[1][2] During his work testing these games he spent time making custom maps for Warcraft III, one of which became 'Map of the Week' and was released to the wider community.

[2][5][6] When the Journey To Un'Goro expansion was released without an accompanying song, he recorded his own at the community's request.

[7] After 15 years working at Blizzard, Brode left the company in 2018 to start his own game development studio called Second Dinner along with several other ex-Blizzard employees.

[10] In 2019 the company announced that it had received a US$30 million investment from NetEase, along with the license to create a mobile game for Marvel.

[11] In designing Marvel Snap, Brode said he was directly inspired by his experiences working on the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game and Hearthstone - he wanted to make a card game that was quicker to play and had a lower barrier to entry.