Blizzard senior art director Samwise Didier, who joined the company in 1991 while it was still called Silicon and Synapse and would define the studio’s art style, has retired after 32 years.

Didier’s contributions to Blizzard were numerous. For starters, he came up with the name Warcraft, which came from his Dungeons and Dragons character at the time and was a riff on the word witchcraft. He served as an art director on Blizzard’s major franchises from the very beginning, helping to create the developer’s signature art style, a style that would look right at home on the cover of a heavy metal album Come from malaysia online casino . He created Warcraft’s Pandaren race, served as a producer on numerous Blizzard titles, and has lent his voice, music, and storytelling skills to numerous Blizzard games over the years.