Johnny Cash

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Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash is a former Senior Game Designer for World of Warcraft.[1] Prior to his promotion on April 2, 2019, he had been Associate Game Designer for WoW.[2][3]

Cash voiced the "young" voice set for male gnome NPCs in the original World of Warcraft.[4] He joined Blizzard in 2010 as a Game Design Intern,[5] and his first design work was in Cataclysm.[6] He was involved in the creation of Warlords of Draenor's Talador and Spires of Arak zones,[2][3] and contributed to the Warlords of Draenor Zone Preview: Talador and Zone Preview: Spires of Arak blogs. He was also involved with Argus's storylines in Patch 7.3, and Stormsong Valley in Battle for Azeroth.[7]

Notes and trivia

  • In Cash's opinion, "gnomes always have been and always will be the best race".[4]
  • Cash is "not to be confused with the original 'man in black' ", legendary Country singer Johnny Cash, although he does own a "healthy collection of black T-shirts".[2]

References

 
  1. ^ Johnny Cash on Twitter. Twitter (2019-04-02). Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved on 2019-04-02.​ “I am proud to announce that I have been promoted to Senior Game Designer on the World of @Warcraft team! It has been an incredible journey filling Azeroth (and Argus) with awesome stories. Thank you to everyone that's been a part of it - looking forward to the next chapter!
  2. ^ a b c Warlords of Draenor Zone Preview: Talador (2014-07-17)
  3. ^ a b Zone Preview: Spires of Arak (2014-08-07)
  4. ^ a b Johnny Cash on Twitter (2023-02-03). Retrieved on 2023-02-04.​ “I voice the 'Male Gnome Young', so like a solid 1/8th of all gnome characters in the game across all of WoW. Which makes me very happy because gnomes always have been and always will be the best race and I am so proud to continue to be a part of their legacy via my bad acting.”
  5. ^ Johnny Cash on LinkedIn
  6. ^ Johnny Cash on Twitter (2023-02-03). Retrieved on 2023-02-04.​ “Technically did voice acting for the original WoW, first design work was for Cataclysm.”
  7. ^ Johnny Cash on Twitter. Twitter (2018-08-30). Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved on 2019-04-02.​ “Sup #MeetTheDev! I've been a Game Designer on World of @Warcraft as various titles since 2010. I most recently lead our quest efforts in Stormsong Valley, then previously Shadows of Argus, artifacts / class halls, Talador, pet battles, and other stuff!

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