From Diablo to World of Warcraft to Starcraft II, Blizzard's VP of Game Design Rob Pardo has his finger on the pulse of what gamers want. However, developing games that meet both the exacting standards of core gamers, yet have the accessibility and footprint to live and flourish on most people's computers is a complex real time strategy game all by itself. In this keynote Q&A, GDC executive director Jamil Moledina interviews Pardo on his inspirations, challenges, and next steps at Blizzard. The discussion is informed by Blizzard's lessons learned, resources unlocked by success and merger, and the raw talent in evidence in their development team. Moledina also includes questions submitted online from the community of developers in the myGDC forums, to give everyone a piece of the action.