Our good friends over at the Orange Country Register have jumped in on the fifth anniversary
interview extravanganza, and they've
posted information from a short chat with none other than
Samwise Didier, Blizzard's primary artist. They asked Samwise for a crazy memory from the last five years, and he came up with a time when he was rolling through a
Pollo Loco drive-through, and the guy behind the window called him out by name and said he "liked your show." Which show? Didier is of course
the lead singer of TAFKAL80ETC, a.k.a. The Artists Formerly Known as Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain, Blizzard's in-house rock band. Pretty awesome that a video game artist is now literally a rock star thanks to this game.
The OC Register (
don't call it that -- did you think I'd get through a post about them without saying that?) is also looking for memories from fans as well to be printed in their paper -- you can jump in the comments on their site and share some memories of your own. We'll also be celebrating the game's fifth anniversary here on
WoW.com, so stay tuned around November 23rd for a nice look back at where this gigantic game has accomplished in the past five years.
Tags: artists, chat, chicken, drive-through, l80etc, memory, oc-register, orange-county-register, pollo-loco, rock-star, samwise, samwise-didier
Filed under: Events, Fan stuff, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, Blizzard
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Cyno01 Nov 15th 2009 4:14PM
Those are some epic sideburns.
MightyBurebista Nov 15th 2009 4:24PM
And an even more epic goatee. I have on good authority that there's a fist hiding behind it.
Mitchell Nov 15th 2009 4:34PM
More like neckbeardburn.
Kydoodlebob Nov 15th 2009 4:46PM
I think he's epic. Period.
kabshiel Nov 15th 2009 6:07PM
Why would someone want to look like that?
Brian! Nov 16th 2009 10:53AM
It looks like he stepped out of the 70s to give an interview.
ToyChristopher Nov 15th 2009 4:33PM
I guess we can see "what's up" with most of the hairstyle's in wow.
kooda Nov 15th 2009 4:37PM
So true. +1 to you sir
Vasco Nov 15th 2009 4:57PM
Wow, can't believe you passed up the opportunity for a Hobbit reference.
Ovplain Nov 15th 2009 5:11PM
Arrested Development was an awesome tv show.
Warren Nov 16th 2009 12:06AM
"I've made a huge mistake"
Dreadskull Nov 15th 2009 5:16PM
This article wins for an Arrested Development reference :O
WTB the movie to come out soon.
Laynne Nov 15th 2009 5:24PM
I love Arrested Development so much.
Leviathon Nov 15th 2009 5:38PM
Someone needs to tell him to cut that hair back down.
uncaringbear Nov 15th 2009 5:50PM
All I can say is that WoW would not be the game it is today without Samwise's contribution to the game's art design and direction. WoW is one of the few games to really nail the look and feel of a fantasy world within the confines of a restrictive set of technical parameters.
Michael Taylor Nov 15th 2009 6:28PM
LOL HE LOOKS ABIT LIKE THE VOCALIST OF ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY!
RetPallyJil Nov 15th 2009 6:51PM
I like long hair on a guy, but:
1. He needs some conditioner. That fella's got an epic case of the frizzies.
2. That ugly-assed beard needs to go.
Suhas Nov 16th 2009 8:24AM
Im sorry but the only time I've seen a useful comment from Retpallyjil was on the article in which her custom Arthas action figure was featured. That was the only time she was being polite and not flaming or trolling.
Can't believe someone with such a talent has such an attitude!
On-topic: Samwise is EPIC! Awesome artist, is part of an awesome band and he also looks badass. I wish he gets a role in the Warcraft movie.
kabshiel Nov 16th 2009 11:46PM
He is an awesome artist. Too bad he undermines himself by purposefully looking terrible.
Kanap Nov 15th 2009 9:35PM
Almost everyone's comments are about his facial hair and his Hair.
That makes this article even better.