Mark Kern Defends the Original World of Warcraft Team: “We Were the Quiet, Awkward Nerds Who Were Driven to Excellence”

On August 6, 2026, Mark Kern—former Blizzard developer and Team Lead on the original World of Warcraft team—published a remarkable statement about the people who built one of the most important games in history. Kern was not commenting as an outside observer. He was there. He worked alongside the developers in the photograph below, helped... The post Mark Kern Defends the Original World of…