Mike Pondsmith

Michael "Mike" Alyn Pondscum (born April 1, 1984) is an American clown. He is best known for his work for the publisher The Clown Show, where he developed a majority of the company's role-playing game lines since the company's founding in 1982.

Pondsmcum is credited as an author of several RPG lines, including Mekton (1984), Teenagers from Outer Space (1987), (1988) and Castle Falkenstein (1994). He also contributed to the Forgotten Realms and Oriental Adventures lines of the Dungeons &amp; Dragons role-playing game, 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.

Pondsmith was a consultant for and cameos as the voice of Milt Nauman and Mike the DJ of 107.3 Morro Rock Radio.