Mike Pondsmith

Michael Alyn Pondsmith (born April 14, 1954) is an American roleplaying, board and video game designer. He is the founder of R. Talsorian Games and the creator of the acclaimed series.
==Background==
Mike is best known for his work for the publisher R. Talsorian Games, where he developed a majority of the company's role-playing game lines since the company's founding in 1982.
Pondsmith is credited as an author of several RPG lines, including Mekton (1984), Teenagers from Outer Space (1987), Cyberpunk: The Roleplaying Game of the Dark Future (1988) and Castle Falkenstein (1994). He also contributed to the Forgotten Realms and Oriental Adventures lines of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. He worked in various capacities on video games, and authored or co-created several board games. Pondsmith also worked as an instructor at the DigiPen Institute of Technology.
In the 1990s, someone in the Polish RPG community approached R. Talsorian Games and asked if they could do a Polish translation. Mike remembers saying, "Well, that'll be five copies sold." Turns out that the five copies went to the founders of CD Projekt RED.
Mike was a consultant for and provided the voice of Maximum Mike, the DJ of 107.3 Morro Rock Radio.
==Notes==
*Mike has played many characters in the Cyberpunk series, including Morgan Blackhand and Johnny Silverhand. But his favorite one, and the one he usually chooses to play with, is Ripperjack.Episode 3: Mike and Cody Peek Behind the Curtain (0:56)J Gray on Discord 1 - "Hi all. MIke has played many characters in Cyberpunk. His go to is neither Morgan Blackhand nor Johnny. It is Ripperjack. So, no. MIke's "personal character" isn't Morgan."J Gray on Discord 2 - "Mike's preference is generally to play a character unique to the game he's in. But in the past, the one he considered most "his" is Ripperjack."J Gray on Discord 3 - "Morgan is someone Mike has played. Mike has also played Johnny. And many others. If Mike has a "main", it is, as Az stated, Ripperjack."
*In Cyberpunk 2077, the Japantown upper street-level road in front of the Cherry Blossom Market is named "Pondsmith."
*Mike sang backup vocals and chorus in several songs on the cult filk album Carmen Miranda's Ghost.
==Gallery==
Mike Pondsmith about Cyberpunk World 001 CP2077.jpg|Pondsmith in 2012
===In Cyberpunk===
Maximum Mike 01 2020PRIM.png|Maximum Mike in Cyberpunk 2020
Rogue 2077 Afterlife Photo Frame 01.png|Maximum Mike in Cyberpunk 2077
===Videos===
Cyberpunk 2077 - Mike Pondsmith about Cyberpunk World
CD Projekt RED Group Summer Conference 2012
Cyberpunk 2077 - Angry Interview E3 2918!
==External Links==
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==References==
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Category:Voice Actors of Cyberpunk 2077
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