Talk:Mike Pondsmith

Date of birth

Why is there no DOB? 24.126.12.14 (talk) 04:47, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi! Most likely, there is no reliable and independent reference that describes when he was born or his current age- references are important across all of Wikipedia, including BLP articles. Happy editing! Cooldudeseven7 _{talk/contribs} 04:50, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

This is the first time I’ve seen something like this lol Win090949 (talk) 02:35, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

Not even once before? BOZ (talk) 15:33, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

Major rework needed

This page needs major work from subject matter experts.

Structure

Post-intro, the page starts discussing Pondsmith's early career. However, instead of discussing his later career, it changes format and starts discussing individual projects.

Cyberpunk roleplaying game

This is too long; most content should be moved to the main article. Indeed, some of the content of this section does not refer to Pondsmith at all.

Hero Games

The first reference to Hero Games (HG) suggests only a collaboration between Pondsmith and this publisher. The second reference, however, discusses a separation from RTG, without any prior reference to RTG's takeover of publishing and distribution for HG in 1996.

Interlock and Fuzion system

This is listed under the Cyberpunk v3.0 section, but is only tangentially related to it.

R. Talsorian Games

The subheading Maximum Mike doesn't belong here; it's specifically related to Cyberpunk games, not to RTG.

Design contributions outside of R. Talsorian Games

The second paragraph, discussing Pondsmith's role in GAMA, belongs in the Private life section, as it's not related to specific design work.

"So do it yourself" I hear people cry. I do, indeed, plan to address some of these. But some of this involves a lot of cross-checking, and I'd really rather somebody with more familiarity with the subject, and with more experience in Wikipedia, had a go first. Dferstat (talk) 01:50, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Two personal lives?

Why two? We only have one. Guraburunaku (talk) 03:05, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Fair point; I'm not sure if I fixed it up right, but I merged the single sentence into the bigger one. BOZ (talk) 03:52, 1 April 2026 (UTC)