and Samwise’s (and all of the other Blizzard artists’) art build it that much better.

[Via WorldofWar]

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Original post by Mike Schramm